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1) E S C R I P T 1 O N S
OF
NEW GENERA AND SPECIES
OF
LEPIDOPTERA PHALiENiE
OF THE
SUBFAMILY NOCTUINJS
(N OCT U 1 D ,'E)
IN THE
BRITISH MUSEUM
(NATURAL HISTORY).
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PREFACE.
On his retirement in 1920, Sir George Hampson left behind
him manuscript for five volumes dealing with the Noctuid sub-
family Noctuince, in continuation of the Catalogue of the
Lepidoptera Phalaense in the British Museum, of which thirteen
volumes and two supplements have so far been published. The
suspension of publication of the Catalogue of Moths, owing to
the financial effects of the war, has resulted in a large number of
manuscript names standing in the British Museum collection for
some six years, with the obvious risk of these names appearing in
print without the necessary validating descriptions. It has
therefore been deemed advisable, without further delay, to publish
the descriptions of all the new genera and species. With regard
to the latter, it should be noted that a statement such as “ 5 6 ,
1 $ type ” merely signifies that the type is among the examples
specified, and does not necessarily imply that it is a female.
In the selection of the subfamily name, and of the old generic
names employed in this volume, the author has adhered to the
views adopted by him in the preparation of his Catalogue.
The use throughout the Catalogue of the date 1827 for
Hubner’s * Yerzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge,’ is explained by
Sir George Hampson in the Entomological News, XXVIII.
p. 466 (1917) ; the dates of Hubner’s works as determined by
Sherborn & Prout, will be found in the Annals & Magazine of
Natural History (8) ix. pp. 175-180 (1912).
For continued assistance by various specialists, whose help has
been referred to in the volumes of the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera
Phaltenfe, the author desires to express his acknowledgements.
CHARLES J. GAHAN,
Keeper of Entomology.
British Museum (Natural History),
April 16th. 1926.
BRITISH
MUSEUM
9 JUN 26
NATURAL
HISTORY.
D E S C R 1 P T IONS
OF
NEW GENERA AND SPECIES
OF
LEPIDOPTERA
(P H A L iE N M)
OF THE
FAMILY NOOTUIDiF
(SUBFAMILY NOCTFIN*).
Genus METAPRIONOTA, nov.
Type, M. sculpta, Felcl. ( Ophisma ) Reise Nov. pi. 117. f. 26
(1874).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, broadly scaled at base, tapering
to extremity, the 3rd long ; frons with small truncate
conical corneous prominence with raised rim at extremity ;
eyes large, round ; antenna; of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen excised below vein 4 and very
highly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen very
highly crenulate and produced to points at the veins, deeply
excised below vein 2 ; the cell about half the length of wing,
vein 3 from before angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus METASARCA, nov.
Type, M. euphanera.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity ; frons
smooth with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male laminate and almost simple ; thorax clothed with
scales and hair mixed, the pro- and metathorax with small
crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with
B
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NOCTUIDiE.
dorsal series of rather large crests and small lateral tufts on
terminal segments, the male with lateral tufts of long hair
from behind the stigmata. Fore wing with the costa moder-
ately arched, the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly
curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully
developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Metasarca euplianera, n. sp.
Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and mixed
with some black, the antennae rufous ; abdomen pale rufous
with blackish segmental lines, the crests tipped with black ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen pale rufous,
the fore tibiae banded with black. Fore wing greyish tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with blackish, more thickly on
basal costal area ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish,
slightly waved ; reniform very indistinctly defined by dark
brown and with some blackish in centre ; a faint waved
blackish line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-
medial line blackish, oblique and indistinctly double to vein 6,
then waved and curved ; subterminal line pale, defined on
inner side by black scales, slightly waved, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle, the area beyond it rather darker ;
a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with a black
line at middle. Hind wing uniform glossy flesh-pink ; a
blackish terminal line. Underside flesh-pink ; both wings
with blackish discoidal lunule with some points in centre ;
fore wing with the costal edge blackish, an indistinct blackish
postmedial line, almost obsolete except towards costa ; hind
wing with curved, slightly waved blackish postmedial line.
Hcib. Mexico, Cuernavaca, 1 q type. Exp. 56 millim.
Genus BARCITA.
Barcita, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Gos. xiv. p. 54 (18S6).
Phicilta, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 44 (1901) .
Type.
subvi ridescens, Walk .
duomita , Schaus.
Barcita rufescens, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax pale red-brown ; pectus ochreous
whitish ; abdomen red-brown mixed with whitish, the anal
tuft more rufous, the ventral surface ochreous whitish. Fore
wing pale red-brown tinged with purple and irrorated with
some dark brown scales ; an indistinct sinuous dark subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct,
rather diffused, dark, oblique and somewhat waved below
JiARCITA.
3
submedian fold ; a dark point in middle of cell and discoidal
bar ; a double medial line, indistinct except towards costa,
slightly excurved below costa, then oblique and slightly
waved ; postmedial line dark, double at costa, oblique to
vein 6, incurved at discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then oblique
and slightly angled inwards at vein 2, some whitish points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line blackish, sinuous,
angled outwards below veins 7, 5, 4, then oblique ; a series of
dark striae defined on outer side by ochreous whitish before
termen, and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing
ochreous suffused with pale red-brown and tinged with
purple except on basal and costal areas ; an indistinct double
slightly waved postmedial line and similar more distinct
blackish subterminal line ; a crenulate blackish line just before
termen defined on outer side by ochreous in the interspaces ;
a fine pale line at base of cilia. Underside whitish irrorated
with brown except on basal inner areas, fore wing with dark
postmedial line slightly excurved below costa and faint sub-
terminal shade ; hind wing with faint sinuous medial line, dark
slightly waved postmedial line, and diffused subterminal line.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the subterminal fine defined on
inner side by white and with the area beyond it suffused
with white ; hind wing with the outer subterminal line defined
on outer side by white and with a white shade between it and
the line before termen.
Hah. Argentina, Tucuman, 2 $ type. Exp. 58 millim.
Barcita micropis, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax grey-brown, the scales tipped with
whitish ; palpi white at extreme tips ; abdomen white
irroratecl with brown. Fore wing brown suffused with
purplish grey, the terminal area rather paler ; a black streak
above inner margin from base to the very indistinct sinuous
dark antemedial line ; a white discoidal point ; postmedial
line very indistinct, dark, bent outwards below costa, incurved
at discal fold and below vein 4, some whitish points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line white with a slight dark shade
on its inner side, rather oblique below vein 4 ; a series of
dark stria; defined on outer side by white before termen.
Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the costal area
whiter ; traces of a dark postmedial line except towards
costa ; * subterminal line indistinctly double, dark filled in
with whitish, almost straight ; a series of dark striae defined
on outer side by white before termen. Underside whitish
suffused with brown and without markings.
Hah. Argentina, Cordoba, Arias {Mathew), 1 $. Mendoza
(Elwes), 1 $ type. Exp. 52 millim.
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XOCTUIDJi.
Genus PAL51CHTH0NA. nov.
Type, P. hypoleuca, Dogn. ( Barcita ) Het. Nouv. Am. Sud.
viii. p. 35 (1914).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons and fringed with rather long
hair in front, the 3rd rather long, somewhat dilated at ex-
tremity and porrect ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax
clothed with long hair only and without crests ; pectus,
coxae and femora clothed with long hair, the tibiae fringed with
rather long hair ; abdomen with large hairy crest at base
only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus SYPNA.
Type.
Sypna, Gueu. Noct. iii. p. 144 (1852) omicronigera, Guen.
Dadd ala. Walk, xxxiii. 974 (1895) quadrisignata, Walk.
Elina, Walk, xxxiii. 983 (1865) achseoid.es, Walk.
Sypna fonnosensis, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with black-brown and
some whitish ; the patagia with blackish bars towards ex-
tremities ; palpi black, ochreous in front and white at extreme
tips ; fore and mid tarsi black ringed with whitish ; abdomen
fuscous mixed with grey. Fore wing brown tinged with purple
and irrorated with blackish and some blue-white scales ;
subbasal line indistinct, defined on outer side by some white
scales, excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold ;
antemedial line blackish defined on each side by whitish and
by blue-white at inner margin, waved, incurved in the cell
and excurved below it ; a white point defined by7 black in
middle of cell ; reniform defined by blue-white points and a
spot at middle of outer edge all surrounded by black scales
and with a slight ochreous lunule in centre ; an indistinct
sinuous blackish medial line ; postmedial line blackish
defined on outer side by ochreous whitish and on each side by
blue-white stria? from costa, bent outwards below costa, then
waved and interrupted, bent inwards at discal fold, in-
curved below vein 4 and strongly angled inwards at vein 2,
some white points beyond it on costa : subterminal line black,
maculate towards costa, incurved at discal fold where there is
a reddish ochreous patch beyond it, and excurved at middle ;
a series of white points defined by black before termen ; cilia
with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing grey suffused with
SYPXA.
fuscous brown ; traces of a curved postmedial line ; an
indistinct double subterminal shade, filled in with ochreous
from vein 3 to tornus ; a series of white points defined by
blackish before termen ; cilia mostly ochreous towards apex,
then with fine ochreous lines at base and near tips. Underside
ochreous whitish irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with
diffused postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish and
slightly excurved below costa, blackish subterminal shade
■expanding towards costa, and series of black and white points
before termen ; hind wing with slight whitish discoidal
lunule defined by blackish, postmedial blackish line oblique
and waved to discal fold and excurved below vein 2, blackish
.subterminal shade expanding to costa and series of black and
white points before termen.
Hab. Formosa, Kagi Distr., 3 <$, 2 $ type, Rantaizan
{Wileman), 1 §. Exp. 42-46 millim.
Sypna erebina, n. sp.
Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with dark brown
■and grey ; tarsi ringed with Avhitish ; abdomen grey-brown,
the crests with some whitish at tips. Fore wing olive- brown
thickly irrorated with black-brown, a darker shade before the
subterminal line ; subbasal line dark defined on each side
by pale brown, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial
line dark defined on each side by pale brown, slightly angled
outwards below costa and excurved in submedian interspace ;
a small white spot defined by black scales in middle of cell ;
reniform faintly defined by ochreous and with ochreous line in
middle, very narrow, constricted at middle and angled in-
wards at median nervure ; an indistinct oblique waved
•dark fine from it to inner margin ; postmedial line dark,
defined on each side by whitish at costa, then by pale brown,
bent outwards beyond the cell and inwards at discal fold,
below vein 4 bent inwards to lower edge of reniform and
sinuous to inner margin, some whitish points beyond it on
■costa ; subterminal line black, rather diffused, oblique and
somewhat maculate to discal fold, excurved at middle, then
somewhat dentate, the area beyond it rather paler at discal
fold ; a series of black striae defined on outer side by white
before termen. Hind wing grey- brown ; an indistinct post-
medial line, obsolescent towards costa and excurved at middle ;
.subterminal line double, diffused, slightly waved, obsolescent
towards costa ; a series of black striae slightly defined on
outer side by whitish before termen. Underside grey thickly
irrorated with brown ; fore wing with a minute whitish
spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule, a rather diffused
■curved dark postmedial band defined on outer side by whitish,
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a dark subterminal shade expanding towards costa, its outer
edge somewhat excurved at middle, and a series of points
before termen ; hind wing with whitish discoidal spot, dark
postmedial line excurved to discal fold, double diffused sub-
terminal line with waved whitish line near its outer edge, and
series of blackish points before termen.
Ab. 1 . Fore wing with the veins suffused with purplish,
the subbasal, ante- and postmedial lines defined on each side
by bluish white except the last beyond the cell, the reniform
incompletely defined by bluish white.
Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial area white except a
patch from costa to discal fold before the reniform and spots
beyond the antemcdial line above and below vein 1.
Hab. W. China, Nitou, 1 Pu-tsu-fang, 1 g, Ghow-pin-sa,.
1 Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 2 1 $ type. Exp. 58-64 millim.
Sypna leucozona, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with some ochreous ;
pectus, legs and abdomen more ochreous brown. Fore wing
ochreous brown, the basal and postmedial areas tinged with
purple ; subbasal line whitish, excurved below costa and
ending at vein l ; antemedial line double filled in with
whitish, the inner line dark brown, slightly incurved in
and below the cell ; medial area very narrow, white
tinged with red-brown and with a patch of red-brown
suffusion at costa ; orbicular white with red-brown annulus,
small, closely approximated to the reniform which is
white, its centre tinged with rufous, very narrow, some-
what produced at upper extremity and angled inwards on
median nervure; postmedial line double filled in with whitish,
the outer line dark brown, straight to the reniform and from
it to inner margin, bent outwards beyond the cell and slightly
incurved at discal fold, some blackish suffusion beyond it and
some whitish points on costa ; subterminal line black, oblique
and maculate to discal fold, then somewhat dentate and
excurved at middle ; a series of black points defined on outer
side by white before termen ; a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing pale grey-brown ; traces of a postmedial line,
excurved beyond the cell ; subterminal line double, diffused,
slightly waved, obsolescent towards costa and filled in with
whitish towards inner margin ; a series of black stria? defined
on outer side by white before termen ; a fine ochreous line
at base of cilia. Underside pale brownish ochreous ; fore
wing with narrow fuscous postmedial band from below costa
to submedian fold, subterminal shade incurved at discal fold,
and series of black points before termen ; hind wing with
whitish discoidal lunule defined by blackish, postmedial line
STPNA.
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excurved to vein 4, subterminal shade, and series of black
points before termen.
Hab. W. China, Washan {Pratt), 1 2 ; Punjab, Kulu
(Hocking), 1 type. Ex/p. 62 millim.
Sypna rubrizona, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with some greyish :
palpi blackish, reddish ochreous in front ; mid tibiae with
blackish band at middle, the hind tibiae with blackish band
towards base ; abdomen dark brown with slight grey seg-
mental dorsal lines. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown, the
basal and postmedial areas suffused with purple ; subbasal
line black defined on outer side by rufous, excurved below
costa and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line double,
blackish filled in with rufous, slightly incurved in and below
the cell, the outer line indistinct and with small black spot
on it at submedian fold ; the medial area rufous except a
patch on costa ; orbicular a small blackish annulus closely
approximated to the reniform which is defined by blackish,
very narrow, somewhat produced at upper extremity and
angled inwards on median nervure, a slight blackish line from
it to inner margin ; postmedial line blackish defined on each
side by rufous towards costa, then on outer side only, almost
straight from costa to the reniform and from it to inner
margin, bent outwards beyond the cell and slightly incurved
at discal fold, some ochreous points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line black, oblique and maculate to discal fold,
excurved at middle, then somewhat dentate ; a series of
black points defined on outer side by white before termen.
Hind wing dark brown ; traces of a postmedial line defined
on each side by ochreous towards inner margin ; subterminal
line double, almost obsolete towards costa, filled in with
ochreous and slightly waved towards inner margin ; a series of
black stria? before termen defined on outer side by ochreous
and by white towards tornus. Underside ochreous thickly
irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with slightly sinuous
black postmedial band, subterminal shade expanding towards
costa and series of points before termen ; hind wing with
discoidal lunule defined by black, postmedial line excurved
beyond the cell, subterminal shade, and series of black points
before termen.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the pale part of medial area blue-
white, the orbicular filled in with pure white.
Hab. W. China, Omei-shan, 1 £, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt),
2 (J, 1 $ type, Ta-chien-lu, 1 62-70 millim.
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XOCTUIDJE.
Genus PHJEOBLEMMA, nov.
Type, P. dares, Stoll (Phalcena Noctua), Cram. Pap. Exot.
iv. p. 42, pi. 310. f. G (1780) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.,
Het. i. p. 401 (1890).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and broadly scaled in front, the
3rd long, fringed with hair in front and not dilated towards
extremity ; frens smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male typically with strong fasciculate serrations ending
in bristles ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and
without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen
with dorsal series of crests, divided on 2nd, 3rd and 4th
segments. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex
produced and acute, the termen rather excised below apex and
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Phseoblemma albipuncta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown mixed with
fuscous ; palpi with the 3rd joint white at base ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen pale grey-brown, the
fore tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing pale grey-
brown suffused with fuscous ; a blackish subbasal striga from
costa . antemedial line black defined on inner side by
ochreous, incurved in cell and angled outwards below median
nervure ; a black point in middle of cell ; medial line double,
blackish, sinuous ; postmedial line black defined on outer
side by ochreous, oblique from below' costa to vein 6, incurved
at discal fold and below' vein 5 ; subterminal line indistinct,
whitish, waved, incurved below' vein 3 and with small white
spot at submedian fold ; a series of black points defined on
outer side by white before termen ; cilia with a fine pale line
at base. Hind wing pale grey-brown suffused with fuscous ;
a blackish discoidal bar and white point at lower angle
of cell ; medial and postmedial lines closely approximated,
oblique, black, the former defined on outer side by
whitish, the latter by ochreous : subterminal line indistinct,
whitish, waved ; a series of black striae before termen defined
on outer side by white, a fine dark terminal line and pale line
at base of cilia ; the underside grey irrorated with brown, a
dark discoidal bar, indistinct waved medial and postmedial
lines and subterminal shade.
PHiEOB LEMMA. — YPSORA.
0
Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Rodway), 1 0 ; Brazil,
Amazons, R. Parana (Trail), 1 $, Obydos (Trail), 1 $ ;
Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 type. Exp. 34-38 millim
Genus YPSORA.
Ypsora, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 77 (1901)
Type.
santciris, Schaus.
Ypsora lepraota, n. sp.
cj. Head ochreous tinged with rufous ; thorax red-brown,
ochreous white behind ; palpi irrorated with fuscous ; pectus
and legs reddish ochreous, the fore and mid tibiae suffused
with dark brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous ;
abdomen fuscous brown with some white at base, the crests
ochreous and fuscous, the ventral surface ochreous. Fore
wing deep red-brown tinged with purple and irrorated with
some black scales ; the basal area suffused with white below
the cell ; a sinuous white subbasal line from costa to
median nervure ; antemedial line blackish defined on inner
side by white, waved, excurved at median nervure then
oblique ; patches of ivhite in and below middle of cell and
beyond the discocellulars ; dark point in middle of cell ;
two indistinct medial lines, slightly angled outwards below
costa then oblique and sinuous, defined on outer side by whitish
towards costa ; postmedial line blackish slightly defined
on outer side by whitish, waved, oblique below vein 4, some
pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line blackish
defined on outer side by whitish, waved, angled outwards just
below vein 4, a white mark beyond it below costa and a white
patch on termen between vein 3 and tornus ; a series of small
black spots before termen defined on outer side by white.
Hind wing deep red-brown tinged with purple and irrorated
with some blackish scales ; a faint discoidal striga and traces
of three sinuous lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line black-
ish, slightly waved ; subtermmal line whitish, slightly waved,
with a large grey-white patch on its outer side between vein
5 and submedian fold ; a series of small blackish spots before
termen defined on outer side by ochreous and with whitish
marks before them above and below vein 6 ; the termen and
cilia ochreous and brown. Underside ochreous and whitish
irrorated with brown, the lines rather more distinct.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Sto, 3 type. Exp. 52-58 millim.
Ypsora selenodes, n. sp.
Selenis lanipes, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 407 (part.), nee Gueii.
Q. Head dark brown mixed with seme ochreous ; thorax
ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed with red-brown ;
abdomen dark red-brown, the basal segment darker with
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XOCTUID.K.
some rufous hair ; antennae dark brown ; palpi dark brown
-irrorated with whitish, the extremities of the joints white ;
fore legs dark brown irrorated with whitish, the tibiae at
extremities and tarsi ringed with ochreous ; pectus, hind
legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous irrorated with
red-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown, the costal area
ochreous tinged with rufous obliquely from just before apex
to inner margin near base, its lower edge sinuous, the costa
with some dark brown marks on it ; a subbasal reddish
ochreous point on costa ; antemedial line double, dark brown
filled in with ochreous and curved to subcostal nervure, almost
obsolete and oblique in the cell, then black, inwardly oblique
and defining the ochreous area ; reniform obscurely defined
by ochreous, round ; a small conical brown postmedial patch
on costa and a black line arising at vein 7, slightly excurved
between veins o and 4 and at vein 3 bent inwards to lower
angle of cell, then defined on each side by ochreous and
rather oblique to inner margin, some ochreous points with
dark brown between them beyond it on costa ; a dentate black-
brown subterminal line, arising below costa and faint below
vein 5 ; a series of black striaj defined on inner side by ochreous
before termen ; an ochreous line at base cf cilia. Hind wing
dark red-brown slightly mixed with reddish ochreous ; post-
medial line dark brown, slightly waved, oblique below vein
2 and bent inwards to inner margin ; subterminal line dark
brown, angled outwards above and below vein 6, incurved
between discal and submedian folds with a violaceous grey
patch beyond it with some blue-white in centre, excurved
and forming lunulate marks above and below submedian
fold ; a series of black striae defined on inner side by ochreous
before termen ; a fine waved black terminal line and ochreous
line at base of cilia. Underside brown irrorated with ochreous
white ; fore wing with slight pale discoidal bar defined by
brown and faint waved postmedial line slightly excurved below
costa and incurved below vein 4 ; hind wing more strongly
irrorated with whitish to the postmedial line, a brown dis-
coidal lunule with whitish centre, the postmedial line brown,
waved to vein 2, then oblique.
Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 2 $
t}rpe, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 42-46 millim.
Genus STIBiERA.
I ype.
Stibiern, Walk. xi. 608 (1857) coittiplaga , Walk.
Stibaeva albisparsata, n. sp.
Head and tegulae red-brown mixed with white, the antennae
and palpi brown ; thorax white with a few red-brown scales ;
pectus and legs white and red-brown, the tarsi dark brown
STIU.EKA.
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ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown mixed with white, the
base almost entirely white, the crests darker, the ventral
surface Avhite tinged with rufous. Fere wing glossy red-brown,
the basal half irrorated with white scales and with some
greenish yellow scales on medial area ; a white fascia on base
of vein 1 and some , white suffusion on base of inner area ;
antemedial line blackish defined on each side by rather diffused
white, angled outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate
and angled inwards at vein 1 ; an oblique dark red-brown
shade from costa to beyond lower angle of cell ; slight dark
red-brown spots at the angles of cell defined by white except
towards discal fold ; postmedial line dark red-brown 'defined
on outer side by some white scales and distinctly by white at
inner margin, oblique and sinuous to just below vein 7, then
waved and bent inwards below vein 3 ; some white points on
costa towards apex ; subterminal line black-brown defined on
inner side by some white scales, somewhat dentate, incurved
below costa, excurved at vein 7 and middle, angled inwards
at discal fold, and ending at ternus ; a terminal series of slight
red-brown lunules ; cilia chequered yellowish and red -brown.
Hind wing ochreous suffused with red-brown, the terminal
area dark red-brown, narrowing to tornus and leaving the
termen ochreous ; indistinct sinuous medial and postmedial
red-brown lines ; cilia ochreous. Underside ochreous tinged
with brown, the terminal areas suffused with black-brown ;
fore wing with the inner area whitish, an oblique dark shade
from middle of ccsta to the obliquely curved somewhat
dentate postmedial line at vein 3, a subterminal blackish
shade, a whitish patch at middle of termen ; hind wing with
blackish discoidal spot, traces of a medial line, and a curved
slightly waved blackish postmedial line.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 2 <$,
1 $ type. Exp. d' 34, $ 38 millim.
Stihsera dentilineata, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax grey-brown, the tegulre tinged with
purplish and with a black line near tips ; pectus brownish
ochreous, the legs tinged with purplish red, the tarsi black
ringed with purplish red, abdomen grey-brown, the crests
tipped with black towards base, the anal tuft and ventral
surface brownish ochreous. Fore wing pale olive-brown
suffused with purplish red-brown and slightly irrorated with
dark scales ; a patch of dark red-brown suffusion on costal
area before the waved black antemedial line ; orbicular
defined by brown, round, a fuscous point below it in sub-
median fold ; reniform slightly defined by brown, with
irregular outline, its lower part filled in with fuscous, an
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NOCTUID.E.
oblique dark shade above it from costa and traces of a waved
line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line double, black,
slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 6,
then inwardly oblique and minutely ere nu late, some pale
points beyond it on costa and a purplish red patch before the
faint pale waved subterminal line with two black streaks
before it below costa ; short streaks above and below vein
5, and a short streak in submedian fold ; a terminal series of
black points ; cilia chequered with blackish. Hind wing
ochreous suffused with cupreous brown, the terminal area
darker ; cilia ochreous. Underside of fore wing with the
costal area ochreous and purple-red, the disk fuscous, the
inner area whitish, the terminal area purplish red, a dark
discoidal spot and postmedial line excurved below costa ;
hind wing ochreous whitish with some purplish suffusion on
apical half of costal and terminal areas and slight brown
irroration, a blackish discoidal spot, postmedial line, excurved
below costa then crenulate to vein 2, and terminal series of
dark stride except towards tornus.
Hnb. Panama, Cana Mines ( Tylecote ), 1 q type. Exp. 36
millim.
Genus TAVETA.
Tareta, Fawcett, P.Z. S. 1910. p. 71S
Type.
syrinx, Fawc.
Taveta eucosmia, n. sp.
Head and tegulse red-brown irrorated with black-brown,
the thorax greyer prominently pencilled with black-brown ;
abdomen grey-brown, the base grey irrorated with black-brown,
the crests on 3rd and 4th segments red-brown ; antennae black
ringed with white ; palpi with some white in front ; legs
dark brown mixed with grey, the tarsi black ringed with
white ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated
with dark brown. Fore wing red-brown mixed with dark
brown, the basal half below the cell whitish prominently pen-
cilled with black-brown, the medial area below the cell and
beyond it to vein 6 suffused with leaden grey ; an indistinct
double maculate subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; ante-
medial line brown, indistinct, waved, double to median
nervure ; a small dark spot in middle of cell ; reniform with
whitish annulus defined by dark brown, constricted at middle,
a dark bar above it from costa and oblique waved line from
it to inner margin ; two black postmedial lines slightly de-
fined by white, the inner on inner side, the outer on outer,
irregularly dentate, angled outwards below veins 7 and 4,
then incurved ; a waved white subterminal line, oblique
below vein 3, some white beyond it at middle of terminal
area ; a black line before termcn, angled outwards at the
TAVETA. YE I A.
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veins ; cilia with whitish mixed and fine white line at base.
Hind wing gi’ey-browm, the area below' the cell irrorated
with black and white ; a double waved black postmedial line
from vein 6 to above inner margin, angled outwards at veins
4, 3, the outer line defined on outer side by white towards
inner margin ; a waved white subterminal line, incurved
below' vein 3 ; a black line before termen slightly defined on
outer side by vdnte and on each side at middle, angled out-
wards at the veins ; cilia with whitish mixed and with fine
white line at base. Underside grey-brovm irrorated vfith
whitish ; both wings vfith faint curved slightly waved dark
postmedial and subterminal lines and series of black points-
before termen ; fore wing with small wfiffte spots on apical
part of costa ; hind wing with slight dark discoidal spot.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 3 1 $ type.
Exp. 38^f0 millim.
Genus VEIA.
Vein, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 160
(1864) homopteroid.es, Walk..
Naharra, Walk, xxxiii. 946 (1865) contractu, Walk.
Yeia umbrosa, n. sp.
g. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with
greyish ; fore and mid tibiae with whitish ring at extremity,
the tarsi blackish ringed with white ; pectus behind, hind
legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous whitish. Fore
wing black-brown mixed with greyish and glossed with
purple ; the basal area rather blacker ; an indistinct curved
waved blackish antemedial line ; reniform obscurely defined
by blackish, placed on the inner of two diffused sinuous medial
blackish lines ; postmedial line black defined on outer side by
some vfiiite scales, bent outwards below costa, then lunulate,
oblique below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line indistinct, greyish defined on each side by
diffused blackish and with black marks before it below' veins
7 and 4, waved ; a series of blackish striae before termen.
Hind wing purplish grey suffused with brown and irrorated
with black-brown ; a discoidal spot incompletely defined by
black and with some ochreous scales round it ; two series of
obscure black spots beyond the cell ; a postmedial series of
black spots defined on outer side by ochreous scales and
excurved to tornus, with a whitish band bej ond it oelow
vein 3 ; a diffused rather maculate dark subterminal shade,
slightly excurved at vein G ; a series of blackish stiiae before
termen and a whitish line at base of cilia. Underside gicy
suffused with brown ; hind wing with black discoidal spot
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NOCTUID.®.
placed on a diffused sinuous medial line, a maculate post-
medial line excurved beyond lower angle of cell, and some
obscure subterminal marks.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 type. Exp.
44 millim.
Genus ZALEOPS , nov.
Type, Z. umbrina, Grote (Pheocyma), Can. Ent. xv. p. 3
(1883); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 368 (1893).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the
3rd rather long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons
smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the pro- and
metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with
hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore
wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved,
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from
just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus COXINA.
Type.
Covina, Gnen. Noct. ii. p. 297 (1852) ensipalpis , Guen.
Coxina plumbeola, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax black-brown with a few white scales,
the tegulae with some ochreous white at base ; palpi with
some white on 1st joint and at base of 2nd in front, the 2nd
and 3rd joints white at tips ; pectus grey ; legs whitish
irrorated with black, the tarsi black ringed with white ; ab-
domen grey tinged with brown and irrorated with black ;
the ventral surface whiter. Fore wing black-brown tinged
with purplish grey, irrorated with black and on costal area
with some white, some ochreous white at base of inner margin ;
subbasal line indistinct, double, black, sinuous, from costa
to submedian fold ; anteraedial line black, waved, with
a black mark before it at inner margin and two indistinct
waved dark lines beyond it ; a black point in middle of cell ;
reniform defined on inner side by black and with white points
above and below, on outer side by a white bar expanding into
a spot below ; a sinuous black bar from middle of costa ;
postmedial line double, black, filled in with white at costa,
bent outwards below costa, then waved, slightly incurved at
(fiscal fold and incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black defined on inner
CO-YIN A.
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side by ochreous white with a dark shade before it from costa
to vein 4, excurved below vein 7, then oblique and slightly
waved ; a crenulate black terminal line forming points in
the interspaces with ochreous white points beyond them.
Hind wing white tinged with ochreous brown, the terminal
area suffused with dark brown ; traces of a slightly waved
postmedial line faintly defined on outer side by whitish and
with two black striae at inner margin and of a waved whitish
subterminal line ; a waved black terminal line ; cilia with
white line at base and some white at tips. Underside white
irrorated with broivn except on inner areas ; hind wing with
slight cliscoidal spot, the postmedial and subterminal lines
rather more distinct, and both wdngs with series of black
points before termen.
I lab. Jamaica {Jackson), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Coxina thermeola, n. sp.
Coxina ensipalpis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 341 (part.), nec
Guen.
$. Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with grey-white ;
palpi with the 3rd joint blackish tipped with white ; tarsi
blackish ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown, the ventral
surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown mixed with whitish
and irrorated with blackish ; subbasal line blackish defined
on outer side by whitish, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ;
antemedial line double, blackish filled in with red -brown,
waved, angled inwards at vein 1 ; a black point in middle of
cell ; reniform defined on inner side by two slight white
points and on outer by a sinuous white line produced to a
small V -shaped mark at lower angle of cell ; two waved
browm medial lines ; postmedial line black, defined on each
side by white at costa, bent outwards below' costa, then
slightly waved, incurved at discal fold and from below' vein 3
retracted to lower angle of cell and erect and waved to inner
margin, a waved dark line beyond it and some white points
with dark streaks betw'een them on the costa ; subterminal
line red-brown with white points on it at the veins, defined
on each side by dark brown, diffusedly on inner side towards
costa, dentate ; a series of black points before termen con-
nected w ith a crenulate black terminal line. Hind wing red-
brown ; traces of a postmedial blackish line defined on outer
side by whitish from discal fold to inner margin ; traces of a
subterminal shade defined on outer side by whitish from vein
4 to termen at vein 1 ; a dark terminal line ; cilia with whitish
line at base and white tips ; the underside whitish irrorated
with red-browm, a small discoidal spot, crenulate medial and
postmedial lines and subterminal shade diffused on inner side.
Hab. Panama (J. J. Walker), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Exp. 36 millim.
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>TOCTUID.K.
Genus SYNYRIAS, nov.
Type, S. diff lindens, Walk. ( Celcena ) xv. 1688 (1858).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of fro ns and moderately scaled,
the 3rd long and naked but not dilated at extremity ; frons
smooth with slight ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with long fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; fore coxae
of male with tuft of long hair, the tibiae fringed with long hair,
the mid tibiae dilated with a groove and tuft of hair, the
hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at
base only and lateral series of small tufts of hair. Fore wing
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus PARALECTRA , nov.
Type, P. exaggerata, Schaus ( Ypsia), Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus.
xlvi. p. 505 (1914).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the
3rd long, fringed with hair in front and somewhat dilated at
extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of
male typically with cilia and bristles ; thorax clothed with
scales and hair mixed, the metathorax with spreading crest ;
tibiae typically moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with
dorsal series of divided crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3,
4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Genus PSEUDYRIAS. nov.
Type, P. lineata, Druce (Ypsia), Biol. Centr.-Am., Hot. i.
p. 346 (1890).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long ;
frons narrow, with small pointed conical prominence and tuft
PSEUD TRIAS.
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of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with
fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdo-
men with dorsal rather transverse ridge-like crests on basal
segments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell about one third length of whig ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Pseudyrias calligramma, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown ; palpi black
with fine white lines at sides ; frontal tuft edged by fine white
lines ; the vertex of head and neck with fine white lines ;
antennae with some white towards base ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen tinged with grey, the tarsi slightly
ringed with whitish. Fore wing black-brown finely irrorated
with purple-grey, the costal area and cell with some deep
rufous markings ; subbasal line faint, rufous, waved, from
costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, black, filled in with
rufous to submedian fold, waved ; two sinuous black medial
lines ; reniform faintly defined by black and with white points
in its upper and lower parts, narrow ; postmedial line double
black, defined on each side by fine dark brown and white
pencilling, waved, very oblique below vein 4, a white striga
on its outer side at costa and some white points beyond it ;
subterminal line double, dark brown filled in with rufous,
waved, slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle where
there are black-brown spots on its inner side, then oblique ;
a waved black terminal line and series of slight rufous spots
at base of cilia. Hind wing black-brown finely irrorated
with purple-grey ; three sinuous dark brown lines on medial
area ; postmedial line black defined on each side by fine
dark brown and white pencilling, rather irregularly waved ;
subterminal line slight, double, brown filled in with purple,
sinuous, the outer line forming three rather dentate black
marks towards costa, followed by a narrow rufous band with
dark line on its outer side before termen ; a waved black
terminal line and ochreous line at base of cilia. Underside
grey-brown ; fore wing with dark waved and curved post-
medial line ; hind wing with slight whitish discoidal bar,
two faint medial lines excurved below costa, and two curved
minutely waved blackish postmedial lines.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.
c
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NOCTUIDJS.
Pseudyrias purpureofusa , n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with
some grey ; palpi black with two fine white streaks at side
of 2nd joint and one on 3rd ; fro ns and vertex of head finely
defined by white ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
paler grey-brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing
black-brown slightly pencilled with grey and suffused with
purple ; a black subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line
black, slightly defined on inner side by grey, oblique, waved ;
a small darker annulus with greyish centre or spot in middle
of cell ; reniform with two reddish ochreous points on inner
side and three spots on outer or with these markings reduced
and whitish ; two indistinct dark waved medial lines excurved
in the cell and a similar line beyond the cell ; postmedial line
black defined on outer side by whitish finely pencilled with
dark brown striae, slightly waved, oblique to below vein 5,
then incurved, two whitish points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line reddish ochreous defined on inner side by dark
brown, waved, excurved below veins 7, 5, 4 ; a waved black
line just before termen defined on outer side by greyish.
Hind wing dark brown tinged with reddish and suffused with
purple ; four indistinct waved dark lines before the post-
medial line which is black and slightly waved, defined on
outer side by whitish finely pencilled with dark brown and
slightly on inner side also, subterminal line reddish ochreous
slightly defined on inner side by dark brown, waved ; a
waved black line just before termen. Underside dark reddish
brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; both wings with dark
waved postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. {Kaye), 1 $ ; Brazil,
Amazons, Breves {Austen), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 mill im.
Pseudyrias melanchra, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen black-brown with a slight
greenish grey tinge ; palpi black, with fine white lines at
sides ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen reddish
brown with a greyish tinge. Fore wing black-brown strongly
suffused with greenish blue ; a subbasal black striga from
costa ; antemedial line black, waved ; the medial area with
four indistinct dentate black lines, the 4th ending at vein 4 ;
postmedial line black, sinuous, angled outwards below vein
5 and slightly below 4, then incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black, waved, defined
on outer side by rufous, slightly except towards costa, slightly
angled outwards below vein 7 and oblique below vein 3,
some white scales beyond it on apical area ; a waved black
terminal line ; cilia with a slight rufous tinge at base. Hind
PSEUDTKIAS. PAR.YB.TAS.
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wing dark reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with
greenish blue ; traces of three waved dark lines beyond the
cell ; subterminal line black, sinuous ; a slightly waved
rufous line before termen and a waved black terminal line ;
cilia slightly tinged with rufous at base. Underside dark red-
brown ; fore wing with indistinct curved and slightly waved
postmedial line with some small white spots beyond it on
costa ; hind wing with traces of two lines beyond the cell
and a more distinct curved and slightly waved postmedial
line.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Genus PARYRIAS, nov.
Type, P. stygia.
Proboscis fulty developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to middle of frons, moderately scaled and the scales
produced to a point at extremity, the 3rd joint short with
triangular tuft of scales in front ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
abdomen with dorsal series of minute crests. Pore wing
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind Aving Avith the cell about one-third length
of Aving ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Paryrias stygia, n. sp.
Ypsia lineata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 346 (part.).
Y Head and thorax dark broAvn mixed with purplish grey
and blackish, the patagia Avith black lines at middle, the
metathorax Avith black line at extremity ; abdomen dark
broAvn Avith the crests and segmental lines black. Fore Aving
dark red-broAvn suffused Avith silvery green and irrorated
Avith blackish ; subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to
Amin 1 ; antemedial line blackish, Avaved ; indistinct Avaved
dark lines defined on outer side by silvery greenish across
and beyond end of cell, oblique beloAV the cell ; reniform
Avith rufous centre indistinctly defined by black ; postmedial
line black defined on outer side by silvery green, Avaved,
oblique to vein 6 and beloAV vein 4, some pale points beyond
it on costa; subterminal line greyish defined on inner side
bv chocolate-broAvn, dentate ; a AAraved black line just before
termen Avith a chocolate mark before it at apex. Hind AAing
red-broAvn suffused with silvery greenish ; four indistinct
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NOCTU1D-1'.
waved dark lines before the postmedial line, which is double,
the inner line black, the outer indistinct, minutely waved ;
subterminal line indistinct, pale, dentate, defined on each
side by minute blackish streaks on the veins ; a waved black
line before termen ; the underside dark red-brown, with
slight dark discoidal spot and faint curved postmedial line.
Hab. Guatemala, S. Geronimo (Champion), 1 £ type,
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 36 millim.
Genus MERIDYRIAS, nov.
Tvpe, M. progenies, Guen. (Yrias) Noct. iii. p. 23, pi. 15.
f. 10 (1852).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled,
the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
tuft of hair above ; e\res large, round ; antennae of male
with cilia and bristles ; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled, the fore
femora of male typically with fringe of large scales and hair
on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal series of small crests..
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Meridyrias violascens, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with red-
brown ; palpi ochreous with blackish marks at sides of 2nd and
3rd joints ; frontal tuft blackish ; pectus and legs ochreous ;
abdomen with the crests blackish at tips, the ventral surface
ochreous. Fore wing red-brown mixed with ochreous white
and tinged with silvery purple ; subbasal line indistinct,
double, red-brown, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial
line indistinct, double, red-brown, sinuous, bent inwards to
inner margin ; reniform dark brown defined at sides by white,
its inner edge oblique, its outer constricted at middle ; an
indistinct dark medial line defined on outer side by whitish,
excurved beyond the cell, then oblique and waved ; post-
medial line blackish defined on outer side by whitish, forming
a small spot at costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein
4, then oblique, some alternating white and black streaks
beyond it on costa ; a pale dentate subterminal line with
slight black marks beyond it towards apex ; a fine waved
black line before termen. Hind wing red-brown mixed with
MEltlDYEIAS.
2 L
whitish and faintly tinged with purple ; indistinct diffused
blackish antemedial and medial lines ; postmedial line whitish
defined on inner side by black points and on outer by red-
brown, sinuous ; subterminal line whitish defined on each
side by red-brown slightly waved ; a fine waved black line
before termen. Underside ochreous ; fore wing with brown
shade from costa to lower angle of cell and the terminal area
suffused with brown ; hind wing with indistinct discoidal
bar, sinuous postmedial line and subterminal shade.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 $ ;
Br. Guiana, Rockstone {Kaye), 1 1 $ type ; Brazil,
Amazons, Breves (Austen), 1 A, Lake Guruty (Trail), 1 2.
Exp. 2G, 2 30 millim.
Meridyrias mesostigma, n. sp.
(U Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
white and some dark brown ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen with more white ; tarsi dark brown ringed with
white. Fore wing white, thickly irrorated with red-brown
and some dark brown ; two black-brown subbasal marks on
costa and a sinuous line from below costa to vein 1 ; ante-
medial line black-brown, incurved in the cell, oblicpie and
sinuous below the cell, a small round black-brown spot in
middle of cell and a black-brown patch before the reniform
which is Avhite with a curved dark brown striga on it, its
lower extremity produced ; two indistinct dark brown medial
lines, bent outwards beyond the cell, then oblique and sinuous ;
postmedial line double, filled in with rufous except at costa,
the inner line black with a white striga on its outer side at
costa, the outer line brown, slightly waved, excurved below
costa and oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it
on costa with black-brown between them ; subterminal line
white defined on each side by diffused brown, waved, ex-
curved at middle, a rufous spot beyond it before apex ; a
waved blackish line before termen with black points at the
interspaces ; cilia with a fine white line at base and chequered
with white at tips. Hind wing white thickly irrorated with
red-brown and some blackish ; two indistinct waved inter-
rupted medial lines ; postmedial line double, filled in with
pale rufous, the inner line black, the outer slight and brown,
sinuous and slightly waved ; subterminal line white defined
on each side by brown, rather irregularly waved ; a waved
black line before termen forming points at the interspaces ;
cilia with fine white line at base and chequered Avith white
at tips. Underside AA’hite suffused and irrorated AAith red-
broAvn ; fore wing with slight dark spot in middle of cell and
discoidal spot, indistinct medial line excurved in the cell,
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and curved slightly waved postmedial line ; hind wing with
brown discoidal spot, medial line excurved beyond the cell,
two slightly waved postmedial lines, and diffused subterminal
line.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 E type.
Exp. 32 milhm.
Genus HABROSTOLODES, nov.
Type, H. congressa, Walk. ( Abrostola ), xv. 1781 (1858).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
rather long ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with
small spreading crests, the mesothorax with small paired
crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled, the mid-tibiae with fringe of
hair above towards base ; build rather slender ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing rather long
and narrow, the apex somewhat produced and acute, the
termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus PSEUDOSPHETTA, nov.
Type, P. moorei, Cotes & Swinhoe ( Sphetta ), Cat. Moths Ind.
p. 172 (1887) (n. n. for S. apicalis, Moore, 1879).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head and fringed above with hair
at extremity, the 3rd short, porrect and thickly scaled ;
frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with tuft of hair on upper side of shaft towards
base, the shaft then thickened for a short distance, the lower
side of shaft with slender branches and bristles, the upper side
at middle with serrations ending in bristles, the terminal
part ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with hair and
without crests ; tibia) of male and the 1st joint of tarsi fringed
with long hair, in female the tibiae moderately fringed with
hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore
wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly
curved, crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ;
4, 5 from angle ; (> from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form a short areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing
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with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Pseudosplietta fissisigna, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with red-brown ; palpi
dark brown at sides except the 3rd joint ; fore legs dark brown
in front and with the tufts of hair on the tarsi dark brown ;
the mid and hind tarsi dark brown with pale rings ; abdomen
ochreous, dorsally suffused with fuscous brown except at
base and extremity, ventrally irrorated with brown. Fore
wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark
brown ; double subbasal dark brown striae from costa and
cell ; antemedial line double, brown, waved, the inner line
forming a black spot at inner margin ; a small round ochreous
spot defined by black in middle of cell ; an oblique creamy
ochreous patch from costa above end of cell to above vein 4
well beyond the cell, with three slight rufous streaks on it,
its inner edge sinuous, its outer edge tridentate, the middle
tooth met by an oblique creamy ochreous fascia from apex,
its inner edge angled inwards below costa and with small
spot before it above vein 7, these markings defined by a broad
area of dark red -brown suffusion ; the postmedial part of
costa dark red-brown with small ochreous spots on it ;
postmedial line indistinct, double, arising from the ochreous
fascia above vein 5, obliquely curved to vein 2, then sinuous
to inner margin, its curved part with small black lunules on
its outer edge ; subterminal line indistinct, ochreous, waved,
oblique below vein 4, defined on each side by brown ; a ter-
minal series of slight black lunules ; cilia chequered with
dark brown at tips. Hind wing reddish brown ; a slight
waved dark terminal line ; cilia ochreous mixed with brown.
Underside ochreous tinged with rufous, the terminal areas
suffused with fuscous brown except towards tornus and with
series of small pale lunules just before termen ; fore wing
with traces of two diffused curved postmedial lines ; hind
wing with discoidal spot and slightly waved postmedial line.
Hab. Singapore (Ridley), 1 £ type ; Borneo, Busan
( Shelford ), 1 $. Exp. 42-46 millim.
Genus EUDRAPA. Tvnp
Eudrapa, Walk. xiii. 1100 (1857) moll it, Walk.
Piala. Walk. xv. 1766 (1S58) bcisipunctum, Walk.
Eudrapa labandoles, n. sp.
Head w’hite with the vertex brownish ; antennae black,
the shaft white above towards base ; palpi brown, the ex-
tremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ; thorax olive-green,
the tegulpe white at base and the patagia with some whitish
at base ; pectus and legs brown, the fore tibiae and tarsi on
inner side yellowish and the tuft of hair of male yellow, the
spurs and mid and hind tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen
brown ringed with bluish grey.’ Fore wing olive-grey with
some silvery greenish grey suffusion, the costa with yellow
streaks between the lines ; subbasal line represented by a
curved black striga from costa and a black point in base of
cell ; antemedial line faint, greyish defined on outer side by
an incurved black striga from costa and points on median
nervure and vein 1, angled outwards in the cell, then waved ;
a diffused waved black medial shade ; a greyish discoidal
patch with two small black spots on it ; postmedial line
black, obliquely downcurved to vein 6, then dentate to
vein 3, then incurved and waved ; subterminal line greyish,
bent outwards at vein 7, then waved ; a series of small black
spots just before termen. Hind wing dark brown,- the cilia
grey-white at tips. Underside dark brown ; fore wing with
slight white marks on postmedial part of costa.
Hab. Gold Coast, Obuassi {Bergman), 1 $, Kumasi
( Whiteside ), 1 type ; S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Sampson),
1 $. Exp. 36-40 millim.
Eudrnpa olivaria, n. sp.
d1. Head white ; antennae blackish, the shaft white above
towards base ; palpi brown, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd
joints white ; thorax brown mixed with whitish ; fore tibiae
and tarsi whitish on outer side, the mid and hind spurs and
tarsi ringed with whitish ; abdomen brown tinged with grey.
Fore wing olive-green with some silvery greenish grey suffusion,
the costa with alternating white and blackish streaks ; a
small black spot in base of cell and subbasal spots below costa
and on median nervure ; an oblique antemedial bar from
costa and spots on median nervure and vein 1 ; a whitish
discoidal bar with small black spots at the angles of cell ;
postmedial line blackish, obliquely downcurved to vein 6,
then dentate to vein 3, then incurved and waved, a diffused
waved dark shade beyond it ; subterminal line pale defined
on outer side by dark brown suffusion, waved, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of rather
triangular blackish marks. Hind wing dark brown, the cilia
whitish at tips. Underside uniform dark brown.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapcle {Sampson), l $ type. Exp. 42
millim.
Eudrapa metathenneola, n. sp.
Head arid thorax red-brown mixed with white ; antennae
black, white towards base; palpi blackish, the extremities
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25
of the joints white ; tibiae and tarsi banded black and white ;
abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing red-brown tinged with
purple and suffused with greenish white to the postmedial
line ; the costa and terminal area irrorated with black ; a
black point in the cell near base and subbasal striae from costa
and cell ; antemedial line black defined on inner side by red-
brown, slightly bent outwards below costa, then waved ;
reniform white with black point in upper part and small
spot in lower ; postmedial line black, slightly defined on outer
side by white, minutely waved, slightly angled outwards at
vein 6 and excurved at middle ; subterminal line white,
dentate, oblique from costa to vein 7 ; a series of black
points just before termen. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia
with a yellowish line at base and chequered with yellowish
to vein 2. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown, the costal
area ockreous to beyond middle ; hind wing ochreous, the
terminal area suffused with brown to vein 2.
Iiab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 $, Ashanti,
Obuassi (Bergman), 1 $, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 3 $ type;
S. Nigeria, Yaba ( Macfie ), 1 $. Exp. 28 millim.
Eudrapa lepraota, n. sp.
o'. Head and thorax pale brown mixed with white ;
antennas blackish ; palpi blackish with the extremities of
the joints white ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen
pale reddish brown. Fore wing red-brown, the basal area
and basal part of medial area except at middle suffused with
grey-white, the costa and terminal area irrorated ivith black ;
subbasal line red-brown, from costa to submedian fold
where there are some black scales on it ; antemedial line
red-brown with some black scales on its costal half, forming a
small patch at costa, slightly bent outwards below costa,
then waved ; reniform white with black point in upper part
and small spot hi lower ; postmedial line brown towards
costa, then black, defined on outer side by white, oblique to
vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold and slightly waved
below vein 4 ; subterminal line white, forming a diffused
patch at costa, then slightly waved ; a series of black points
just before termen. Hind wing reddish brown with fine
whitish line at base of cilia. Underside of fore wing fuscous
brown, the costa reddish ochreous with black points to beyond
middle, the inner area pale ; hind wing reddish ochreous, a
slight discoidal striga, faint curved postmedial line and some
fuscous suffusion on termen towards apex.
Iiab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha ( Humfrey ), 1 $ type. Exp. 32
millim .
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NOCTl'ID-K.
Genus LOPHOTAYIA. nov.
Type, L. globulipes, Walk. ( Homoptera ), xxxiii. 885 (1865).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd
long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with minute cilia and
bristles ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the
metathorax with large spreading crest ; tibiae of male fringed
with long ham, the mid tibiae dilated into a large hollowed-out
vesicle fringed with scales, the tarsal joints thickened ;
abdomen with dorsal series of crests typically formed of
metallic scales, the basal crest bifid. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; if from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus TAVIA.
type.
Tavia, Walk. xiv. 1275 (1858) turfmen*. Walk.
Tavia polycyma, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark greyish brown, the last
with slight pale segmental rings ; palpi with the 2nd joint
white in front ; lower part of frons white ; ventral surface
of abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing dark grey-
brown slightly suffused with purple ; a curved blackish
subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line blackish, defined
on inner side by grey, waved ; a diffused waved medial
blackish line ; slight grey spots defined by blackish at angles
of cell ; postmedial line blackish, defined on outer side by
grey, waved, oblique to vein 6, incurved at discal fold, oblique
below vein 4 and excurved above inner margin, some pale
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line grey defined
on inner side by diffused blackish, waved, slightly excurved
at vein 7 ; a series of blackish points before termen with grey
points beyond them on termen. Hind wing dark grey-
brown slightly glossed with purple ; postmedial line blackish
defined on outer side by grey, waved ; subterminal line
grey defined on each side by diffused blackish, waved, ending
at tornus ; a series of blackish points before termen with
grey points beyond them on termen. Underside brown with
a leaden purple gloss.
Hab. Sierra Leone (Thompson), 1 type ; Cameroons,
Ja R., Bitje, 1 $ ; Congo, Kambove (Neave), 1 $. Exp.
48 millim.
TATI A.
'It
Tavia nyctombra, n. sp.
cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey-brown, the last
with slight whitish segmental lines ; palpi white at extreme
tips ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with brown.
Fore wing dark grey-brown with a faint purple gloss ; sub-
basal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line double, blackish, waved ; a diffused sinuous
blackish medial line ; postmedial line blackish defined on
outer side by grey, slightly waved, excurved below costa,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some whitish points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner
side by diffused blackish, waved, excurved at vein 7 ; a
terminal series of whitish points defined by a waved blackish
line. Hind wing dark greyish brown ; a rather diffused
sinuous blackish medial line ; postmedial line double, blackish
filled in with grey, dentate, excurved beyond the cell ; sub-
terminal line grey defined on each side by diffused blackish,
waved, ending at tornus ; a terminal series of whitish points
defined by a waved blackish line. Underside grey-brown ;
both wings with indistinct medial and postmedial lines and
traces of subterminal shade.
Hab. Sierra Leone, 1 type. Exp. 50 millim.
Tavia liana, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with
some grey ; palpi white at extreme tips ; tibiae with the
spurs ringed with white. Fore wing fuscous brown with a
greyish tinge and slight dark irroration ; a faint whitish
subbasal striga from costa ; an indistinct curved brown
antemedial line with a white point at costa ; a slight dark
discoiclal striga ; postmedial line very indistinct, dark with a
white point at costa, excurved below costa, then oblique and
sinuous, some white points beyond it on costa ; traces of a
waved whitish subterminal line with more distinct white
striga on it below costa. Hind wing fuscous brown tinged
with grey and with slight dark irroration ; traces of a curved
dark antemedial line ; an indistinct curved slightly waved
dark line just beyond middle ; faint traces of a curved dark
subterminal line. Underside fuscous brown tinged with
grey ; fore wing with white points on postmedial half of
costa and a diffused whitish subapical mark ; hind wing with
faint curved dark antemedial, postmedial and subterminal
lines.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Vivet [Dudgeon), 1 £ type. Exp. 30
millim.
Tavia latebra, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown, the patagia
with blackish bars towards extremity. Fore wing dark
reddish brown ; subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to
vein 1, a blackish shade beyond it ; antemedial line black,
incurved in cell and excurved below the cell and above inner
margin, a black spot beyond it on costa ; a minute black
spot in middle of cell ; reniform defined by blackish with
whitish points at its upper extremity and before and beyond
its lower part ; a rather diffused black medial line oblique
to the reniform, incurved below the cell and excurved at
vein 1 ; postmedial line double, black, dentate, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved and connected with an indistinct
annulus below end of cell, some whitish points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line oehreous defined on inner side by
black- brown suffusion, waved, excurved at vein 7 ; a series
of blackish points before termen, followed by a series of
oehreous points. Hind wing dark reddish brown ; an in-
distinct blackish medial line ; postmedial line double, blackish,
dentate ; subterminal line grey defined on each side by
diffused blackish, ending at tornus ; a series of black points
before termen followed by whitish points. Underside reddish
brown ; hind wing with indistinct medial and postmedial
lines.
Hub. Lorenco Marques, 1 $ type ; Transvaal, Endla-
togana (Mercer), 1 9 ! Natal, Mooi R., 1 $, Durban ( Innes ),
2 $ ; Pondoland, Swinny, 1 $ ; Cape Colony, Transkei
(Miss F. Barrett), 1 §. Exp. 52-58 millim.
Genus TAVIODES, nov.
Type, T. discomma.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in front
and somewhat angled with hair behind at middle, the 3rd
long, smoothly scaled and somewhat acuminate at tip ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with
hair only and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with
hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum,
but without crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat
produced, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below
upper angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about
one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 0. 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
TAVIODES.
2i>
Taviodes excisa, n. sp.
c?- Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with brown,
the tegulse and patagia redder brown ; antennae grey-brown ;
palpi red-brown, the 2nd joint in front and the tips white ;
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; legs whitish
suffused with brown. Fore whig brown suffused with grey ;
antemedial line indistinct, brown, excurved below the costa
and cell and incurved in the cell ; a white point in middle
of cell and striae at upper and lower angles of cell defined by
some dark brown ; medial line well beyond the cell, dark,
oblicpie to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and sinuous ; post-
medial line dark, very oblique to below vein 7, where it is
angled outwards to below apex, then inwardly oblique and
incurved below vein 3 ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind
wing brown suffused with grey ; a dark discoidal striga ;
indistinct dark medial line, slightly excurved beyond the cell
and oblique towards inner margin ; postmedial line dark,
oblique below vein 5. Underside brown tinged with whitish ;
fore wing with some white irroration at base of costa, a small
dark spot in middle of cell, white discoidal striga defined by
dark brown, postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side
by white, excurved to below vein 7, then oblique ; hind wing
with blackish discoidal striga, indistinct dark medial line,
postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by white,
very slightly angled outwards at discal fold.
2. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved to vein 6,
a dark patch on costa before apex.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 1 $ type.
Exp. <$ 52, $ 48 millim.
Taviodes congenita, n.sp.
$. Head white irrorated with brown ; thorax and abdomen
grev-brown, the thorax and basal segment of abdomen with
some whitish ; antennae grey- brown ; palpi dark brown
irrorated with white, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints
white ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous
yellow, the fore femora black-brown irrorated with white.
Fore wing pale grey -brown with a violaceous tinge, some
ochreous on medial part of costa ; a faint curved brown
antemedial line ; a white point in middle of cell and two
discoidal points ; an indistinct brown medial line, excurved
beyond upper angle of cell, then oblique and incurved below
submedian fold ; postmedial line brown slightly defined on
outer side by whitish and by a small whitish spot at costa,
oblique from below costa to below vein 7, then inwardly
oblique and slightly sinuous, some ochreous before termen
below apex. Hind wing pale grey-brown with a violaceous
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tinge ; a faint oblique brown medial line ; postmedial line
brown defined on outer side by whitish, slightly incurved
below discal fold ; a diffused brown subterminal line, arising
at apex and incurved below discal fold. Underside ochreous
whitish suffused with rufous ; fore wing with two obliquely
placed black points in cell before middle and white discoidal
striga with black points on its outer side at upper and lower
angles of cell, postmedial line brown defined on outer side by
white, excurved below costa then oblique ; hind wing with
two black discoidal points, a faint brown medial line excurved
beyond the cell and oblique brown postmedial line defined
on outer side by white.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type. Exp. 40
millim.
Taviodes fulvescens, n. sp.
Head dark brown irrorated with white ; tegulse red-
brown irrorated with white ; thorax and abdomen ochreous
suffused with rufous ; antennae grey-brown, white in front
towards base ; palpi rufous irrorated with white ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with rufous ;
fore femora dark brown and white, the tibiae red-brown ;
mid and hind femora white, the tibiae rufous, the tarsi ochreous
white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous ; a curved
red-brown antemedial line, incurved in the cell where there
is a whitish point on its outer side ; a whitish discoidal
striga ; medial line red-brown, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly
oblique and slightly incurved below vein 4 ; postmedial line
dark brown, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and
more oblique below vein 4 ; a dark reddish brown patch
on costa before apex ; cilia dark reddish brown. Hind wing
ochreous suffused with rufous ; two oblique brown medial
lines angled outwards above inner margin ; an oblique brown
shade from apex to discal fold ; a rather diffused brown
subterminal line, excurved to discal fold, then incurved ; a
series of slight diffused brown spots before medial part of
termen and of dark striae on termen ; cilia white at tips
towards tornus. Underside ochreous suffused with rufous,
the inner areas white ; fore wing with silvery white irroration
below basal part of costa, a black point in middle of cell,
curved white discoidal striga defined by dark scales, a slight
brown medial line, excurved beyond upper angle of cell,
then oblique and intersecting the discoidal striga, postmedial
line dark brown defined on outer side by white, excurved
below costa, then oblique, some white suffusion beyond it
except towards costa ; hind wing with dark discoidal point,
brown medial line slightly excurved beyond the cell, oblique
black-brown postmedial line defined on outer side by white
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and bent outwards to inner margin, the area beyond it irrorated
with white.
Hab. Bhutan {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 54 millim.
Taviodes discomma, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown with a reddish
tinge ; antenme darker grey-brown ; palpi red- brown, the 2nd
and 3rd joints white at extremities ; pectus and ventral
surface of abdomen white ; legs white irrorated with red-
brown. Fore wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; a
waved brown antemeclial line, incurved in the cell ; a minute
white spot in middle of cell ; an irregular dark reddish brown
discoidal spot irrorated with blue-white ; an indistinct waved
brown medial line, excurved beyond the cell, then oblique
and touching the lower extremity of the discoidal spot ;
postmedial line dark brown slightly defined on outer side by
white and distinctly at costa, oblique at costa, then crenulate,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; cilia dark reddish brown.
Hind wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; two dark dis-
coidal points, a dentate medial line and crenulate postmedial
line ; cilia white at tips. Underside white irrorated with
red-brown ; fore wing 'with dark point in middle of cell,
white discoidal striga with dark points at angles of cell,
faint medial line excurved beyond the cell and curved crenate
postmedial line with dark points at the veins ; hind wing
with dark discoidal point and crenulate medial and post-
medial lines, the latter with dark points at the veins.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 £ type ; S;
Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 1 $, Sapele {Samp-
son), 1 Exp. $ 38, $ 42 millim.
Genus DINUMMA.
Type.
Dinumma, Walk. xv. 1805 (1858) placens, Walk.
Ortheaga, Walk, xxxiii. 927 (1865) combusta, Walk.
Dinumma pkilippinensis, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous
whitish, the terminal half of patagia black- brown ; pectus,
legs and abdomen grey-brown, the last with the dorsal crests
fuscous. Fore wing red-brown mixed with some ochreous
whitish, a blackish patch at base of costal area with sinuous
outer edge ; some black-brown suffusion at middle of ante-
medial area ; antemedial line black, waved, rather oblique ;
the outer half of medial area and the area beyond the post-
medial line from vein 4 to submedian fold suffused with
black-brown ; a black discoidal bar ; postmedial line black
slightly defined on outer side by whitish, obliquely down-
curved and angled outwards below vein 6, then incurved and
angled outwards at submedian fold, a faint pale line beyond
it ; an indistinct pale subterminal line excurved below costa,
a black spot beyond it at vein 6 defined below by a minute
white streak with a whitish mark below it and a black spot
with two white points on it at submedian fold ; the inter-
spaces of terminal area with slight black streaks except
towards apex and tornus and some white points before
termen on apical half ; cilia blackish with a fine white line
at base. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia with a fine whitish
line at base ; the underside pale grey-brown irrorated with
white, a subterminal series of minute dentate white marks,
and a terminal series of black points defined on inner side
by white.
q . Fore wing much less variegated with rufous, the medial
area almost uniform dark purplish brown, the postmedial line
much less produced at discal fold, the subterminal black spot
at submedian fold absent.
Hab. Philippines, Manila ( LedyarcL ), 1 $ type, Mt. Makiling
{Baker), 1 £. Exp. $ 30, $ 32 millim.
Dinumma stygia, n. sp.
Head and thorax fuscous brown irrorated with grey ;
pectus whitish and brown ; legs black-brown, the tarsi ringed
with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the crests blackish. Fore
wing reddish brown suffused with dark brown and slightly
irrorated with whitish, the medial area blackish brown ; a
black-brown patch at base of costal area defined on outer
side by the slight pale sinuous subbasal line ; antemedial line
black defined on inner side by pale reddish, curved and waved ;
a black discoidal spot ; postmedial line black defined on outer
side by pale reddish, oblique to vein 5, then incurved and
waved, some white points beyond it on costa ; the subterminal
line very indistinct, pale, angled outwards below vein 7,
where there is a minute black spot beyond it, and excurved
at middle ; a series of black striae before termen and a terminal
series. Hind wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge ;
the underside paler except the terminal area, a postmedial
series of small whitish spots in the interspaces, and series of
slight whitish lunules before termen.
Hab. D’Entrecasteaux Is., Fergusson I. {Meek), 1 type.
Exp. 34 millim.
Genus EUDESMEOLA, now
Type, E. lawsoni, Feld. ( Diatenes ), Reise Nov. pi. 111. f. 30
(1874).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the
EUDESMEOLA. — GERESPA.
33
3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
with hair only and without crests ; tibiae fringed with long
hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Genus LYNCESTIS.
Lyncestis, Walk. xi. 632 (1857) amphix, Cram.
Jarasana, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 132 (1882) amphix, Cram.
Lyncestis t'uscifusata, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown,
the tegulse with black medial line ; antennae blackish except
towards base ; palpi fuscous towards tips ; abdomen whitish
irrorated with blackish and suffused with fuscous at base,
sides, and towards extremity of ventral surface. Fore wing
fuscous brown mixed with some grey, the costal area white
irrorated with brown and grey, some whitish at base of inner
margin and on termen towards tornus ; indistinct rather
diffused curved brown antemedial, medial and postmedial
lines, and traces of a waved whitish subterminal line. Hind
wing semihyaline white, the terminal area broadly black-
brown to vein 2. Underside white ; fore wing with the
terminal area tinged with pale red- brown and with broad
black subterminal band between veins 7 and 2 ; hind wing
with broad black band from below costa towards apex to
termen at vein 2, the area beyond it tinged with pale red-
brown.
Hab. New Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 $ type. Exp. 48
millim.
Genus GERESPA.
Gerespa, Walk. xiii. 1168 (1857) prolata. Walk.
Coronta, Walk. xiii. 1170 (1857) .. strigifera Walk.
Gerespa punctifinis, n. sp.
Melipotis comprehendens, Drace, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 356 (part.),
nec Walk.
U Head and thorax black-brown tinged with grey and
slightly mixed with whitish ; pectus and legs white mixed
with brow, the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen
grey-brown, the ventral surface white, irrorated with brown
towards extremity. Fore wing black-brown mixed with red-
D
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NOCl'LUD.E.
brown and some greenish grey ; subbasal line black defined
on each side by red-brown, waved, from costa to vein 1 ;
antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous, an indistinct sinuous
blackish line before it and a narrow white band beyond it
followed by rufous except towards costa, traversed by the
indistinct double oblique sinuous red-brown medial line ;
reniform very indistinctly defined by black and with ochreous
white line on its inner edge slightly angled inwards at median
nervure ; a white patch irrorated with brown beyond the
cell ; postmedial line rather indistinct, black, bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, angled outwards at veins 6, 4, 3,
then retracted to lower angle of cell and incurved to inner
margin, a waved blackish line beyond it and some white
points on costa ; subterminal line white with more or less
rufous on it, defined on inner side by diffused black-brown
and on outer side by blackish, waved, excurved below vein 7
and at middle ; a waved black terminal line with white points
at the interspaces ; cilia whitish mixed with black-brown.
Hind wing pure white ; the inner area black-brown ; the
terminal area black-brown, broadly at costa, narrowing to
above tornus, its inner edge sinuous ; the termen with oblique
white mark below vein 2 ; cilia white, chequered with black-
brown between veins 4 and 2. Underside of fore wing with
the basal half white, with obliquety curved outer edge, the
costa irrorated with brown, the terminal half fuscous brown
with elliptical white patch beyond the cell and the costa white
at apex ; hind wing with the white extending to inner margin,
a blackish mark on costa above end of cell and black point
at upper angle, the termen white towards apex.
$. Fore wing with diffused whitish band beyond the ante-
medial line and patch beyond the cell, or almost uniform in
coloration.
Hab. Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo ( Mann & Skewes), 1 $,
Jalapa {Trujillo), 2 $, 2 $ type ; Guatemala, Capetillo
{Champion), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 50-56 millim.
Gerespa obliquivia, n. sp.
C. Head whitish suffused with red-brown, the antennae
blackish ; thorax reddish brown mixed with some grey ;
pectus and legs white suffused with rufous, the tarsi black-
brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral
surface white. Fore wing dark brown mixed with grey and
some red-brown and irrorated with black, the terminal area
brownish grey ; double subbasal black striae from costa and
cell ; antemedial line black, slightly incurved below costa,
then oblique and straight, an indistinct sinuous dark line
before it from costa to vein 1 ; medial area with a white
band irrorated with red-brown beyond the antemedial line
GERIi SPA.
3.5
except at costa, traversed by the slight oblique red-brown
medial line ; reniform reddish brown defined on inner side
by an obliquely curved black and white line, its outer edge
angled outwards at veins 6 and 4 ; a whitish patch irrorated
with red-brown beyond the cell before the postmedial line,
which is black, bent outwards below costa, angled outwards
at vein 6, strongly excurved at vein 4, then retracted with a
downwards curve to lower angle of cell and oblique and straight
to inner margin, an indistinct dark line beyond it and some
dark suffusion at discal fold and filling in its sinus ; sub-
terminal line whitish, defined on inner side by black-brown
to vein 3 forming dentate marks above and below vein 6,
the line oblique and excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;
a series of black points before termen and a slight waved
black terminal line. Hind wing pure white, the inner area
suffused with dark brown ; the terminal area dark brown,
broadly at costa., narrowing to tornus ; the termen white
to below vein 5 and with oblique white mark below vein 2 ;
cilia white, dark brown between veins 4 and 2. Underside
of fore wing white, the costa brown, an oblique wedge-shaped
brown band from upper angle of cell to the terminal brown
area at submedian fold, the termen greyish and the inner
area white to tornus ; hind wing without the brown on inner
area.
Hab. Bahamas, Nassau ( Bonhote ), 1 $ type, Andros (Neville
Chamberlain), 1 <J. Exp. 46 millim.
Gerespa euryphsea, n. sp.
Melipotis bistriga, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 35C (part.), nec Walk.
9. Head and thorax reel-brown with some white and black
scales ; antennae black-brown ; pectus and legs white and
brown, the tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen
grey-brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing with the
basal half pale reddish brown slightly irrorated with black-
brown, its outer edge oblique, the terminal area deeper
reddish brown ; subbasal line double, the inner line black,
the outer indistinct, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line indistinct, double, blackish, oblique, sinuous ;
the medial area with some whitish in and below the cell and
a white patch irrorated with red-brown beyond the cell ; an
indistinct double oblique sinuous red-brown medial line ;
reniform reddish brown defined by blackish and with white
and black line on its inner edge, narrow ; postmedial line
black, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely down-
curved to vein 6 where it is angled outwards excurved at
vein 4. then retracted with a downwards curve to lower angle
of cell, then oblique and slightly sinuous to inner margin,
an indistinct dark line beyond it, some black-brown suffusion
XOCTUID.E.
3(5
in its sinus, and some whitish points on costa ; subterminal
line whitish with black-brown marks before it above and below
vein 7 and a streak in discal fold, oblique, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle ; a series of black points before termen
and a fine waved blackish terminal line ; cilia white with a
brown line near base. Hind wing white, the inner area
suffused with dark brown ; the terminal area black-brown,
broadly at costa, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge incurved
beyond lower angle of cell and with dark streaks on the veins
beyond the cell ; the termen narrowly white to vein 4 and with
oblique white mark below vein 2 ; cilia white with black-
brown line through them between veins 4 and 3 and some
black-brown at vein 2. Underside of fore wing white with
oblique black-brown band from costa at end of cell to the
terminal black-brown area at submedian fold ; hind wing
with the white extending to inner margin, the inner edge
of the terminal black-brown area almost straight.
Hab. Br. Honduras, Belize ( Blancaneaux ), 1 $ type*
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 54 millim.
Gerespa goniosema, n. sp.
3. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some grey,
the patagia with some black ; pectus and legs whitish mixed
with brown, the tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdo-
men pale reddish brown, the ventral surface white irrorated
with brown. Fore wing reddish brown mixed with black-
brown and some whitish, the postmedial area except towards
costa and the terminal area rather paler ; double subbasal
black strife from costa and cell filled in with whitish ; ante-
medial line double, blackish, oblique, sinuous ; the medial
area with a white band tinged with rufous beyond the ante-
medial line traversed by the oblique sinuous blackish medial
line and a white patch beyond the cell ; reniform brown,
defined on inner side by a whitish and black line, its outer
edge dentate ; postmedial line black, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then obliquely downcurved to vein (5, angled
outwards at veins 6 and 4, then retracted with a downward
curve to lower angle of cell, then inwardly oblique to below
vein 2 and outwardly oblique to inner margin, an indistinct
dark line beyond it and some white points on costa ; sub-
terminal line whitish defined on inner side by black-brown,
oblique, incurved from below vein 7 to below vein 4, where
it is angled outwards, then again incurved ; a series of slight
blackish terminal spots ; cilia white with a brown line through
them. Hind wing pure white from base to beyond the cell
on costa and thence to above tornus, the inner and terminal
areas blackish brown ; the termen with white mark at discal
fold and oblique mark below vein 2 ; cilia white, black-brown
GERESPA. 37
at tips from above vein 4 to below 3. Underside of fore wing
with the basal half white with the costa irrorated with brown,
the terminal half brown with elliptical white patch beyond
the cell ; hind wing with the white extending to inner margin
and tornus, the termen whitish towards apex.
Hab. Sta. Ltjcia, 1 E type. Exp. 44 millim.
Gerespa prunescens, n. sp.
E- Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey ;
palpi white with dark brown band on 2nd joint and the 3rd
joint brown ; pectus Avhite ; legs dark brown and white,
the tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen dark
brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey-brown
tinged with red-brown and irrorated with blackish except on
terminal area ; subbasal line double, black, from costa to
vein 1 ; antemedial line double, black filled in with red-brown,
oblique, straight ; the medial area with an oblique rufous
band, its inner edge defined by a white line beyond the
antemedial line except at costa, its outer edge by the oblique
medial line which is slightly incurved below the cell and with
slight sinuous line beyond it to below the cell ; a black mark
in the cell before the reniform, which is defined on inner side
by a curved black and white line and on outer by blackish
forming a spot at middle, narrowing above ; a white patch
slightly irrorated with brown beyond the cell before the post-
medial line and extending nearly to costa ; postmedial line
traversing a whitish band, blackish, oblique and sinuous
towards costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, at vein 2
retracted upwards to below angle of cell, then obliquely bent
inwards to below vein 2 and oblique to inner margin, a sinuous
brown line beyond it and slight whitish points on costa ;
subterminal line black, oblique and closely approximated to
the postmedial line except towards costa, produced on outer
side to dentate black marks from below costa to vein 3 ;
a series of black and whitish points before termen ; cilia with
a fine pale line at base. Hind wing white, the base and inner
margin suffused with black-brown ; the terminal area black-
brown, broadly at costa, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge
curved and indented by slight streaks on the veins beyond
the cell ; an oblique white mark on termen below vein 2 ;
cilia white, black-brown between veins 4 and 2. Underside
of fore wing white, a brown antemedial shade, a black-brown
medial band, the terminal area broadly black-brown to
submedian fold, its inner edge curved ; hind wing with the
white extending to inner margin, a black discoidal point.
$. Fore wing with the medial band brownish grey, the
patch beyond the cell tinged with grey-brown ; hind wing
with more brown on basal area.
noctii n.r.
8S
Hob. Venezuela {Baioden); 1 ; Beazil, Castro Parana in
Coll. D. Jones ; Paraguay, Sapucav {Foster), 1 <J, 2 ' type.
Exp. 44, $ 48 millim.
Genus DRASTERIA. „
Type.
Braste.ria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 280 (1827) graph ica, Hiibn.
Drasteria eubapta, n.sp.
Head and thorax creamy white, the tegulse with red-
brown stripes, the thorax with some red-brown mixed ;
antennse brownish ; palpi with some red-brown at base of
2nd joint ; legs tinged with red-brown ; abdomen creamy
white with faint dorsal ochreous bands. Fore wing creamy
white tinged in parts with rufous, the basal area largely
suffused w ith rufous, the postmedia 1 area suffused with rufous :
subbasal black striae from costa and cell with some red-brown
irroration beyond them ; antemedial line double, brown
filled in with rufous, obliquely curved and waved, the inner
line angled inwards at submedian fold ; some diffused dark
brown at middle of costa and some rufous at middle of inner
margin ; reniform with red-brown centre defined by blackish
and with white annulus faintly defined by rufous, narrow
above and angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial
line black-brown, bent outwards below costa, then oblique
and angled outwards at veins 0, 4, 3, then retracted with a
downwards curve to lower angle of cell, then oblique and
strongly excurvcd in submedian interspace, a faint red-brown
line beyond it forming a wedge-shaped mark at costa with
creamy white beyond it ; subterminal line creamy white
defined on each side by red-brown and with minute black
points on its inner edge between veins 7 and 2, slightly in-
curved below costa, then oblique and minutely waved ; a
blackish brown apical spot and some rufous suffusion at
middle of termen ; a waved blackish terminal line ; cilia
chequered white and rufous. Hind wing white ; some red-
brown on the veins at lower angle of cell and a slight streak
on vein 2, the inner area faintly tinged with rufous ; a rather
diffused rufous band from costa towards apex, incurved
and obsolescent between veins 5 and 2, then bent outwards
to termen below submedian fold and continued along it tj>
tornus ; two blackish spots on termen below apex and a black
spot at middle of termen ; cilia w hite. Underside w hite ;
fore wing with red-brown discoidal bar continued as an
oblique shade to the diffused curved postmedial line which
is almost obsolete except towards costa : hind wing w ith
faint diffused rufous postmedial shade from costa to \< in f>,
faint blackish spc>t on termen below apex, and black spot at
middle of termen.
DEASTEEfA.
39
?• Head and thorax with bright rufous mixed ; fore wing
almost wholly suffused with deep rufous, the antemedial and
subterminal lines defined on outer side by white, the reniform
defined on outer side by white forming dentate marks on
veins 4 and 3 ; hind wing with rufous fascia beyond lower angle
of cell, the band distinct throughout and diffused to terrnen
at apex.
Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Yuma (Glemence), 1 q, 1 $ type.
Exp. $ 36, $ 38 millim.
%
Drasteria oranmsis, n. sp.
Aleucanitis pldlippina, Kotlis. Nov. Zool. xxii. p. 234 (1915), nee Aiist.
Head, and thorax rufous mixed with whitish ; antennae
blackish ringed with white ; teg u las and patagia with black
streaks ; abdomen white tinged with rufous ; pectus and
ventral surface of abdomen white ; tarsi dark brown ringed
with white. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and
bright red-brown ; an oblique black subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold, slightly angled outwards below costa and
with a black streak beyond it in submedian fold to the ante-
medial line, which is double, black, obliquely curved and
slightly sinuous, the inner line forming a small dentate mark
at submedian fold, a yellower shade beyond it ; two oblique
sinuous red-brown medial lines, black at costa ; reniform
small, oblique, red-brown edged with black and defined by
white, its lower extremity produced to a blackish streak on
vein 4 ; postmedial line black, forming a small spot at costa,
bent outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved to
vein 6, then incurved, strongly excurved at vein 4, then defined
on inner side by whitish, retracted with a downwards curve
to lower angle of ceii and excurved in submedian interspace,
an indistinct red-brown line beyond it with black spot at
costa, the costal edge beyond it whitish ; some black suffusion
on costal area before the subterminal line, which is whitish
slightly defined on inner side by black and by dentate black
marks from below costa to above vein 5 and on outer side by
red-brown, excurved below vein 7 and incurved at discal and
submedian folds ; a black terminal line ; cilia white with a
black line through them, the tips red-brown from vein 4 to
submedian fold. Hind wing white, the inner area tinged
with brown ; an oblique black discoidal bar ; a broad irregular
black-brown band from costa before apex to tornus, its inner
edge angled inwards to lower angle of cell, its outer expanding
to terrnen between veins 7 and 6 and from vein 5 to below 3 ;
cilia white with a blackish patch at middle. Underside
white ; fore wing with black discoidal bar connected at inner
margin by a band with the broad curved black subterminal
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NOCTUID.E.
band which is conjoined to some black suffusion on termen
towards apex and at middle ; hind wing as above, but with a
diffused blackish mark on costa above end of cell.
Hab. Algeria, Oran ( Rothschild ), 1 q type, Mzab Country,
Oued Nca ( Hartert ), 1 $ in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 32 millim.
Drasteria nepkelostola, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax white mixed with black -brown ;
antennae ringed with black ; palpi with the 3rd joint black ;
pectus and legs white irrorated with black-brown ; abdomen
white irrorated with black-brown and dorsal ly tinged with
ochreous. Fore wing blackish brown irrorated with blue-
white ; the medial area white irrorated with dark brown ;
antemedial line black, slightly curved and with a faint white
shade before it ; a reddish brown medial shade with some
blackish brown at costa, incurved below the cell ; reniform
blackish brown defined by black and with white bar on its
inner side, narrow and rather irregular ; postmedial line
black, with minute spot at costa, slightly bent outwards
below costa, incurved at discal fold, slightly angled outwards
at veins 4, 3, then retracted to below inner edge of reniform
and obliquely incurved to inner margin, a faint dark line
bejmnd it on costal area with some whitish suffusion beyond
it at middle ; subterminal line whitish, oblique, exeurved
below vein 7 and at middle ; a fine black terminal line with
black points at the interspaces ; cilia whitish with two faint
brown lines through them. Hind wing white tinged with
brown ; the discocellulars and veins beyond lower angle of
cell brown ; the terminal area brown, narrowing to tornus
and with its inner edge incurved beyond lower angle of cell ;
a brown patch on termen between veins 4 and 2 defined by
diffused whitish ; cilia white, tinged with brown at base
towards apex and between veins 4 and 2. Underside white ;
fore wing with the costal area irrorated with brown, the
terminal area suffused with blackish to vein 2, a diffused
blackish discoidal patch with shade from it to submedian
fold ; hind wing slightly irrorated with brown, a dark dis-
coidal point, and subterminal shade ending on termen at
submedian fold.
Q. Thorax and fore wing with the brown paler and redder ;
bind wing with the terminal area paler brown.
Ab. 1. $. Fore wing more uniform bluish white irrorated
with brow n, the lines obsolescent.
Hab. Kashmir, Nubro R., Shayok ( Avinoff ), 2 £, 4
Tagar (Avinoff), 5 A, 6 ? type. Exp. 36-40 millim.
DHASTERIODES. — SYNEDA.
41
Genus DKASTERIODES, nov.
Type, D. limata, Christ. ( Phothedes ) Rom. Mem. i. p. 135,
pi. 8. f. 7 (1884) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 224 (1901).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to about middle of frons and moderately
scaled, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons with pointed
corneous process with flattened corneous plate below it ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed
crest ; fore tibiae smoothly scaled, the mid and hind tibiae
slightly fringed with hair above ; abdomen smoothly scaled
and without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Genus SYNEDA.
Type.
Bolina, Dup. Cat. Meth. Lcp. p. 180 (1845), nec Raf.
Moll. 1815 cailino, Lef.
Syneda, Guen. Noct.,iii. p. 71 (1852) grandirena, Haw.
Aleucanitis, Warr. Seitz. Gr. Selim, pal. 3, p 389
(1913) cailino , Lef.
Syneia exquisita, ». sp.
2. Head and thorax white mixed with some rufous ;
antennae dark brown ; pectus and legs white, the latter
tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown, the tarsi brownish
ringed Avith white ; abdomen Avhite, dorsally tinged with
rufous and slightly irrorated with dark broAA’n. Fore Aving
ochreous Avhite irrorated with broAA'n, the postmedial area
suffused AA’ith red-brown, the terminal area blue-white ;
slight double broAA’n subbasal spots on costa and median
nervure ; antemedial line double, black-broAAn filled in Avith
red -brown , the outer line obliq uely and almost evenly cmwed,
the inner angled imvards at submedian fold and with diffused
brown line before it ; a white band beyond the antemedial
line folloAved by the two oblicpie rufous medial lines A\diich
are darker at costa ; reniform defined by broA\m and with
black and Avhite bar before it, some white on its outer edge
forming dentate marks on veins 4 and 3 ; postmedial line
black, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely doAvn-
curved to vein 6, angled outwards at veins 6, 4, 3, then
retracted with a downwards cmwe to loAver angle of cell,
then oblique and excurved in submedian interspace, an
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NUC'i’LlD.K.
indistinct brown line beyond it ; subterminal line ochreous
defined on inner side by diffused dark brown and on outer
side slightly by red-brown, oblique, excurved below vein 7
and at middle and slightly angled inwards at submedian fold ;
a black terminal line with some fuscous suffusion before it,
especially at middle ; cilia reddish brown with a brown line
through them. Hind wing pale scarlet, the base whitish ;
some black on extremity of median nervure and a discoidal
striga ; a black subterminal band, rather broad and oblique,
to vein 5, then reduced to a line to vein 2, then stronger and
excurved to tornus ; the termen with conjoined black patches
at apex and middle ; cilia yellowish white, red-brown between
veins 4 and 2. Underside of fore wing white, the disk tinged
with yellow, the costa slightly irrorated with brown to beyond
middle, an oblique black-brown band from upper angle of
cell to the postmedial line in submedian interspace, the line
forming a wedge-shaped patch towards costa, then slight, a
black-brown terminal line expanding into a patch from above
vein 4 to vein 2, cilia brown and white ; hind wing as above
but the costa yellowish and without the dark streak on
extremity of median nervure.
Hob. US. A., Colorado, Denver ( Oslar ), 1 $ type. Exp.
42 millim.
Syneda, pedionis, n. sp.
d1. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with some black-
brown ; antennae blackish ; pectus, legs and abdomen grev-
white irrorated with brown, the tarsi dark browrn ringed with
white. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with dark brown ;
minute subbasal blackish spots below costa and cell ; ante-
medial line double, blackish filled in with red-brown, oblique,
sinuous ; the medial area yellowish suffused with rufous
except towards costa and inner margin ; two faint oblique
sinuous rufous medial lines, dark at costa ; reniform brown
defined by blackish and with grey-white line on its inner
edge ; a white patch irrorated with brown beyond the cell
before the postmedial line, which is black, bent outwards
below costa, then oblique to vein G, angled outwards at veins
6, 4, 3, then retracted to below angle of cell and oblique and
sinuous to inner margin, a blackish bar beyond it from costa ;
the postmedial area suffused with red-brown except towards
costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner
side by slight black marks towards costa, oblique and slightly
excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; an oblique brown
shade from apex ; a waved blackish terminal line with brown
shade before it from vein ,r> to above tornus. Hind wing
yellowish white, the inner area irrorated with brown and with
SYXEDA.
4:?
blackish fascia on vein 1 except towards base ; an oblique
black discoidal bar, its lower extremity produced as a fascia
on vein 2 to the subterminal band, which is angled outwards
at discal fold and excurved below vein 2 to termen ; terminal
black patches at apex and middle ; cilia with blackish line
through them to vein 2. Underside yellowish white, the
costal areas irrorated with brown ; fore wing with oblique
black-brown shade from upper angle of cell to the postmedial
line at submedian fold, the line expanding into a wedge-
shaped patch at costa with irregular outer edge, the termen
with some brown suffusion towards apex and patch at middle ;
hind wing as above but the apical patch obsolescent.
2. Fore wing with the lines indistinct and without the
yellow and rufous on medial area.
Hab. Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg ( Wallis), 1 U, 1 $ type,
Alberta, Red Deer R. (Wolley-Dod), 1 o, 1 ? ; U.S.A., Mon-
tana, 1 rf, 1 Q. Exp. 32-40 millim.
Syneda judaica, n. sp.
d'. Head and thorax creamy white slightly mixed with
rufous, the tegulse with brown stripes ; antennae ringed with
black ; palpi with brown spots at sides of 1st and 2nd joints ;
pectus and legs white, the latter irrorated with brown, the
tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen white, dorsally
slightly irrorated with brown and with faint rufous bands.
Fore wing creamy white, the area before the antemedial line
and the postmedial area suffused with red-brown, the medial
area with a faint rufous tinge beyond the cell, the terminal
area suffused with blue-white ; subbasal black striae from
costa and cell followed by brown striae ; antemedial line
double, the inner line faint- and brown, the outer black,
oblique and sinuous to submedian fold and angled inwards
at vein 1 ; two oblique slightly sinuous red-brown medial
lines ; reniform brownish defined by black scales, very narrow
above, expanding somewhat below ; postmedial line black,
bent outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 6, angled
outwards at veins 6, 4, 3, then retracted with a downwards
curve to lower angle of cell and oblique and sinuous to inner
margin, a faint- brown line beyond it ; subterminal line white,
defined on inner side by blackish forming somewhat dentate
marks from below costa to vein 4, and on outer by brown
running obliquely to apex, oblique, excurved below vein 7
and at middle ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia with rufous
line through them and some rufous at tips except at apex.
Hind wing white, the inner area slightly tinged with brown ,
a brown discoidal bar and the veins beyond lover angle of
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N0CTITIDJE.
cell streaked with brown ; a broad fuscous brown subterminal
band ending at tornus, diffused to termen between veins
7 and 6 and connected with a patch on termen from above
vein 4 to vein 2 ; cilia with some brown at base beyond the
patch. Underside white ; fore wing with oblique black
band from below costa at end of cell to the curved postmedial
band at submedian fold, confluent with a patch on termen
from above vein 4 to vein 3 and some black at tornus ; hind
wing with slight black discoidal lunule, subterminal band
ending at tornus, and patch at middle of termen.
Hah. Palestine, 1 q type. Exp. 38 millim.
Syneda mendozina, n. sp.
Head and thorax greyish mixed with rufous and a few
dark scales ; antennae brown ; palpi at base, pectus and legs
white, the latter irrorated with brown ; the tarsi blackish
ringed with white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with
rufous and irrorated with brown. Fore wing creamy white
suffused with rufous, the basal and postmedial areas thickly
irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused with
white and slightly irrorated with brown ; slight brown sub-
basal spots below costa and cell followed by a dark shade ;
antemedial line double, blackish filled in with red-brown,
oblique, sinuous ; a dark medial shade, strong and oblique
to lower angle of cell, then incurved ; reniform faintly defined
by blackish, narrow ; postmedial line black, bent outwards
below costa, incurved at discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then
incurved, an indistinct dark line beyond it diffused at costa ;
subterminal line whitish tinged with rufous, defined on inner
side by diffused black-brown and on outer side by brown,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inwards at
discal fold ; a waved dark terminal line forming black points
at the interspaces. Hind wing white ; a slight brown streak
above base of inner margin ; the terminal area black -brown
to submedian fold, its inner edge incurved, followed bv a
dark line to tornus, the termen white towards apex and with
oblique patch below vein 3 ; cilia white with some brown
from above vein 4 to vein 3. Underside white ; fore wing
with black-brown discoidal bar, the terminal area black-
brown with white patch at apex and whitish mark at vein 2 ;
hind wing with more white on termen towards apex.
$. Head and thorax pale rufous ; fore wing whitish suffused
gnd irrorated with pale rufous, the markings all rufous and
ii distinct, the dark shade before the reniform more con-
spicuous ; hind wing with the white areas tinged with rufous.
Hah. Argentina, La Pioja (Giacomelli), 1 $, Mendoza
(baive), 1 <$, 1 $ type. Exp. 34-38 millim.
SYNEDA.
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Syneda nichollae, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax white mixed with dark brown ;
antennae dark brown ringed with white ; palpi with some
black at sides of 1st and 2nd joints ; pectus and legs white
mixed with dark brown, the tarsi black ringed with white ;
abdomen whitish tinged and irrorated with brown, the ventral
surface whiter. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with
dark brown, the terminal area suffused with blue-grey ; an
oblique red-brown subbasal shade from costa to vein 1 ; a
red-brown band on the inner side of the blackish antemedial
line, which is excurved in the cell and above vein 1 ; two
indistinct oblique sinuous broAvn medial lines ; reniform
faintly defined by brown and with white and black bar on
its inner side, narrow, somewhat produced at lower extremity ;
postmedial line blackish, bent outwards below costa, then
oblique to vein 6 where it is angled outwards, excurved at
vein 4, then downcurved and retracted to below angle of
cell and incurved to inner margin, a reddish brown shade
beyond it ; subterminal line bluish white faintly defined on
each side by brown, some dark brown suffusion before it
towards costa and slight dentate black marks above and below
vein 7 ; a slight waved dark terminal line with black points
at the interspaces. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown ;
a brown discoidal lunule ; a sinuous brown subterminal
shade ending on termen at vein 1 ; a blackish brown patch
on termen from above vein 4 to vein 2 and a fine dark terminal
line ; cilia white tinged with brown. Underside white tinged
with brown ; both wings with diffused dark discoidal spots ;
fore wing with the terminal area suffused with brown except
towards tornus ; hind wing with diffused subterminal line
and terminal shade from apex to vein 2.
Hob. Canada, Br. Columbia, Ashnold (Mrs. Nicholl), 3 $
type. Exp. 40-42 millim.
Syneda violescens, n. sp.
<j>. Head and thorax grey-white tinged with pale red-
brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi, pectus and legs white,
the palpi and legs irrorated with dark brown, the tarsi black-
brown ringed with w'hite ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused
with red-brown. Fore wing grey-white slightly tinged with
red-browm ; subbasal line indistinct, brown, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line very indistinct, double,
brown, oblique, sinuous ; a brownish striga from middle of
costa ; reniform indistinctly defined by brown, narrow, a
brownish striga above it from costa ; postmedial line very
indistinct, brownish, rather oblique and sinuous to vein 3,
then incurved and slightly excurved at vein 1 ; subterminal
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NOCTUIDJE.
line indistinct, whitish faintly defined on each side by red-
brown, exeurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a series of faint
blackish points before termen. Hind wing whitish tinged
with red-brown, the terminal area red-brown with diffused
inner edge, narrowing to tornus ; a dark discoiclal bar ; cilia
white with a faint rufous tinge. Underside brownish white ;
fore wing with oblique fuscous shade from upper angle of cell
to the curved fuscous postmedial band at submedian fold,
the band confluent with a fuscous patch at middle of termen ;
hind wing with fuscous discoidal striga and subterminal
band ending on termen at vein 1 and confluent with a patch
at middle of termen.
Hab. U.S.A., Arizona, Palmerlee, 1 $ type. Exp. 52 millim.
Genus BOSYZOLA, nov.
Type, B. lorina, Druce ( Polia ), P. Z. S. 1890, p. 515 ; id.
Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 486, pi. 94. f. 15 (1898).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons and rather broadly scaled,
the 3rd short and tufted with scales in front ; frons with
pointed conical prominence ; eyes large, round ; antennai of
male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,
the pro- and metathorax with small spreading crests ; tibiae
fringed with long hair ; abdomen with small crests on basal
segments, somewhat bifid on the 2nd and 3rd segments.
Fore wing with the apex rather produced and rounded, the
termen obliquely curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the termen rather produced and crenulate at middle, then
oblique to tornus ; the cell about half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus BELClANA. rp
Type.
Belciana , Walk. Joura. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 182 (1862). In formix. Walk.
Naim , Walk. xxxv. 1983 (1866) biform ix, Walk.
Diptheroides, Beth. -Baker, Nov. Zool. xiii. p.203 (1906). kenricki, B-.Bkr.
Belciana euclilora, n. sj».
$. Head and tegulae chocolate-brown mixed with whitish,
the latter green at tips ; palpi with (lie 2nd joint in front
and the 3rd joint at tips whitish ; lower part of frons whitish ;
thorax blue-green, the prothoracic crest chocolate- brown
except at tip, the patagia with chocolate-brown bar near
tips ; pectus and legs brownish oehreous, the fore tibiae and
UELCIAXA.
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the tarsi banded with dark brown ; abdomen ochreous
irrorated with dark brown, the basal crest green. Fore wing
blue-green slightly irrorated with white and chocolate-brown
scales ; a wedge-shaped chocolate-brown patch with irregular
edges from base of costa to vein 1, with a white mark on its
inner edge in submedian fold ; traces of a waved dark ante-
medial line with a minute spot at costa defined on each side
by white ; small chocolate-brown spots at angles of cell with
a triangular patch above them on costa ; traces of a dark
postmedial line, forming a slight streak at costa, bent outwards
below costa, incurved at discal fold, angled outwards at veins
6, 4, 3, then incurved and waved, a white streak followed by
three points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line black-
brown, oblique and slightly waved to vein 5, excurved and
reduced to small spots in the interspaces to vein 2, then
waved, the area beyond it red-brown to below vein 5 with
some black-brown towards apex and dentate green marks
before termen, a red-brown bar beyond it below vein 2
followed by a brown mark on termen ; a terminal series of
slight blackish lunules, defined on inner side by green on the
brown area ; cilia brown intersected by whitish at the veins.
Hind wing broAvn with a purplish tinge, the inner area with
some ochreous towards base and whitish towards tornus ; a
terminal series of slight blackish lunules defined on inner
side by whitish. Underside of fore wing brown, the inner
area whitish ; hind wing ochreous white irrorated with dark
brown, a dark brown discoidal spot, diffused postmedial line,
waved towards costa and incurved at vein 2, and subterminal
dark brown marks at costa, discal and submedian folds.
Hob. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 1 $ type. Exp .
44 millim.
Belciana caevulea, n. sp.
(U Head and thorax pale blue with a faint greenish tinge
in parts ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi streaked with black
and pale brown at sides ; frons pale brown with lateral black
bars ; antennae blackish ; tegulae pale brown irrorated with
black ; patagia with black marks at base and black tips ;
metathorax with lateral black marks ; pectus and legs pale
brown, the fore and mid tibiae with blue patches, the tarsi
black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen brownish white,
the basal crest pale blue tipped with green, the dorsum
sometimes with some black irroration and a spot at base of
anal tuft. Fore wing silvery white suffused with pale blue
and Avith blue-green in parts, leaving the area beloAv costa
AA-hite to beyond middle ; a black patch at base of costa ;
antemedial line black, Avith patch at costa, incurved and Avith
Avedge-shaped patch at submedian fold, then incurved, an
4S
noctuid.e.
oblique sinuous medial line from cell to inner margin ; an
elliptical black discoidal spot with some black irroration
beyond it and a triangular patch above it on costa ; post-
medial line black, with small spot at costa, angled outwards
below vein 7 and at vein 4, then double, the lines widely
separated, incurved, sinuous and angled inwards below
vein 2 ; subterminal line black, forming a triangular patch
at costa with two white points on it, then with some white
marks on its outer side, sinuous, and angled outwards at
veins 4, 3 ; an oblique black mark from the line at vein 4 to
termen below vein 7 and another from the line at vein 2 to
terrnen at submedian fold ; a terminal series of slight black
lunules and the cilia chequered with black except towards
apex. Hind wing pale yellow, the costal half and terminal
area suffused with fuscous, the latter narrowing to tornus ;
a faint discoidal bar and sinuous postmedial line ; cilia pale
blue, chequered with black except towards tornus. Under-
side ochreous whitish ; fore wing with the terminal area pale
blue, an oblique diffused medial line, postmedial line incurved
below vein 6, and broad subterminal shade diffused to termen
below apex ; hind wing with the costal area except towards
base and the terminal area blackish, a black discoidal lunule,
medial bar from costa, and diffused postmedial line from
costa to submedian fold.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Oetakwa R., Snow Mts. (Meek),
1 type ; Mt. Goliath (Meek), 1 Exp. 48 millim.
Genus HA.L0C1IR0A, nov.
Type, H. cequatoria, Mab. (Diphthera), Guide de Naturaliste,
p. 26 (Feb. 1879) ; Mab. & Vuillot, Nov. Lep. p. 6, pi. 1. f. 3
(1890).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and rather broadly scaled,
the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of male bipectinate with moderate branches
to two thirds length, the apical part ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen
without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from well above angle ; 0, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
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Genus PARARCTE, nuv.
Type, P. schneider iana, Stoll ( Phalcena Noctua), Cram. Pap.
Exot. iv. p. 37, pi. 308. f. A (1780) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.,
Het. ii. p. 509 (1898).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to middle of frons, smoothly and rather broadly
scaled, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, round ; antennse of male almost simple ; thorax clothed
with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with crests on three
basal segments, the crests on 2nd and 3rd segments divided.
Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen
obliquely curved and crenulate ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ;
5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomo-
sing with 8 to form a long areole. Hind wing with the termen
rather produced at veins 4, 3, 2 ; the cell about half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus EUTELEPHIA , nov.
Type, E. aureopicta, Kenrick (Eutelia), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1917,
p. 91, pi. iv.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in front
and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
moderate and smoothly scaled ; frons with rounded prominence;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and meta-
thorax with spreading crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ;
abdomen with dorsal series of crests, the crest on 2nd segment
very large, spreading and formed of spatulate scales. Fore
wing with the apex rounded, the termen excised below vein 4,
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Genus CATEPHIA.
Catephia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 94 (1810), non
descr., Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (3) p. 320 (1S2(5) ... leucomelas, Linn.
JEdia, Hiibn., Verz. p. 260 (1827) leucomelas, Linn.
Anophia, Guen., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 248 (1841),
non descr., id. Noct. iii. p. 45 (1852) leucomelas, Linn.
Idicara, Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 172
(1862) olivacea, Walk.
Zarima, Moore. Lep. Atk. p. 162 (1882) dentifera, Linn.
Ecpatia, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 85
(1902) longinquua, Swinh.
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NOCTUID-E.
Catephia molybdocrosis, n. sp.
Head and thorax reddish brown slightly mixed with
grey ; pectus pale red-brown : tarsi dark brown ringed with
white ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing red-
brown suffused in parts with fuscous grey and irrorated with
some white scales ; subbasal line represented by some white
scales at costa and below the cell ; antemedial line dark brown
defined on inner side by whitish, slightly angled outwards
below costa and at submedian fold and excurved above inner
margin ; claviform faintly defined by brown at extremity ;
orbicular and reniform irrorated with white and faintly
defined by brown, the former very narrow and oblique, the
latter rather diffused ; an oblique whitish streak above vein
2 to the postmedial line, which is dark brown slightly defined
on outer side by whitish, strongly bent outwards below costa,
slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, then oblique, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line diffused,
whitish, curved ; a terminal series of dark striae. Hind
wing pure white, the cilia brownish at apex and between veins
3 and 2. Underside white ; fore wing with the costal area
and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a brownish
discoidal spot ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with
brown, a small brown spot at upper angle of cell.
$. Hind wing with indistinct curved brown postmedial line,
the area beyond it suffused with brown.
Hob. S. China, Namoa I. (,/. J . Walker), 1 3 $ type.
Exp. 36-40 millim.
Catephia pallididisca, n. sp.
§. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with brown ;
antennae brownish ; frons with lateral black bars ; palpi and
pectus in front red-brown, the rest of pectus white ; tarsi
blackish ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen
white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing grey suffused and
irrorated with dark brown, a whitish patch on medial area to
below the cell ; antemedial line double, the outer line black, the
inner indistinct, sinuous to submedian fold, strongly angled
inwards at vein 1 and excurved above inner margin, an oblique
black striga before it on inner area ; claviform with faint
blackish outline, acute at extremity ; orbicular whitish with
slight dark outline ; reniform with white annulus and its
centre defined by brown, large, elliptical ; traces of a sinuous
dark medial line ; postmedial line double, black filled in with
whitish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then slightly
sinuous, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some whitish
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very indistinct,
whitish faintly defined on inner side by brown and with dentate
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black-brown mark before it below vein 7, angled outwards
at veins 7, 6, then slightly waved ; a fine waved dark terminal
line. Hind wing white, the terminal area dark brown with
a cupreous gloss, broadly at costa, narrowing to tornus ; cilia
white, chequered with brown to vein 2. Underside of fore
wing white to the postmedial line with some dark irroration on
costa, the terminal area greyish brown ; hind wing white with
slight brown irroration on costa, the terminal area broadly
brown to submedian fold with some whitish on termen.
Hab. Transvaal, Waterval ( Janse ), 1 $ type. Pretoria
(Distant), 1 $. Exp. 28 millim.
Catephia albirena, n. sp.
cJ. Head and thorax dark brown mixed with white ; pectus
white ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen white
irrorated with brown, slightly on ventral surface. Fore wing
fuscous brown mixed with whitish ; two slight blackish sub-
basal marks on costa ; antemedial line blackish, curved, angled
inwards at vein 1 ; claviform defined by blackish at extremity ;
orbicular defined by blackish, round ; reniform defined by
blackish and the outer side of centre by white, rather produced
at extremities ; an indistinct waved dark medial line ; post-
medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then slightly
waved, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, some white
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct ; dark
defined on outer side by some white scales, somewhat dentate ;
a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing ivhite, the
terminal area broadly fuscous brown ; cilia white. Underside
of fore wing white, the costal area irrorated with brown, the
terminal area broadly suffused with fuscous, a small dark spot
in middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; hind wing with small
dark spot at upper angle of cell, the termen white slightly
irrorated with fuscous.
Hab. Abyssinia, Taddecha Mullha (Degen), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
Catephia endoplaga, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
whitish ; palpi with the 2nd joint darker brown at sides ; pectus
ochreous white ; tarsi brown ringed with white ; abdomen
with the ventral surface white. Fore whig reddish brown
mixed with ochreous white, a large semicircular black-brown
patch with a cupreous gloss on inner medial area ; antemedial
line hardly traceable, brownish, waved ; orbicular and reniform
with indistinct white annuli, the former small, round, the
latter rather irregular and produced at lower extremity ;
postmedial line indistinct, dark slightly defined on outer side
by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then somewhat dentate,
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excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points beyond
it on costa ; traces of a waved whitish subterminal line, oblique
from apex and bent outwards at vein 7, below which there is a
slight blackish mark before it ; some dark points on termen to
vein 4, then slight lunules. Hind wing dark brown with a
cupreous gloss, the basal area whitish tinged with red-brown to
submedian fold and with slight dark discoidal spot on it ; a
rather darker terminal line ; cilia white. Underside of fore
wing white with brownish marks in and below the cell, the
terminal area broadly suffused with brown ; hind wing white
with brown discoidal spot ; a broad brown band which is
subterminal to vein 2, then terminal, a fine dark terminal line
to vein 2.
II ab. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 1 $ type. Exp..
30 millim.
Catephia sciacliroa, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with red-brown
and some dark brown ; antennae blackish ; lower part of frons
white with lateral black bars ; palpi with some black at sides ;
pectus white ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen
pale red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous white. Fore
wing ochreous white suffused with red-brown and dark brown ;
subbasal line black, waved, from costa to vein 1 above which
there is an oblique black striga beyond it ; antemedial line
black, oblique, waved ; claviform slightly defined by blackish
at extremity ; orbicular a white point defined by blackish ;
a black striga from middle of costa and line from lower angle
of cell to inner margin angled outwards at submedian fold ;
an oblique reddish ochreous shade from costa to the post-
medial line beyond lower angle of cell defined on inner side by
black at the cliscocellulars ; postmedial line black defined on
outer side by reddish ochreous, indistinctly double on costal
half, slightly bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, oblique
to vein 4, then almost erect, a diffused reddish ochreous patch
beyond it from costa to vein 5 and some whitish points on
costa ; subterminal line white, bent outwards between veins
7 and 5 where it is bent inwards, then represented by white
marks somewhat angled outwards at veins 4 and 3 ; a slight
waved black terminal line forming minute spots in the inter-
spaces. Hind wing with the basal half white with some brown
suffusion in the cell and on inner area, the terminal area
blackish brown with a cupreous gloss ; cilia white from just
below apex to vein 4 and in submedian interspace. Under-
side of fore wing white with some ochreous on costa and brown
suffusion in cell, the terminal area broadly fuscous to sub-
median fold with white points on costa and some white before
the fine black terminal line : hind wing white to the post-
medial line, the terminal area fuscous to vein 2 with slight
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white marks before the terminal line. Hind wing with vein
5 rather slight and from middle of discocellulars.
Hab. Ceylon, I q, Gampola ( Mackwood ), 1 3 type ;
Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos [Baker), 1 <J, 1 $, Mt. Makiling
(Baker), 1 3- Exp. 28 millim.
Catepliia discophora, n. sp.
3- Head and thorax brown mixed with whitish and some
red -brown, the patagia with some black scales on upper
edge ; palpi blackish mixed with white ; pectus and legs
whitish tinged with brown, the fore tibiae blackish, the tarsi
black ringed with white ; abdomen brown mixed with grey,
the ventral surface whiter, the anal tuft black. Fore wing
grey tinged with brown and suffused with fuscous, especially
on medial area except towards costa, and on terminal area ;
subbasal line black, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line black, oblique and slightly sinuous to submedian fold,
angled inwards at vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ;
orbicular a small whitish spot defined by black ; reniform
white, pale red and fuscous defined at side by blackish, concave
towards base ; an indistinct sinuous dark medial line ; post-
meclial line double, blackish, waved, oblique to vein 6 and
inwardly oblique below vein 4, the outer line indistinct, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish
defined on each side by diffused black brown, dentate, angled
outwards below veins 6, 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black
spots defined by whitish. Hind wing black-brown ; a medial
white patch from upper angle of cell to submedian fold ; the
termen narrowly and cilia white from below apex to above
vein 4 and the cilia white in submedian interspace. Linder-
side of fore wing whitish suffused with black, a white patch
from upper angle of cell to vein 2 and some white on termen ;
hind wing white with some black irroration on basal area and
an antemedial black shade from below costa to inner margin,
the terminal area black, broadly at costa, narrowing to tornus,
some white on termen. Hind wing with vein 5 rather slight
and from middle of discocellulars.
Hab. Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 3 LyPe- Exp.
26 millim.
Catephia dipterygia, n. sp.
3. Head and thorax bright rufous with some darker brown
on patagia and metathorax ; fore and mid tarsi darker
brown with pale rings ; abdomen bright rufous with some
darker brown at extremity. Fore wing glossy red -brown
mostly suffused with dark brown, the terminal area whitish
tinged with red-brown from below apex to vein 4 ; ante-
medial line blackish, strongly excurved ; claviform dark brown
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slightly defined by blackish and extending to median nervure ;
orbicular with blackish annulus, small, round ; reniform
incompletely defined by blackish and with white points on its
outer edge ; traces of a waved dark medial line ; postmedial
line blackish, very oblique to vein 6, then somewhat dentate,
excurved to vein 3, then strongly incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a dark
brown shade angled outwards at veins 7, G, then a series of
dentate marks in the interspaces to vein 2, incurved at discal
fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules. Hind wing
dark brown with a cupreous gloss, the basal area white tinged
with red-brown to submedian fold ; cilia white tinged with
brown at apex, between veins 4 and 2 and towards tornus.
Underside of both wings clothed with bright rufous androconia
to middle, then with some whitish before the broad dark brown
terminal area, then termen whitish to vein 4.
$. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with ochreous,
pectus and legs ochreous irrorated with brown, abdomen
fuscous, ochreous at base and extremity, the ventral surface
rufous irrorated with brown, ochreous at base ; fore wing
fuscous and ochreous with hardly any red-brown tones, the
terminal area below apex paler ochreous ; underside ochreous
white to beyond middle with some brown irroration on costal
areas and small blackish discoidal spots.
Hab. Gold Coast, Obuassi {Bergman), 1 $, Kumasi ( White-
side , Sanders), 1 <$, 1 $ type. Exp. $ 30, $ 34 millim.
Catephia scotaea, ». sp.
$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish and some
blackish, the tegulte with two blackish lines ; antennae fuscous
ringed with whitish towards base ; pectus whitish ; tarsi
blackish ringed with white ; abdomen black-brown mixed
with whitish except the crests and extremity, the anal tuft
pale rufous, the ventral surface white mixed with red-brown.
Fore wing red-brown mixed with grey ; subbasal line slight,
black, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black,
oblique and slightly curved ; orbicular defined by blackish,
rather oblique elliptical ; reniform with its inner edge slightly
defined by whitish, its outer edge with a small white spot
with point above it and two below it ; a diffused brown
medial line from costa to discal fold and from lower angle of
cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black, slightly bent
outwards below costa, then slightly sinuous, oblique to vein
4, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line faint, pale defined on inner side by some
diffused dark brown, excurved below vein 7 and angled out-
CATEPHIA.
wards at veins 4, 3 ; a series of black striae just before termen.
Hind wing black-brown with a cupreous gloss ; a white patch
from upper angle of cell to submedian fold diffused below the
cell towards base ; cilia white from just below apex to vein 4
and in submedian interspace. Underside of fore wing white
to the postmedial line, with some ochreous on costa and brown
irroration in cell, a black discoidal striga, the terminal area
blackish with some ochreous and white on costa and on
termen between veins 7 and 4 ; hind wing with the basal half
white, the costa tinged with ochreous and irrorated with some
blackish scales, the terminal half blackish.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders). 3 9 type. Exp.
30-32 millim.
Catephia holophsea, n. sp.
<?• Head and thorax red -brown, the vertex of head and
dorsum of thorax pale rufous ; antennae towards base greyish
ringed with black ; palpi with some black at sides ; pectus
whitish tinged with rufous ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
abdomen I’eddish brown mixed with grey, the anal tuft blackish.
Fore wing red-brown mixed with fuscous brown ; ante-
medial line hardly traceable, curved ; orbicular and reniform
very faintly defined by rufous scales ; postmedial line in-
distinct, blackish, slightly defined on each side by rufous
towards costa, bent outwards below costa, then oblique to
vein 4 and incurved below it, some white points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line very indistinct, dark, defined on
outer side by white to vein 4, angled outwards at veins 7, 6
and 4 ; a terminal series of minute black lunules. Hind
wing brown with a cupreous gloss ; cilia whitish with a brown
line through them except in submedian interspace. Under-
side of fore wing with the basal half clothed with rough
whitish and reddish ochreous scales, some brown suffusion
in and below middle of cell, a small blackish discoidal spot,
the terminal half brown with some reddish ochreous on costa
and white on termen between veins 7 and 4 ; hind wing
clothed with rough whitish and reddish ochreous scales to
the blackish postmedial line, a slight black discoidal lunule,
the terminal area brown with some reddish and white irroration
on costal area and termen.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Onitsha, 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim.
Catephia metaleuca, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax dark greyish brown mixed with
white ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen whitish
mixed with brown, the crests browner, the ventral surface
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whiter. Fore wing olive-green suffused with fuscous brown
and irrorated with a few white scales, the veins with dark
streaks ; subbasal line indistinct, dark, sinuous, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, waved ;
orbicular greyish with slight dark outline, small, round ;
reniform with slight dark outline defined on outer side by
four white spots and with white patch below it ; postmedial
line blackish defined on outer side by white at costa, bent
outwards below costa, then slightly waved, angled outwards
at veins 4, 3, then incurved, a faint dark line beyond it and
some small white spots on costa ; subterminal line white,
obsolescent in parts, waved, angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and
excurved at middle ; a slight waved blackish terminal line.
Hind wing pure white ; a slight brown shade at apex ; the
termen with a black line from below vein 5 to vein 2 with
some brown beyond it on the cilia. Underside white ; fore
wing with slight discoidal lunule defined by brown, oblique
brown medial and postmedial marks from costa, a broad brown
subterminal shade from below costa to vein 2, extending
below the costa to termen ; hind wing with some brown
irroration on apical part of costa.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe (Betlon), 1 $ type.
Exp. 40 millim.
Catepliia javensis, ». sp.
O. Head and thorax white mixed with deep red-brown,
the tegulie whiter except at base and with two blackish lines ;
antennae slightly ringed with white towards base ; pectus
white except in front ; fore tibiae and tarsi black-brown
ringed with white ; abdomen white dorsally tinged with
rufous, the crests and extremity deep red-brown. Fore wing
deep red-brown variegated with white tinged with rufous ;
the basal costal area whitish with a small dark spot on costa
near base and the sinuous blackish subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line blackish defined on each
side by some whitish, oblique, waved ; orbicular faintly
defined by blackish, round ; a V-shaped whitish patch from
costa to lower angle of cell, its inner area with oblique black
striga on it and its outer extending to beyond the postmedial
line at costa ; a whitish band before the postmedial line from
vein 2 to inner margin ; postmedial line black, bent outwards
below costa, then oblique, incurved at discal fold and angled
outwards at veins 3, 2, 1, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line slight, white defined on inner side by diffused
dark brown, waved, bent outwards at vein 7 and excurved
at middle, the area beyond it whitish at discal fold and tornus ;
a waved black terminal line ; cilia chequered with whitish
towards apex. Hind wing pure while, the terminal area
CATE PHI A.
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broadly black-brown with a cupreous gloss to vein 2, then
narrowly to tornus ; the termen white to discal fold ; an
oblique white striga to termen below vein 2 ; cilia white,
black-brown between veins 4 and 2. Underside of fore wing
white, black-brown beyond the postmedial line which is curved
inwards to costa and with white points beyond it on costa ;
a black discoidal striga, white marks before the terminal line
above and below vein 5, cilia chequered with white towards
apex ; hind wing with white spot on costa near inner edge
of the dark area.
Hob. Java ( Hors field ), 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim.
Catephia canescens, n. sp.
Head and thorax fuscous brown slightly mixed with whitish,
the tegulse with two black lines ; pectus and legs pale rufous
irrorated with fuscous, the tarsi blackish tinged with white ;
abdomen whitish tinged Avith broAvn, the crests and anal
tuft black. Fore wing fuscous mixed with grey and pale
rufous, the \Teins with dark streaks ; subbasal line black,
cur\red, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line slight,
black, angled outwards below costa and inwards in the cell,
excur\red below the cell and strongly above inner margin ;
claviform defined by black, elongate ; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former round, the latter rather narroAv
with some Avhite on its outer edge ; an oblique black striga
above it from costa ; postmedial line black, bent outwards
beloAv costa, then slightly sinuous, oblique to vein 6, incurved
at discal fold and oblique below vein 4 ; the interspaces of
terminal area streaked Avith black ; cilia slightly intersected
with Avhitish at the veins. Hind Aving with the basal half
Avhite Avith the inner margin suffused with brown, its outer
edge curved emitting slight dark streaks on the Areins and
extending to above tornus, the rest of Aving black-brown with
a cupreous gloss ; the termen narrowly white beloAv apex ;
cilia Avhite, black-brown between A7eins 4 and 2. Underside
of fore Aving white, the costa irrorated Avith brown, a black
discoidal lunule, a broad fuscous subterminal shade from
beloAv costa to A7ein 2, extending below apex to termen ; hind
wing Avhite, a broad fuscous subterminal shade from costa
to vein 2 irrorated with white towards costa.
Ab. 1. Fore wing much paler, the black markings obso-
lescent ; hind wing with the brown on inner area and on
termen towards tormis obsolescent.
Hab. Queensland, Duaringa (Lower), 1 $ ; W. Australia,
Baudin I. ( J . J. Walker), 1 $, Troughton I. (,/. J. Walker),
1 <J, Sherlock R. (Clements), 2 2 $ type. Exp. 32-40
millim.
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Catephia abrostolica, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax brownish grey tinged in parts with
rufous and the thorax with some black scales ; antennae
fuscous brown ; tegulie with black medial line ; pectus whitish ;
legs rufous, the tarsi tinged with blackish ; abdomen grey
suffused with brown, the crests rather darker, the ventral
surface white ringed with rufous. Fore wing grey suffused
with reddish brown ; subbasal line black, waved, from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, slightly angled
outwards below costa and strongly at submedian fold, in-
curved at vein 1, dark marks before it at costa and in and below
the cell ; claviform defined by black, large and extending to the
cell ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by black and with
slight dark marks in centres, the former round, the latter
with its very short black streaks from its outer edge, an
oblique blackish shade from costa to between their upper
parts ; postmedial line black ; strongly bent outwards below
costa, then oblique to below vein 4 and slightly excurved
below vein 7, angled outwards below vein 4, then strongly
incurved and slightly angled inwards at submedian fold, a
black streak from it to termen below vein 4 and a blackish
fascia below vein 2 interrupted by a white spot ; the veins and
interspaces of terminal area streaked with blackish ; sub-
terminal line indistinct, brown, rather diffused, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle ; a fine waved black terminal line.
Hind wing with the basal half white with some brown suffusion
on inner margin, the terminal half black-brown with a cupreous
gloss ; cilia white, with a dark line through them and some
brown at tips at middle. Underside of fore wing white to
beyond middle with some brown suffusion on costa, a minute
black spot in middle of cell, black discoidal lunule and oblique
postmedial striga from costa, the rest of wing black-brown
with some grey on termen ; hind wing white to middle of costa
and tornus with some red-brown irroration on costa, the rest
of wing black-brown.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Tanga (Hollis), 1 $ type. Exp. .‘1C>
millim.
Catephia melanica, n. sp.
Catephia acronyctoid.es, Hmpsn. Moths. Ind. ii. p. 482 (part.), nec Guen.
$. Head and thorax black-brown glossed with leaden grey,
the tegulse with black medial line ; tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen reddish brown with the crests dark brown. Fore
wing black-brown glossed with leaden-grey ; subbasal line
black, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold ; some dark
marks before the antemedial line which is black, incurved in
cell, excurved below the cell and above inner margin and
CATEPHIA.
59
angled inwards at vein 1 ; claviform defined by black, round ;
orbicular and reniform defined by black, the former round, the
latter irregular and extending to below the cell ; a blackish
medial line, oblique and diffused towards costa, then sinuous ;
postmedial line double, black, the outer line indistinct, bent
outwards below costa, then sinuous, oblique to vein 4 and
inwardly oblique below it, some whitish points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line blackish, oblique and forming some-
what dentate marks to vein 6, then waved and slight ; a
waved black terminal line. Hind wing black-brown with a
cupreous gloss, the basal half with a white patch from below
costa to vein 1 ; a black terminal line ; cilia with some white
between veins 7 and 4 and in submedian interspace. Under-
side of fore wing fuscous brown with some white in base of
cell and on inner area and whitish irroration on costa, a black
discoidal lunule with white band beyond it from below costa
to submedian fold, some white irroration on termen ; hind
wing white to beyond middle, with its outer edge rather
crenulate, the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a small
black spot at upper angle of cell, the terminal area fuscous
brown with slight white irroration on termen.
Hab. Punjab, Dharmsala {Hocking), 1 $ ; Sikhim {Russell),
1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.
Catephia stygia, n. sp.
Head and thorax black-brown with a few white scales ;
pectus, legs and abdomen dark brown, the tarsi slightly
tinged with white. Fore wing black-brown slightly tinged
with grey ; subbasal line represented by slight black points
below costa and cell ; antemedial line black, oblique to median
nervure, incurved at vein 1 and excurved above inner margin ;
claviform defined by black, large ; orbicular defined by black
and with a few white scales representing its annulus, round ;
reniform defined on inner side by black and on outer by white
points and small white spot at middle ; an indistinct oblique
sinuous blackish line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line black, strongly bent outwards and almost
obsolete below costa, incurved at discal fold, incurved and
sinuous below vein 4, some pale points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line very indistinct, dark, waved ; a terminal
series of small blackish spots. Hind wing white, the inner
margin suffused with brown, the terminal area broadly dark
brown ; cilia whitish at base ; the underside white, the costal
area irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with
brown, a small dark spot at upper angle of cell.
Hab. W. China, Chow-pin-sa, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.
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Catephia thermotis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-red-brown ; antennae
white in front of basal joint ; frons with white spots at sides ;
palpi with the 3rd joint white at base and tips ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen with whitish mixed, the
tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing chocolate-red-brown
glossed with grey, the inner medial area and apical half of
terminal area deeper red-brown ; two faint diffused waved
red-brown antemedial lines ; orbicular a small round dark
red-brown spot ; reniform dark red-brown defined at sides
by a few white scales, constricted at middle ; postmedial line
double and filled in with whitish, the inner line dark red-brown,
the outer indistinct, excurved below costa and at middle,
incurved between those points and oblique below vein 4, some
white points beyond, it on costa ; an indistinct red-brown
subterminal line, excurved below costa and at middle ; the
termen greyish from below apex to below vein 5. Hind wing
pure white with the base and inner margin chocolate-brown,
the terminal half chocolate-brown with curved inner edge and
a pure white patch on termen and cilia belowr apex. Underside
of fore wing dark reddish brown with a chocolate-red patch
at apex, the inner area whitish to middle, the medial area
bluish white except towards costa, defining each side of the
reniform, slight bluish white lines before termen between
veins (3 and 4 and from vein 3 to submedian fold ; hind whig
with the base suffused with brown, the costal area tinged with
rufous, the costal half of terminal area chocolate-red.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 2 1 $ type.
Exp. 24-28 millim.
Catephia microcelis, n. sp.
q . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with rufous especially
on dorsum of thorax ; antennae blackish ; palpi with some
black at sides ; pectus ochreous, rufous in front ; tarsi black
tinged with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown, the crests and
anal tuft rufous, the ventral surface ochreous tinged with
rufous. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with rufous and
some grey scales ; subbasal line slight, blackish, curved, from
costa to median nervure ; antemedial line black, curved ;
claviform indistinctly defined by black, small ; orbicular with
whitish annulus slightly defined by black, small, round ;
reniform faintly defined by black, with some whitish scales
on its inner edge and white points on outer with a rather
larger spot at middle ; an indistinct sinuous blackish medial
line ; postmedial line black, sinuous, oblique to vein 4, then
inwardly oblique, a faint waved line beyond it and some
slight rufous points on costa ; subterminal line represented by
CATEPHIA.
or
a series of rather dentate black-brown marks to vein 2, then
slight, excurved below vein 7 and at middle and angled inward
at discal fold to near the postmedial line ; a terminal series of
blackish points and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind
wing black-brown with a cupreous gloss ; a white subbasal
patch from below costa to submedian fold, cilia white from
below apex to vein 4, then with a fine whitish line at base and
white tips at submedian interspace. Underside of fore wing-
white to the postmedial fine, the costa tinged with ochreous
and irrorated with brown, a brown and rufous mark at middle
of costa and some brown in and below middle of cell, the ter-
minal area fuscous black with some rufous and white points
on costa and a whitish subterminal bar, some white on termen
from below apex to vein 4 ; hind wing with the basal half
white with some black irroration on costa and small spot
at upper angle of cell, the terminal half fuscous blackish with
some rufous on costa and slight whitish marks on termen to
vein 2.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha ( Humfrey ), 1 $ type. Exp. 26
millim.
Catepliia cryptodisca, n. sp.
Head pale red-brown, the antennae with the shaft white
above ; thorax dark reddish brown, the patagia with a few of
the scales tipped with white ; pectus and legs ochreous mixed
with brown, the tarsi black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen
dark brown, the ventral surface ochreous tinged with brown.
Fore whig dark brown mixed with reddish brown ; subbasal
line black, oblique, from costa to vein 1 above which there is a
small black spot beyond it ; antemedial line black, oblique and
slightly sinuous to submedian fold, incurved above vein 1 ; a
very indistinct sinuous dark medial line ; reniform white
thickly irrorated with brown and faintly defined, oblique,
elliptical ; postmedial line double, black, slightly bent outwards
below costa, then minutely waved, oblique to vein 5, then in-
wardly oblique, some slight reddish points bejmnd it on costa ;
subterminal line indistinct, pale, faintly defined on each side
by blackish, waved towards costa, then reduced to small spots
and with white point before it at vein 1 ; a terminal series of
black lunuies ; cilia with a black line near base. Hind wing
black-brown ; an elliptical white spot from upper angle of
cell to submedian fold ; cilia white from below apex to vein
4 and in submedian interspace. Underside of fore -wing with
the costal area ochreous to beyond middle, some brown below'
the cell and in end of cell, the inner area white, a white patch
beyond the cell between veins 7 and 2, the terminal area
black-brown with ochreous points on costa and terminal series
of small w'hite lunuies ; hind wfing black-brown, the costal area
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ochreous and brown to beyond middle, a white medial band
from below costa to above inner margin, a terminal series
of rather triangular white spots to below vein 2. Hind wing
with vein 5 rather slight and from middle of discocellulars.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type ; S. Nigeria
(Dudgeon), 1 $, Akossa (Lugard), 1 $ ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru
(Macfie), 1 $. Exp. 24-30 millim.
Genus CATEPHIONA, nov.
Type, C. lichenea, Hmpsn. ( Catephia ), Trans. Ent. Soc.
189o: p. 306 ; id. Moths Ind. iv. p. 533 (1896).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately scaled in front, the
3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons with truncate conical
prominence with small raised rim at extremity ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of female almost simple ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with slight crest,
the metathorax with large spreading crest ; tibiae fringed with
long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments
and lateral fringes of hair. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas-
tomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus EUCA.TEPHIA, nov.
Type, E. dinawa B.-Bkr. (Catephia), Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 252
(1906).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately scaled in front, the
3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons with small rounded
prominence and ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales, the prothorax with slight crest ; the metathorax with
large spreading crest ; tibiae fringed with long hair, the hind
tarsi in male with the 1st joint fringed with long hair above ;
abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments and lateral
fringes of hair. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
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Eucatephia muscosa, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax rufous with a few black scales, the
tegulse with slight dark medial line and black and whitish
scales at tips, the patagia yellow-green with red-brown and
blackish outer edge ; frons white, black-brown at sides ; pectus
and legs whitish mixed with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown
ringed with white ; abdomen whitish mixed with rufous and
brown and with a patch of bright rufous at base of dorsum,
the ventral surface browner except at base. Fore wing yellow-
green, mixed with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown
and blackish, the area beyond the cell from below costa to vein
2 suffused with silvery leaden blue to the subterminal line,
leaving a green streak in discal fold, the area below submedian
fold ochreous whitish suffused with rufous ; subbasal line
double, blackish filled in with whitish, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line indistinct, double, blackish, filled in with
whitish towards costa, oblique and sinuous to submedian fold;
then dentate ; orbicular a round blackish spot with faint reddish
ochreous annulus ; reniform faintly defined by blackish, its
centre silvery greenish with some ochreous on inner side ;
postmedial line indistinctly double, blackish filled in with
ochreous white, bent outwards below costa, then slightly
waved, incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4, an
indistinct waved ochreous white line beyond it and some white
points on costa ; subterminal line ochreous white defined on
inner side by black marks to vein 2, forming a spot below vein
7 and dentate mark at discal fold, slightly waved, excurved
below vein 7 and to near termen at middle ; a waved black
terminal line forming small spots at the interspaces ; cilia
brownish intersected with ochreous to vein 2, then ochreous
tinged with rufous. Hind wing black-brown, the basal half
below discal fold pure white with the inner margin tinged with
red-brown ; cilia ochreous white with a brown line through
them and tinged with rufous at tips. Underside of fore wing
with the costal area ochreous and rufous with diffused blackish
marks at and beyond middle, the cell and postmedial area
between veins 7 and 1 fuscous brown, the inner area white,
the terminal area white and brown ; hind wing with the costal
area ochreous irrorated with brown, a brown spot at upper
angle of cell, the inner margin not tinged with brown, the
termen with some white and a black terminal line forming
small spots in the interspaces.
Hab. Perak, Taiping {Holman -Hunt), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 millim.
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Genus PARANAGIA, nov.
Type, P. rufostrigata B.-Bkr. ( Catephia ), Nov. Zool xiii.
p. 251 (1906).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled in
front, the 3rd long, smoothly scaled and not dilated at ex-
tremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed,
the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax with very
large crest ; tibiae fringed with long hair, in male fringed with
very long hair and the hind tarsus fringed with long hair
above except at extremity ; abdomen with dorsal series of
large crests, the crest on 3rd segment largest. Fore wing
rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell nearly half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Genus MAGEUTICA, nov.
Type, M. alchymista, Schiff. (Noctita), Wien. Verz. p. 89
(1776).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately fringed
with scales in front, the 3rd long, smoothly scaled and not
dilated at extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;
antennas of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with
hah’ only, the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax
with divided crest ; tibiae fringed with long hair ; abdomen with
dorsal series of large crests, the crests on basal and 3rd segments
larger. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Genus NAGIA.
Nagia, Walk. xv. 1739 (1858)
Type
gravipes. Walk.
Nagia subalbida, n. sp.
Head and thorax glossy black-brown, the head with a
few white hairs ; palpi, pectus and legs white mixed with brown,
the tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen dark brown with
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some whitish at sides of base and in the anal tuft, the crests
black-brown, the ventral surface white mixed with brown.
Fore wing black-brown ; antemedial line black, oblique to
submedian fold where it is acutely angled outwards, then
inwardly oblique and incurved at vein 1 ; traces of a small
elliptical reniform defined by blackish ; a black annulus below
end of cell ; postmedial line black, oblique to vein 6, angled
inwards at discal fold in which there is a black streak from it
to the reniform, then strongly excurved and below vein 3
strongly incurved and sinuous ; subterminal line represented
by a whitish bar from costa, then by slight black streaks in the
interspaces, extending to termen between veins 5 and 2 ; a series
of minute black lunules just before termen. Hind wing white,
the termen black-brown to vein 2 with dentate inner edge and
leaving some white on termen at apex, then with a blackish
terminal line to vein 1 ; cilia chequered with black at the veins.
Underside white ; fore wing with the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with brown, a dark postmedial line from costa to
vein 2 ; hind wing with postmedial series of blackish points to
vein 4, the termen irrorated with blackish and with terminal
series of black points to vein 2.
Hab. Transvaal, Lydenburg Distr. 1 p' type. Exp.
38 millim.
Nagia accolytis, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark brown with a cupreous gloss and
a few white hairs ; tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen dark
greyish brown, the crests dark brown with a cupreous gloss.
Fore wing red- brown suffused with dark brown and irrorated
with a few white scales ; subbasal line black-brown, slightly
excurved below costa and ending at submedian fold, a dark
patch beyond it on costa ; antemedial line rather indistinct,
black-brown, incurved in the cell and excurved below it, then
sinuous ; a minute blackish spot in middle of cell ; reniform
defined by black, small ; two sinuous blackish medial lines ;
blackish marks with a leaden-grey gloss beyond the angles of
cell and an elliptical black annulus filled in with blackish below
end of cell ; postmedial line black, oblique and slightly sinuous
to vein 4, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved with
a slight double wave at vein 2 to below vein 2 and strongly
below submedian fold to the medial line, then excurved to
inner margin, some greyish black beyond it between veins 3
and 2 ; an oblique triangular dark patch on costal area before
the indistinct dark waved subterminal line which is excurved
below vein 7 ; a waved black line before termen. Hind wing
blackish brown ; an oblique white band from middle of costa
to vein 1 where it narrows to a point, its inner edge indented
at lower angle of cell ; the termen and cilia white from below
F
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apex to below vein 6 ; an oblique white subterminal bar at
vein 2. Underside fuscous brown ; fore wing with a bluish
white patch beyond the cell between veins 7 and 2, the apical
part of costa and termen irrorated with white, the interspaces
of terminal area to vein 2 with slight white streaks interrupted
by black points before termen ; hind wing with the band ending
at submedian fold, the interspaces of terminal area to vein 2
with slight white streaks interrupted by black points before
termen.
$. Fore wing with greyish black suffusion on medial and
postmedial areas except towards costa, the reniform, annulus
below end of cell and postmedial line between veins 7 and 1
defined by grey scales.
Hob. Cocos-Keeling I. (Wood- Jones), 2 <J, 3 $ type.
Exp. 44-58 millim.
Nagia proselytis, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; tarsi ringed with
whitish. F ore wing red-brown irrorated with a few white scales;
subbasal line black-brown, sinuous, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line black, incurved in cell and excurved
below it, then oblique ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform
an obscure blackish spot ; two sinuous blackish medial lines ;
a black annulus below end of cell ; postmedial line black,
obliquely excurved to vein 3, then oblique to submedian fold,
strongly incurved at vein 1 to the medial line and excurved
above inner margin ; subterminal line hardly traceable, curved ;
a series of blackish striae before termen to submedian fold.
Hind wing black-brown, with a cupreous gloss ; an obliquely
curved white band from middle of costa to submedian fold
and slight spot above vein 1 ; the termen rather broadly and
cilia white from apex to below vein 6 ; small subterminal white
spots at veins 3 and 2. Underside fuscous brown ; fore wing
with some whitish suffusion in the cell, a bluish white patch
beyond the cell from vein 6 to below 2 along which it emits
some suffusion to termen, the interspaces of terminal area to
vein 2 with white streaks interrupted by black points before
termen, the apex with some whitish irroration ; hind wing with
the white band angled inwards on costa and its inner edge in-
curved at middle, the interspaces of terminal area to vein 2
with white streak interrupted by black points before termen.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 <$ type. Exp. 60
millim.
Nagia episcopalis, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax black-brown with some bluish white
hairs; 2nd joint of palpi with some white in front and behind;
pectus whitish ; legs with white mixed, the tarsi ringed with
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white ; abdomen dark greyish brown, the basal crests black-
brown with some white hairs, the ventral surface reddish brown
mixed with white. Fore wing red-brown, the area from
below middle of costa to inner margin near base to just before
termen from below vein 4 to tornus glossy black-brown
irrorated with a few blue-white scales ; subbasal line black-
brown, oblique, from costa to vein 1, a dark red-brown shade
beyond it from costa to median nervure ; antemedial line
black-brown, excurved below the cell and above inner margin ;
a black point in middle of cell ; the reniform a small lunule
defined by diffused black ; two indistinct sinuous dark medial
lines ; an elliptical black annulus below end of cell ; postmedial
line black, sinuous, obliquely excurved from costa to vein 3,
slightly angled outwards at vein 2, then acutely inwards below
the annulus and incurved to inner margin ; a red-brown shade
from costa to vein 6 with two white points at costa before the
subterminal line which is very indistinct, excurved below vein
7, then waved ; a waved dark line before termen ; cilia black-
brown. Hind wing black- brown with a cupreous gloss ; an
obliquely curved white patch from below middle of costa to
submedian fold ; the termen rather broadly and cilia white
from apex to discal fold, and a white point on the cilia below
vein 5 ; a slight subterminal white lunule at vein 2 and a few
scales at vein 3 ; cilia white at tips towards tornus. Underside
fuscous brown , fore wing with some bluish white suffusion
in, below and beyond the cell, the costa towards apex and
termen except towards tornus irrorated Avith Avhite ; the inter-
spaces towards termen with short Avhite streaks interrupted by
black points before termen ; hind wing Avith the inner area white
to near tornus, joined by the curved white band Avhich arises
at vein 7, the interspaces of terminal area to \rein 2 Avith short
Avhite streaks interrupted by black points before termen.
some bluish Avhite irroration on termen and a fine Avhite
terminal line.
Hob. Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei {Pratt), 3 $ type. Exp.
56-60 millim.
Nagia sacerdotis, n. sp.
2. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some bluish
Avhite hairs ; pectus and femora brownish AV’hite, the tibiae
dark brovm mixed with whitish, the tarsi black ringed with
white ; abdomen brown suffused with bluish grey, the crests
black-brown. Fore Aving black-broAvn tinged with grey and
slightly irrorated with whitish ; the basal area and costal area
to the subterminal line reddish brown mixed Avith black-brown ;
slight subbasal black marks on costa and beloAV the cell ;
antemedial line indistinctly double, black, waved, excused
beloAV the cell ; a minute black spot in middle of cell ; reniform
f 2
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defined by black, small, elliptical ; two indistinct sinuous black
medial lines ; an elliptical black annulus below end of cell ;
postmedial line black, oblique and sinuous to vein 5, angled
outwards at veins 4, 3, 2, inwardly oblique from vein 3 to sub-
median fold at the medial line and excurved to inner margin ;
an oblique wedge-shaped reddish brown shade from costa
before the subterminal line to vein 5 above which there is
some reddish brown extending to termen ; subterminal line
indistinct, black, waved, excurved below vein 7 ; a series of
small black spots before termen to vein 3, then a waved line
to submedian fold. Hind wing black-brown, the base and
inner margin greyish brown ; an oblique wedge-shaped white
band from middle of costa to vein 1 ; the termen rather broadly
and cilia white from apex to vein 6 ; a waved white subterminal
line between veins 3 and 1 ; cilia whitish at tips towards tornus.
Underside of fore wing brownish white, the costa and terminal
area brown irrorated with bluish white, an oblique dark post-
medial line from costa to vein 4, the interspaces of terminal
area to vein 2 with short white streaks interrupted by black
points before termen : hind wing white, the costal and terminal
areas brown irrorated with white, a black discoidal lunule,
a slight curved brown postmedial line from costa to vein 2,
followed by a black- brown shade ending at tornus and a
subterminal shade ending at vein 2.
Hah. Br C Africa, Mt. Mlange ( Neave ), 3 $ ; Transvaal,
Kaapmenden {Cooke), 1 $ type. Exp. 00 millim.
Nagia hieratica, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark brown with a cupreous gloss and
irrorated with a few whitish scales ; pectus and legs greyer
brown, the tarsi slightly ringed with whitish ; abdomen greyish
brown, the basal crest and ventral surface darker. Fore wing
red-brown irrorated with a few blue-white scales ; a subbasal
blackish striga from costa ; a darker shade on antemedial
area ; antemedial line black-brown, incurved in the cell and
excurved below it, then oblique ; a blackish point in middle of
cell ; two curved slightly sinuous black-brown medial lines
with a dark shade beyond them ; postmedial line black-brown,
obliquely excurved to vein 4, then incurved and excurved
below vein 2 and above inner margin ; a dark shade beyond it
and an oblique fascia from it at vein 5 to termen at vein 4 ;
an indistinct dark subterminal line, excurved below vein 7,
then waved ; a series of small lunulate black marks before
termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing black-brown ; an
oblique sinuous white band from middle of costa to vein 1,
expanding into a patch at discal fold and narrowing to a point
at vein 1 ; the termen and cilia white from just below apex to
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below vein 6 ; an oblique white subterminal bar below vein 2.
Underside fuscous brown ; fore wing with bluish white patch
beyond the cell from below costa to vein 2 along which it
emits some suffusion to termen, the interspaces of terminal
area to vein 2 with white streaks interrupted by blackish
points before termen ; hind wing with the band ending at
submedian fold, the interspaces of terminal area to vein 2 with
white streaks interrupted by blackish points before termen.
Hab. Marshall Is. {Mathew), 1 $ type ; Gilbert Is.
(Woodford), 1 Exp. 52-60 millim.
Nagia monastica, n. sp.
o ■ Head and thorax dark brown with a cupreous gloss and
slightly mixed with whitish ; tarsi slightly ringed with whitish ;
abdomen dark grey -brown. Fore wing reddish brown suffused
with dark brown and slightly irrorated with white ; subbasal
line black, slightly excurved below costa and ending at sub-
median fold ; antemedial line black, incurved in cell and
excurved below it, then sinuous ; a minute black spot in middle
of cell ; reniform defined by black, small ; two sinuous black
medial lines ; postmedial line black, oblique and sinuous to
vein 4, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then retracted to median
nervure below end of cell, then bent outward again along vein
2, incurved to the medial line at vein 1 and excurved to inner
margin ; the postmedial area with oblique dark shade extending
to middle of termen ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, waved,
excurved below vein 7 ; a series of black striae before termen
from below vein 7 to submedian fold. Hind wing black-brown ;
a narrow obliquely curved white band from middle of costa to
submedian fold ; the termen and cilia white from apex to below
vein 6 ; a small white subterminal spot at vein 2. Underside
fuscous brown ; fore wing with bluish white shade beyond the
cell from below costa to vein 2, the interspaces of terminal area
between veins 7 and 2 with slight white streaks interrupted
by black points before termen ; hind wing with the band
ending at vein 2, its edges sinuous, the interspaces of terminal
area to vein 2 with white streaks interrupted by black points
before termen.
Hab. Friendly Is., Vavau Group ( Eclipse Exp.), 2 type.
Exp. 60-66 millim.
Nagia melipotica, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous and mixed
with some dark brown, the tips of patagia and metathorax
behind black-brown ; pectus with ridges of black-brown hair
behind the mid-legs, the mid and hind femora clothed with
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black-brown hair ; abdomen reddish ochreous irrorated with
dark brown, the crests dark brown at tips. Fore wing whitish
mixed with rufous and irrorated with dark-brown ; slight dark
subbasal marks below costa and cell ; antemedial line rather
diffused, blackish, incurved in the cell and excurved below it,
then incurved ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform
defined by rather diffused black, small ; two indistinct waved
blackish medial lines ; a blackish annulus below end of cell ;
postmedial line rather diffused, black, sinuous, oblique to vein
4, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then inwardly oblique to vein
1 at the medial line and excurved to inner margin, an oblique
white shade beyond it from costa to termen at vein 5 ; an
oblique wedge-shaped dark brown shade from costa before the
subterminal line which is whitish towards costa and excurved
below vein 7, then very indistinct, dark, waved ; a series of
blackish points before termen. Hind wing dark brown with a
cupreous gloss ; a rather diffused oblique whitish medial band
from vein 7 to submedian fold and slight spot at vein 1 ; the
termen narrowly and cilia white from apex to vein 6 ; an
oblique rather diffused whitish bar from vein 3 to termen at
submedian fold. Underside of fore wing suffused with reddish
and black-brown, the inner area whitish ; hind wing suffused
with reddish and black-brown, the terminal area whitish.
Hab. Natal, Durban {Gooch), 1 q type. Exp. 48 millim.
Nagia evanescens, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale red-brown mixed with white ;
antennae fuscous ; pectus and legs pale red-brown, the tibiae
with some whitish, the tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
abdomen pale red-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown mixed
with some white, the apical area strongly irrorated with white ;
subbasal line indistinct, blackish, excurved below costa and
ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line diffused, blackish,
excurved below the cell, then oblique and waved ; a minute
black spot in middle of cell ; reniform faintly defined by
blackish, small, elliptical ; traces of two sinuous dark medial
lines ; an elliptical blackish annulus below end of cell ; post-
medial line blackish, sinuous, oblique to vein 4 and angled
outwards at veins 6, 4, 3, then inwardly oblique to submedian
fold below the annulus and erect to inner margin : an oblique
wedge-shaped dark brown patch on costal area with two white
points at costa before the subterminal line which is white and
distinct to vein 5 and excurved below vein 7, then indistinct,
dark, waved ; a series of small blackish spots before termen
connected by a faint waved line. Hind wing fuscous brown
with a cupreous gloss ; a narrow oblique obsolescent bluish
white medial band from vein (! to submedian fold with slight
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whitish mark below it at vein 1 ; the termen and cilia white
from apex to below vein 6 ; two small obliquely placed white
subterminal spots above and below vein 2. Underside pale
grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; fore wing with faint oblique
dark postmedial line from costa to vein 5, an incurved sub-
terminal series of slight whitish marks from costa to vein 6,
the termen irrorated with white and with slight whitish
streaks in the interspaces to vein 2 interrupted by dark points
before termen ; hind wing with faint discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line from costa to vein 2, a faint subterminal shade
ending on termen at submedian fold, and white spot before
termen at vein 2.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the medial area strongly irrorated
with white and with white mark beyond the black spot in the
Ab. 2. Fore wing wholly suffused with leaden grey-black
except the basal costal and apical areas.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar ( Cockburn , Sampson), 1
1 $ type. Sapele (Sampson) , 1 §. Exp. 50-52 millim.
Nagia microsema, n. sp.
S- Head and thorax brown with a cupreous gloss, the head
and tegulse with white hairs mixed ; palpi whitish in front ;
pectus and legs pale reddish brown, the fore tibiae with some
whitish hairs, the tarsi blackish with pale rings ; abdomen
grey-brown, the crests dark brown with a cupreous gloss
at tips. Fore wing reddish brown with a cupreous gloss and
suffused with fuscous brown, the apical area paler ; subbasal line
pale reddish ochreous, waved, from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line dark brown incurved in the cell and excurved
below it, then incurved, a minute black spot in middle of cell ;
reniform defined by black, small, elliptical ; two indistinct
waved dark medial lines and an elliptical black annulus below
end of cell ; postmedial line black, sinuous, oblique to vein 4,
angled outwards at veins 4, 3, 2, inwardly oblique from vein 3
to 1 near the medial line and excurved to inner margin, an
oblique blackish shade from it to termen at vein 4 ; an oblique
wedge-shaped red-brown patch on costal area with two white
points at costa before the subterminal line which is white
towards costa, incurved below vein 8 and excurved below 7,
then faintly defined on each side by brown and excurved at
middle ; a waved black line before termen to submedian fold.
Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss ; traces of an
obliquely curved pale line from discal fold to tornus with
slight whitish marks on it at veins 2 and 1 ; the termen very
narrowly and cilia white between veins 7, 6, and an oblique
white subterminal bar at vein 2. Underside of fore wing grey-
XOCTUIDJE.
brown with the costa irrorated with white towards apex ;
hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the terminal area
darker to vein 2, a slight dark discoidal spot.
§. Fore wing more variegated with leaden fuscous and white,
the postmedial line strong and black towards inner margin.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurred ), 1 1 $ type ;
S. Nigeria, Olokemeji {Dudgeon), 1 Exp. 48-50 millim.
Nagia monosenia, n. sp.
Head and thorax black-brown with a cupreous gloss and
some white hairs ; pectus and fore legs dark brown, the mid
and hind legs pale reddish brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish ;
abdomen grey-brown, the crests black-brown. Fore wing
red-brown mixed with some whitish and largely suffused
with fuscous brown ; the basal area with some blackish suffu-
sion ; subbasal line indistinct, dark, sinuous, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, incurved in
the cell and bent outwards at median nervure, then oblique ;
a black point in middle of cell ; reniform defined by black,
small, elliptical ; traces of two sinuous dark medial lines ; an
elliptical black annulus below end of cell ; some blackish
suffusion beyond end of cell ; postmedial line black, oblique and
sinuous to vein 4, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, 2, inwardly
oblique from vein 3 to submedian fold near the medial line
and excurved to inner margin ; an oblique wedge-shaped
dark shade on costal area with two white points at costa before
the subterminal line which is whitish towards costa and ex-
curved below vein 7, then indistinct, dark, waved ; a series of
small black spots before termen. Hind wing fuscous brown
with a cupreous gloss ; traces of an oblique pale medial band
between discal and submedian folds ; the termen narrowly
and cilia white between veins 7 and (3 ; an oblique white
subterminal bar at vein 2. Underside of both wings grey-
brown with small blackish spots in the interspaces to vein 2
before termen.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with a whitish shade from discal fold in
end of cell to tornus.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Sanders), 3 type. Exp.
54-56 millim.
Nagia lioirotona, n. sp.
Head and thorax fuscous brown with some whitish hairs ;
fore tarsi blackish with pale rings ; bind legs pale red-brown ;
abdomen reddish brown with the crests darker. Fore wing
red-brown with a cupreous gloss and irrorated with a few white
scales, a black shade before the postmedial line, broad at costa
and narrowing to a point at vein 2, emitting a shade to termen
at vein 4 ; subbasal line blackish, sinuous, from costa to sub-
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median fold ; antemedial line blackish, excurved below the cell
and above inner margin ; a black point in middle of cell ;
reniform defined by black, small, elliptical ; two sinuous
blackish medial lines and a black annulus below end of cell ;
postmedial line rather diffused, black, oblique and straight to
vein 4, then inwardly oblique and sinuous to submedian fold
at the medial line and excurved to inner margin ; two pale
reddish brown points on postmedial part of costa ; subterminal
line pale reddish brown, waved, angled outwards below vein 7,
where there is a blackish patch beyond it to the waved black
line before termen. Hind wing dark reddish brown ; traces
of an obliquely curved pale line from discal fold to tornus with
faint whitish marks on it at veins 2 and 1 ; a small white sub-
terminal spot at vein 2 ; cilia white at tips towards apex.
Underside of fore wing fuscous broAvn with the inner area greyish,
a blackish postmedial shade from costa to vein 3 and a series
of black points before termen to vein 2 ; hind Aving reddish
broAArn, the terminal area fuscous brown to \Tein 2, traces of a
diffused dark postmedial line from costa to vein 3.
Ab. 1. Fore Aving without the distinct black shade before
the postmedial line.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurred), 1 <$ type, Kumasi
(Sanders), 1 $. Exp. 44 millim.
Nagia sthenistica, n. sp.
($. Head and thorax very dark reddish brown with a feAv
Avhite hairs ; pectus, legs and abdomen dark reddish broAAn.
Fore AA'ing narrow, dark glossy reddish brown irrorated Avith a
feAv white scales ; a slight blackish subbasal spot beloAAr costa
with a faint dark shade beyond it on antemedial area ; ante-
medial line blackish, forming a small patch at costa, incuiwed
in the cell and excurved below it, then oblique ; a slight dark
spot in middle of cell and obscure shade from costa to discal
fold before end of cell ; a dark mark beloAv end of cell connected
Avith the postmedial line, which is black-broAA7n, excused
beloAv costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold and beloAv
vein 3 ; traces of a pale subterminal line, exc-urA'ed beloAA' A^ein
7 and at middle. Hind Aving uniform dark broAvn Avith a
cupreous gloss. Underside of both wings uniform dark broAA’n
with a cupreous gloss.
Hab. W. Australia, Sherlock R. (Clements), 2 C type.
Exp. 38 millim.
Genus CHITASIDA, now
Type, C. diplogramma, Hmpsn. (Catephia), Ann. S. Afr.
Mus. iii. p. 432 (1905).
Proboscis absent ; palpi porrect, extending about the length
of head, the 1st and 2nd joints fringed Avith rather long hair
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below, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons with small
rounded prominence covered by a tuft of hair with ridge of hair
above ; eyes large, round, antennae with large tuft of hair on
basal joint, in male bipectinate with short branches, the apical
part serrate, in female somewhat laminate ; thorax clothed with
hair and hair-like scales, the whole of dorsum covered by a very
large spreading crest ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hing wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3,
4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus MELANEPHIA. now
Type, M. nigrescens, Wllgrn. ( Anophia ), Anteckn. i. Zool.
1. p. 64 (1856).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the
3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons with small rounded
prominence ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate
with short branches to near apex ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest ;
tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with dorsal
crest at base only. Fore wing Avith the apex rounded, the
termen evenly cur\red and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from abo\re angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Melanephia metarhabdota, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax blackish mixed with brown and white ;
pectus white ; abdomen white dorsally, slightly irrorated with
brown, the crest at base darker. Fore wing black mixed with
brown and leaden grey ; an oblique subbasal black striga from
costa and white spot below the cell ; antemedial line black,
oblique to submedian fold where there is a short streak
beyond it, strongly angled inwards at vein 1 ; an indistinct
curved blackish medial line ; reniform faintly defined by some
whitish scales, small ; a small rather elongate black annulus
filled in with ochreous brown below end of cell ; postmedial
line black, oblique and sinuous to vein 4, dentate outwards at
MELANliPHIA.
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veins 4, 3, 2 and inwards below 3 to the annulus, then bent
inwards to below the annulus and sinuous to inner margin,
some white points beyond it on costa ; a white patch on
apical part of costal area tinged with brown towards apex,
the whitish subterminal line arising from it, excurved at
middle, then waved ; the veins and interspaces of terminal
area streaked with black ; a waved black terminal line ;
cilia chequered with whitish at base. Hind wing whitish ;
the veins streaked with black towards termen ; the termen
irrorated with brown towards apex and at vein 1 and suffused
with blackish between veins 4 and 2 ; a black terminal line
to vein 2 ; cilia chequered white and blackish. Underside of
fore wing bluish white, the costa and terminal half to vein 2
irrorated with brown ; hind wing white, the terminal half of
costal area and the terminal area to vein 2 slightly irrorated
with brown, a fine waved black terminal line from apex to
vein 2.
Hab. Transvaal, White R. {Cooke), 1 $ type. Exp.
38 millim.
Melanephia endophsea, n. sp.
C- Head and thorax white tinged with red-brown and
mixed with some blackish ; tegulse with blackish line towards
tips ; frons with lateral black bars ; tarsi black ringed with
rufous ; abdomen pale red-brown, the ventral surface white
tinged with red-brown. Fore wing white tinged with red-
brown and slightly irrorated with blackish ; a black subbasal
striga from costa with blackish streak beyond it on the costa ;
a black streak in basal half of submedian fold with blackish
suffusion below it ; antemedial line slight, dark, oblique from
costa to discal fold near end of cell, then inwardly oblique, a
slight blackish streak from it to the postmedial line below
vein 2 ; a small rather triangular discoidal mark defined by
blackish ; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side
by ochreous white, slightly waved and produced to slight
streaks on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some
whitish points beyond it on costa ; the veins and interspaces
of terminal area slightly streaked with blackish ; an in-
distinct pale curved subterminal line ; a fine black terminal
line. Hind wing pure white. Underside white ; fore wing
with the costal and terminal areas slightly irrorated with
brown towards apex, a brown discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line from costa to vein 4 ; hind wing with black striae
on costa towards apex.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Taveta {Rogers), 1 type. Exp.
26 millim.
7(5
NOCTUIHJE.
Genus ACROBYLA.
Acrobyla, Rebel, Iris, xvd. p. 68(1903)
Type.
kneuckeri, Rebel.
Acrobyla afgliana, n. sp.
Armada eremophila, Warr. Seitz Gr. Schrn. pal. iii. p. 394, pi. 70. 1
(nec Rebel).
. Head and tegulse white ; thorax and antennae rufous ;
abdomen white. Fore wing white, tinged with rufous except
the postmedial area from costa to vein 3 ; an oblique ante-
medial black striga from costa and line from cell to inner
margin slightly angled inwards at submedian fold ; a small
elliptical discoidal spot defined at sides by some black scales ;
postmedial line represented by some black scales on costa
above end of cell and a line from vein 3 angled inwards at
submedian fold to the antemedial line, then excurved ; a
white point on costa before the subterminal line which is
defined on inner side by rufous suffusion and by dentate
black marks between veins 7 and 3, slightly angled inwards
below costa and incurved below vein 3 ; a fine brown terminal
line ; cilia white with an interrupted brown line through them
and some brown at tips to vein 3. Hind wing white, the
terminal area broadly suffused with dark reddish brown ; a
large reddish brown discoidal lunule ; cilia white with some
brown at veins 3 and 1, and a dark line through them between
veins 6 and 3. Underside white ; fore wing with brown
discoidal spot, diffused curved postmedial line, and patch on
termen below vein 3 ; hind wing with brown discoidal spot
and patch on termen below vein 2.
Hab. Afghanistan, Safed-Kuh, type f 3 in Coll. Roths-
child. Exp. 26 millim. The specimen figured in Seitz.
Acrobyla ariefera, n. sp.
Head and thorax white and fuscous mixed ; pectus white ;
tibiae and tarsi banded fuscous and white ; abdomen white
tinged with ochreous and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing
cupreous brown thickly irrorated with white ; a slight waved
white subbasal line from costa to antemedial fold ; ante-
medial line blackish defined by white on inner side, waved,
nearly erect ; claviform and orbicular obsolete ; reniform
defined by a slight white bar on inner side and spot on outer,
its lower extremity much produced ; postmedial line double
filled in with white, slightly bent outwards below costa, then
minutely waved, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved
below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line white, excurved below vein 7 and at middle,
angled inwards at discal and submedian folds. Hind wing
AC HOB YL A. ASBLENIA .
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white ; the veins irrorated with brown ; a dark discoidal
point ; the terminal area broadly suffused with brown leaving
some white irroration on termen ; a fine dark terminal line ;
cilia white mixed with brown at base ; the underside white >
the costal area except at base and the terminal area irrorated
with brown, a discoidal spot and curved minutely waved
postmedial line from costa to vein 2.
Hab. Sind, Karachi ( T . R. Bell), 1 1 Exp. 28
millirn.
Genus ASPLENIA, now
Type, A. melanodonta, Hmpsn. ( Melipotis ), P. Z. S. 1896,
p. 263.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the
3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons with truncate corneous
prominence with raised run at extremity and pointed process
in centre, a curved corneous plate below it ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly
scaled ; the fore femora dilated, the tibiae and tarsi short
with three claw- like spines on 1st joint of tarsus and the
ungues large ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests.
Pore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and slightly crenulate ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5
from well above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Asplenia chloridina, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous mixed with reddish brown ;
palpi white, brown towards tips ; abdomen ochreous tinged
with rufous ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous
white. Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown and
irrorated with dark brown, the postmedial area creamy white
except before the subterminal line where there is a band of
brown suffusion ; two slight subbasal dark striae from costa
and a minute spot below the cell ; antemedial line dark brown,
waved ; a slight dark discoidal lunule with oblique dark striga
above it from costa and diffused sinuous line from low’er
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line with two dark
points at costa, then very indistinct excurved and dentate
to vein 4, then more distinct, incurved, and angled outwards
at vein 1 ; subterminal line dark brown, waved, excurved
below vein 7 and angled outwards at veins 4, 3 ; a slight
dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with brownish patches below
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NOCTUIDJE.
apex, at middle and tornus. Hind wing ochreous tinged
with rufous ; a brownish subterminal shade ; cilia brown at
base, white at tips. Underside creamy white ; fore wing
with the costa slightly tinged with rufous, a slight dark dis-
coidal striga and brownish subterminal shade.
Hab. Orange R. Colony, Bloemfontein (Wilson), 1
1 $ type. Exp. $ 24, $ 28 millim.
Genus METOPONRHIS.
Metoponrhis, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 54 (1888).
Type.
albirena, Christ.
Metoponrhis leucodonta, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax black-brown glossed with leaden grey
and with a few ochreous scales ; antennae whitish except
towards base ; palpi in front, pectus and legs white, the fore
legs suffused with black hi front, the tarsi blackish ringed
with white ; abdomen white with diffused fuscous marks on
dorsum and some fuscous irroration on ventral surface. Fore
wing fuscous brown tinged with grey and slightly irrorated
with whitish ; a slight subbasal black striga from costa
defined on outer side by white and some white at base of inner
margin ; antemedial hue black defined on inner side by grej'',
waved ; a small indistinct black annulus in middle of cell ;
reniform a deep chocolate-brown mark narrowing to a point
above and expanding below to ivell below the cell, defined
on inner side by a white line and with white patch beyond it
emitting a tooth to the postmedial line at vein 5 ; an indistinct
waved dark medial line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial
line black, defined on each side by white towards costa, then
on outer side by grey, strongly bent outwards below costa,
then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some white points beyond it on costa ; a slight waved white
subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a
terminal series of slight black lunules defined by white ;
cilia fuscous brown mixed with white. Hind wing white ; a
blackish terminal band from apex to vein 2 emitting slight
black streaks before it on the veins ; a fine black terminal
line defined on inner side by white from apex to submedian
fold and a slight streak on extremity of vein 1. Underside
white ; fore wing with some brown irroration in end of cell
and terminal half of costa, a black discoidal lunule, curved
postmedial line from costa to vein 2, and the terminal area
suffused with fuscous ; hind wing with black discoidal point,
curved postmedial line to vein 4 and subterminal shade to
vein 2.
METOPONRHTS.
LIPATEPHIA.
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$. Hind wing with the fuscous terminal band extending to
inner margin.
Hab. Bombay, Deesa (Nurse), 2 1 $ type. Exp.
24-30 millim.
Genus LIPATEPHIA. , nov.
Type, L. illegitima, Wallgrn. (Anophia), Ofv. af Kongl.
Yet. Akad. Forh. 1875, i. p. 108.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to about middle of frons and moderately
scaled, the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons with
typically large flattened corneous plate at middle, rounded in
front and covered by scales above and below except at ex-
tremity ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely
serrate and ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales ; the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen typically with dorsal crest at
base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form a small areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Lipat phia fuscipars, n. sp.
Head and thorax white tinged with rufous and irrorated
with red-brown, the tips of tegulse and prothorax blackish ;
antennae broivn, ringed with whitish towards base ; pectus
and legs ochreous white, the tibiae irrorated with brown,
the fore tibiae with brown band near extremities, the tarsi
dark brown ringed with white ; abdomen ochreous white,
dorsally irrorated with reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous
white tinged with red-brown ; a subbasal black point on costa
and oblique streak above base of vein 1 ; antemedial line
black, excurved, the area from it to the medial line red-brown ;
orbicular a small blackish annulus ; medial line blackish,
inwardly oblique to above inner margin, to which it is bent
outwards, a minute black discoidal spot just beyond it ;
some pale points with slight dark streaks between them on
terminal part of costa ; subterminal line black-brown, rather
interrupted, angled outwards below costa and inwards at
vein 8, angled outwards just above vein 6 towards termen,
incurved at discal fold, then waved and incurved below
vein 3 ; a slight waved brown terminal line. Hind wing
white, the terminal area suffused with brown ; a slight brown
postmedial line from vein 4 to inner margin ; cilia white.
so
xocTirrDjE.
Underside white ; fore wing with the costal area and apical
part of terminal area tinged with reddish ochreous, a curved
brown postmedial line from costa to vein 4 ; hind wing with
black discoidal point, sinuous brown postmedial line and the
terminal area irrorated with brown except towards tornus.
Hab. Bombay, Bhuj Coast ( Sivinhoe ), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
Lipatephia plumbizonata, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with rufous ; a band of leaden grey suffusion
before the antemedial line, which is indistinct, red-brown,
oblique to median nervure, then sinuous ; a medial band of
leaden grey suffusion ; some whitish suffusion beyond end of
cell ; postmedial line indistinct, red-brown, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved ; the veins of terminal area with dark
streaks ; a subterminal band of leaden-grey suffusion, its
inner edge waved, its outer edge conjoined in places to a
diffused leaden-grey line before termen, not reaching tornus ;
cilia dark reddish brown. Hind wing white, the terminal
area tinged with brown ; the underside wholly white.
Hab. Egypt, Meadi {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Genus PRIONOFRONTIA.
Type.
Prionofrontia, Hinpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 350 (1902). erygidia, Hmpsn.
Prionofrontia strigata, n. sp.
Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown and some
black ; the prothoracic crest mostly black, the patagia with
black marks near base and at middle ; palpi with some black
at sides ; frons with lateral black bars ; tarsi blackish ringed
with white ; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown.
Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown and irrorated with
black ; subbasal line black, curved, from costa to vein 1,
a black streak in submedian fold from it to the antemedial line,
which is double, the inner line indistinct, rather oblique and
sinuous ; a blackish point in middle of cell and rather wedge-
shaped mark at lower angle ; traces of a medial line ; post-
medial line black, oblique to vein 5, then excurved, from
below vein 3 retracted to lower angle of cell, then oblique to
near the antemedial line at vein 1 and angled outwards above
inner margin ; an oblique black streak from apex to a streak
above vein 6 and a streak below vein 6 crossing the postmedial
line ; a series of slight black marks on the veins before termen ; a
waved black terminal line ; cilia with black streaks at the veins.
Hind wing ochreous white ; the terminal area brown, broadly
at costa, narrowing to tornus ; cilia white with some brown
PRIONOFRONTIA.
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towards apex ; the underside with the costal area slightly
irrorated with brown, the brown on terminal area not reaching
tornus.
Hab. Transvaal, Lydenburg, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Prionofrontia nyctiscia, n. sp.
$■ Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey and black ;
pectus whitish ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen
white irrorated with brown, the basal crest black. Fore
wing red-brown mixed with dark brown and ochreous whitish
and tinged with leaden-grey ; subbasal line black, curved,
from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line double, blackish,
sinuous ; a slight dark striga from middle of costa ; reniform
slightly defined by black ; postmeclial line indistinct, black,
bent outwards below costa, then excurved, at vein 3 retracted
to near origin of vein 2, then erect and sinuous ; a subterminal
series of slight black and white streaks on the veins ; a series
of black striae before termen. Hind whig pure white, the
hair on inner margin with a yellowish tinge. Underside white ;
fore wing with the costal area irrorated with brown, the
reniform and a subapical mark blackish.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe ( Betton ), 1 $ type.
Exp. 26 millim.
Prionofrontia ochrosia, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brown mixed with
grey-white, the patagia with blackish line towards extremi-
ties ; palpi with some black at side of 2nd joint ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen brownish white, the
tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing pale brown
mixed with whitish and slightly irrorated with black ; sub-
basal line indistinctly double, dark, curved, from costa to
vein 1 ; a faint dark shade before the antemedial line, which is
double, dark, sinuous ; reniform defined by black, narrow,
oblique ; an indistinct oblique sinuous dark medial line ;
postmedial line double, the inner line black, the outer in-
distinct, excurved from below costa to vein 4, then incurved
to below the reniform and rather oblique to inner margin ;
subterminal line white defined on each side by rather diffused
fuscous, oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 2, where it is
angled inwards, then excurved to inner margin, the veins
before and beyond it with slight blackish streaks ; a waved
black terminal line. Hind wing white, the terminal area
fuscous narrowing to tornus ; cilia white. Underside of fore
wing white, a fuscous discoidal lunule and subterminal shade
to vein 2, diffused to termen towards apex ; hind wing with
the terminal half of costal area slightly irrorated with brown.
a
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NOCTUID.E.
q. Fore wing with black streak in submedian fold between
the subbasal and antemedial lines ; hind wing with slight dark
terminal line only.
Hub. Sudan, Port Sudan (Mrs. Waterfield), 3 $ type ;
Aden, Duraimia ( Yerbury), 1 <J. Exp. 30 millim.
Genus CRIONICA, nov.
Type, C. cervicornis, Fawcett ( Pteronycta ), P. Z. S. 1917,
p. 240, pi. 1. f. 21.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in front,
the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons with rounded promi-
nence, ribbed in front ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female
minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales (the
pro- and metathorax ? Avith spreading crests) ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with crests on two basal segments.
Fore wing AA'ith the apex rectangular, the termen evenly
curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind Aving with the cell
about half the length of Aving ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from aboA7e angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anas-
tomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus HYP0PR0RA, nov.
Type, H. tyra, SAvinh. ( Prorocopis ), A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 84
(1902).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons and slenderly scaled, the
3rd rather long ; frons with large pointed conical prominence ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male typically ciliated ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and Avithout
crests ; fore tibiae fringed Avith rather long hair, the mid and
hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with flattened crest
on basal segment and crests on 3rd, 4th and 5th segments,
the crest on 4th segment large. Fore Aving rather long and
narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 0 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing Avith 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind Aving with the cell half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
PROROCORIS. STEXOPRORA.
83
Genus PROROCOPIS.
Prorocopis , Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 373...
Type.
melanochorda, Meyr.
Prorocopis peratoscia, n. sp.
Head and thorax grey mixed with black, the prothoracic
•crest edged with black, the patagia with black bars at base
and towards tips ; pectus white tinged with brown ; tarsi
black ringed with white ; abdomen whitish irrorated with
brown, the basal crest blackish. Fore wing purplish grey
irrorated with brown ; subbasal line black, obliquely incurved,
from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line black, obliquely in-
curved to submedian fold, then erect and incurved at vein 1 ;
an indistinctly double oblique sinuous dark medial line ;
reniform defined by black, narrow and strongly constricted
at middle ; postmedial line double, the inner line black, the
outer indistinct, strongly bent outwards below costa and
confluent with the upper edge of reniform, bent inwards on
vein 2, then retracted to inner edge of reniform at median
nervure and angled outwards in submedian fold, an indistinct
double sinuous dark line beyond it ; an oblique black streak
from apex to the postmedial line at vein 6 ; subterminal line
blackish, slightly waved, angled outwards at veins 7 and 3 ;
a waved black terminal line ; cilia intersected with blackish
at the veins. Hind wing whitish suffused and irrorated with
red-brown, the terminal area broadly dark brown ; an in-
distinct brown postmedial line ; cilia white tinged with
red-brown. Underside of fore wing grey-white, a broad
dark subterminal shade.
Hob. W. Australia, Geralton (Saunders), 1 $ type,
Yallingup ( R . E. Turner), 1 <$, 1 $. Exp. 30 millim.
Genus STEN0PR0RA, nov.
Tvpe, S. adelopis, Lower ( Prorocopis ), Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr.
xxvii. p. 45 (1903).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, the
2nd joint extending about the length of head and broadly
fringed with scales below towards extremity, the 3rd short,
thickly scaled and downcurved ; frons with small truncate
conical prominence with raised ring at extremity ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of male ciliated ; prothorax with long oblique
flattened crest, metathorax without crest ; fore femora and
tibiae fringed with long hair, the mid and hind tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal
segments. Fore wing long and narrow, the termen obliquely
curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ;
5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
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NOCTUIDJE.
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell more than half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle.
Genus CHELAPRORA, nov.
Type, C. dichroa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to about middle of frons and moderately
fringed with scales in front, the 3rd short, with tuft of scales
in front ; frons with large truncate conical prominence with
raised rim and short flattened process hi centre ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of male bipectinate with short branches ;
prothorax with oblique flattened crest, the metathorax with
spreading crest ; tibiae smoothly scaled, the fore tibiae short
and. broad with long curved claw on inner side at extremity ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing rather
long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully de-
veloped from above angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Chelaprora dichroa, n. sp.
cj. Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some grey ;
antenna; pale brown ; pectus and legs white, the fore legs
suffused with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;
abdomen white, dorsally tinged with brown, the basal crest
blackish. Fore wing black-brown slightly glossed with
purplish grey ; antemedial line blackish defined on inner
side by white, waved, angled inwards at vein 1 ; postmedial
line blackish defined on outer side by white, slightly except
towards inner margin, excurved below costa, then oblique
and slightly angled outwards at vein 1 ; a very indistinct
dark subterminal shade defined on outer side by some white
scales. Hind wing white, the costal area, termen and base of
cilia faintly tinged wdth brown. Underside of fore wing
grey -brown.
iiab. W. Australia, Sherlock R. {Clements), 1 $ type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Genus BRACHYONA , nov.
Type, B. xylodesma.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint ob-
liquely upturned, reaching to about middle of frons and
slenderly scaled, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons with large
BBACHYONA. — ACANTIIOPBOBA.
85
truncate prominence with raised rim at extremity and truncate
process in centre ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated
with very short branches dilated at extremity from upperside
except towards base and extremity ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly
scaled, the fore tibiae very short, Avithout claw at extremity.
Fore wing rather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the
termen obliquely curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from
near angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a short areole ; 11
from cell. Hind wing with the cell more than half the length
of Aving ; veins 3, 4 stalked, very shortly in female ; 5 fully
developed from above angle ; 6, 7 very shortly stalked ; 8
anastomosing with the cell to near middle.
Brachyona xylodesma, n. sp.
Head and thorax reddish brown mixed Avith grey ; abdomen
ochreous brown. Fore Aving grey thickly irrorated Avith
brown ; antemedial line brown, sinuous, angled inwards on
vein 1 ; a diffused, rather oblique broAvn medial line ; sub-
terminal line indistinct, pale defined on inner side by diffused
broAvn, oblique, incurved beloAv vein 3. Hind wing Avhite
tinged Avith brown, the terminal half suffused Avith brown,
more strongly in female.
Hob. W. Australia, Sherlock R. {Clements), 1 1 9 type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Genus ACANTH0PR0RA, nov.
Type, A. melanoleuca.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint extending about the length of head and moderately
scaled, the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons Avith
rather long truncate conical prominence, its extremity pro-
duced to tAvo points above and two below ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely Avith
scales, the prothorax with long oblique flattened crest, the
metathorax Avith spreading crest ; fore tibiae rather broadly
fringed Avith hair, the mid and hind tibiae slightly fringed
Avith hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore
wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen e\Tenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and o from near angle of
cell ; G from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing Avith the cell half
the length of Aving ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell to near middle.
SG
X OC'Tl'ID.K.
Acanthoprora melanoleuca, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax black-brown, the scales tipped with
white ; pectus and legs white, the fore legs and mid tibiae
suffused with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;
abdomen white, dorsally tinged with brown, the crests at
base fuscous. Fore wing black-brown slightly irrorated with
grey ; a faint dark subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial
line very indistinct, dark, oblique to below submedian fold
in which there is a reddish brown fascia from it to the post-
medial line, then angled inwards at vein 1 ; reniform with
white centre defined by blackish and with an oblique white
shade to it from costa beyond the postmedial line, which is
black, angled inwards below costa, incurved at discal fold,
at vein 3 retracted to lower edge of reniform, then excurved
below submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ; traces
of a pale waved subterminal line ; a waved dark terminal
line with some white scales before it below apex. Hind wing
pure white ; a fuscous brown terminal band narrowing to
tornus ; cilia white, chequered with brown at base at middle.
Underside of fore wing white, the costal area irrorated with
brown, the apical area suffused with brown ; hind wing with
the brown on terminal area not extending to below submedian
fold and leaving some white before the waved dark terminal
line.
Hab. W. Australia, Sherlock R. {Clements), 1 type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Genus HOPETOUNIA.
H< petounia, Swinli. A.M.N.H. (7) ix. p. 173 (1902).
Type.
carda, Swinli.
Hopetounia albida, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax white ; palpi irrorated with fuscous
towards tips ; tegulae with reddish ochreous fasciae, the pro-
thoracic crest tinged with reddish ochreous ; fore femora and
tibiae fuscous on inner side ; abdomen white. Fore wing
silvery white, the veins of terminal half finely streaked with
black and the cilia intersected with black. Hind wing white,
the terminal area tinged with brown except towards tornus )
cilia white ; the underside wholly white.
Hab. N. Australia, Alexandria {Stalker), 1 $ type. Exp.
26 millim.
Hopetounia marginata, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax white mixed with pale red-brown and a
few blackish scales ; antennae blackish ; fore legs in front
and the tarsi brown ; abdomen whitish suffused with brown.
Fore wing black-brown mixed with some grey, the inner
IIOPETOIJNIA. — TARACHEPHIA.
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area grey suffused with red-brown, the terminal area red-
brown from below apex, a darker fascia below the cell to the
subterminal line ; faint traces of a dark antemedial line,
angled outwards in submedian fold, and of a sinuous medial
line ; postmedial line very indistinct, dark, incurved at discal
fold and oblique below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct,
dark, slightly defined on outer side by whitish scales except
towards costa, oblique, sinuous ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing whitish thickly irrorated with brown,
the terminal area suffused with brown ; a slight dark discoidal
striga ; cilia whitish with a diffused brown line through them ;
the underside brownish white irrorated with blackish, a black
discoidal lunule.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Nairobi ( Crawshay ), 1 $ type. Exp.
28 millim.
Genus AUTEADISTIS.
Type.
Authadistis, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 361 (1902). metaleuca, Hmpsn.
Authadistis nyctichroa, n. sp.
cL Head and tegulse brownish grey, the latter fuscous at
extremities, the sides of frons and palpi except at tips black-
brown ; thorax and abdomen black-brown with a leaden-grey
gloss ; pectus brownish grey ; tibiae and tarsi black-brown,
the latter ringed with whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen
red-brown. Fore wing dark brown suffused with silvery
leaden grey, the medial area black-brown, extending on costa
to near apex ; a very indistinct sinuous blackish antemedial
line ; postmedial line indistinct, blackish, excurved to vein 4, t
then strongly incurved. Hind wing reddish brown, with a
faint diffused dark postmedial line and fine pale line at base
of cilia ; the underside pale red-brown, a slight discoidal
striga, the diffused postmedial line distinct ; a faint sub-
terminal shade.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Ganya (Simpson), 1 $ type. Exp.
26 millim.
Genus TARACHEPHIA, nov.
Type, T. hueberi, Ersch. ( Acontia ), Fedtsch. Reis. ii. Lep.
p. 49, pi. 3. f. 47 (1874).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the
2nd joint reaching to middle of frons and slightly fringed with
scales in front, the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons
with large truncate conical prominence with raised rim at
extremity, its lower edge produced to three long points, a
corneous plate below it produced to two points in front ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male somewhat laminate and
almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,
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the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading
crest ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and
without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus EUPRORA, now
Type, E. lichenophora, Lower {(Jaradrina), Tr. R. Soc.
S. Austr. xxvi. p. 224 (1902).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to well beyond
frons, the 2nd joint fringed with hair below, the 3rd short ;
frons with small rounded prominence ; eyes smooth ; antennae
of female ciliated ; metathorax with crest ; tibiae hairy ;
abdomen with basal crest and with lateral tufts of hair towards
extremity. Fore wing narrow, the costa arched, the termen
obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7 and 8
to form a minute areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 fully developed from well above angle
of cell, downcurved at origin ; 6, 7 shortly stalked.
Genus ARCHEPHIA, now
Type A. olivacea.
• Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the
3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male somewhat laminate and
minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the
pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae moderately
fringed with hair ; abdomen with crests on two basal segments.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hing wing with the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Archephia olivacea, n. sp.
c?. Head and thorax olive-brown with a few black scales,
the tegulae with stiong black medial line, the frons black at
sides ; palpi blackish, the 2nd joint in front and at extremity
AltCHEPHIA. — TJKIPAO.
89
and the 3rd joint whitish tinged with red-brown ; abdomen
whitish suffused with red-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown, the
tibiae at extremities and the tarsi banded with black. Fore
wing olive-brown ; a black streak in submedian fold to the
postmedial line, downcurved just before and beyond the
antemedial line ; subbasal line double, blackish, curved, from
costa to median nervure ; antemedial line indistinct, double,
blackish, waved, excurved beloAV the cell ; orbicular and
reniform large, defined by black, the former round, the latter
dilated below and with some fuscous in its lower part, a black
streak from it to termen in discal fold ; postmedial line
indistinct, double, brown, waved, excurved from below costa
to vein 4, some pale points on dark suffusion beyond it at costa ;
subterminal fine indistinct, pale, waved, crossed by a black
streak above vein 6 and with black streaks from it to termen
above vein 3 and on each side of submedian fold ; a rather
lumdate black terminal line ; cilia with some fuscous mixed.
Hind wing whitish tinged with brown especially on terminal
areas, the veins blackish ; some diffused blackish at termen
below veins 2 and 1. Underside whitish tinged with red-
brown ; fore wing with slight blackish discoidal striga,
postmedial line bent outwards from below costa to vein 4
and obsolete below submedian fold, faint subterminal line,
and terminal series of black points ; hind wing with slight
blackish postmedial line excurved below costa and ending at
vein 2, and terminal series of black points to vein 2.
Hcib. Natal, Durban (Platt), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Genus URIPAO, nov.
Type, U. albizonata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd
rather long and slightly fringed with hair in front ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed,
the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; femora and
tibiae of male fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal
ridges of rough hair on basal segments but without crests.
Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is
rounded, the termen obliquely curved and strongly crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
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Unpao albizonata, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark brown with white scales mixed i
antennae dark brown ; palpi with the extremities of 1st and
3rd joints white ; pectus and legs yellow, the fore tibiae and
the tarsi dark brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown,
the hair at base dark brown, the ventral surface suffused with
yellow except at extremity. Fore wing red-brown suffused
with purple ; the terminal area dark brown irrorated with
oehreous ; subbasal line black defined on outer side by whitish,
oblique, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line in-
distinct, double, formed by blackish and whitish scales and
filled in with red-brown, excurved below costa and angled
outwards at median nervure, submedian fold, and vein 1, the
inner margin before and beyond it with rough black and whitish
scales ; a band of rough black and whitish scales at end of
cell followed bv a broad white band defined on outer side by
the postmedial line which has a blackish spot at costa, slightly
bent outwards below costa, then white defined by brown
scales, strongly crenulate and produced on inner side to dark
points on the veins, a white line just beyond it from vein 0 to
inner margin ; subterminal line black-brown, diffused, oblique
and sinuous towards costa, then incurved, excurved at middle,
then again incurved and ending at tornus ; a series of white
points before termen. Hind wing dark brown ; a broad
white medial band with a faint violaceous tinge and traces of
a waved grey line near its outer edge with small dark spot
on it below vein 1 ; the terminal area striated with oehreous
brown from below apex to near tornus with some blackish
lunules between veins 4 and 1 representing the subterminal
line ; a series of whitish striae before termen and the cilia
whitish towards apex. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the
costal area oehreous irrorated with brown to the lunulate
white postmedial line, the white band not extending above
vein 6, the terminal area oehreous whitish from apex to below
vein 5 ; hind wing white to beyond middle irrorated with brown
to median nervure and vein 2, the rest of wing fuscous black
with oehreous subterminal lunules between veins 7 and 1 and
patches on termen above and below middle.
Hab. Sierra Leone, 1 1 $ type. Exp. 104 millim.
Genus PLATYSCIA, nov.
Type, P. mesoscia.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint-
reaching to vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd short
and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; an-
tennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with
rough hair and scales and without crests ; femora and tibiae
PLATYSCIA.
91
of male fringed with long hair, the hind tibiae fringed with
long hair on both sides, the hind tarsi with the 1st joint
fringed with hair above ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair
on basal segments but without crests. Fore wing with the
costa rather highly arched towards apex which is rounded,
the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anas-
tomosing with 8 to form a long areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only ; the underside in male clothed with silky downturned
hair except the terminal area.
Platyscia mesoscia, n. sp.
o . Head and tegulae brown with some whitish scales, the
frons whitish above, the basal joint of antennae whitish at
extremity ; thorax and abdomen red-brown ; pectus and
legs black-brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing
red-brown ; subbasal line blackish defined on each side by
reddish ochreous towards costa, sinuous, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish, angled
outwards below costa, slightly excurved at median nervure
and bent outwards at vein 1 ; some blue-grey suffusion in the
cell and submedian interspace before the medial line which is
blackish, arising from costa near the antemedial line, oblique
and sinuous to below submedian fold, then bent inwards at
vein 1, the area from it to the postmedial line suffused with
black-brown ; postmedial line blackish, defined on each side
by reddish ochreous towards costa, then placed near the
inner edge of a violaceous grey band, erect, minutely waved
from below costa to inner margin, some pale points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line black, rather maculate, bent
inwards below vein 7 and excurved below vein 2 ; a series of
white striae defined on outer side by black points before
termen ; a slight waved dark terminal line and waved line
near base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown ; a blackish post-
medial line obliquely excurved to vein 2 ; the apical area
suffused with fuscous ; a double diffused slightly sinuous
blackish subterminal line ending at tornus ; a series of whitish
striae defined on outer side by blackish before termen ; a
wraved black terminal line and fine pale line at base of cilia.
Underside of both wings velvety black-brown with white
patch at apex of fore wing.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 type. Exp.
74 millim.
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Genus HULODES.
Hulodes, Gnen. Noet. iii. p. 207 (1852)
Type.
caranea, Cram.
Hulodes solomonensis, n. sp.
<$. Head and tegulae rufous tinged with grey-brown ; thorax
pale rufous with some black scales across middle of patagia ;
palpi grey with the tuft of scales in front of 2nd joint rufous
and the 3rd joint whitish ; fore tibiae greyish ; abdomen
grey- brown with a purplish gloss, the base and ventral surface
rufous. Fore wing rufous, the area between the antemedial
and subterminal lines irrorated with dark brown, the costa
and a postmedial patch from costa to vein 6 ochreous tinged
with rufous, the disc with a purplish gloss ; a small black
subbasal spot below the costa and striga below the cell, with
a blackish point in the cell nearer the base and some blackish
towards inner margin ; a blackish antemedial line, somewhat
dentate towards costa, bent inwards in the cell, excurved
below the cell, then oblique and sinuous ; a black point in
middle of cell ; reniform whitish tinged with rufous and its
centre defined by red-brown, narrow and oblique, an oblique
blackish bar to it from costa ; postmedial line blackish,
oblique and sinuous to vein 6, angled outwards at veins G
and 4, then very oblique and slightly incurved ; a double
oblique dark brown subterminal line filled in with ochreous
from below apex to inner margin ; the termen rather paler
with a series of black points before the dark brown terminal
line. Hind -wing red-brown with the base rufous, the post-
medial area except towards costa and the terminal area to-
wards apex with a purple gloss ; a diffused dark antemedial
line ; a very indistinct double slightly waved postmedial line
with a pale shade on its outer edge, oblique below vein 4 ;
a double oblique dark brown subterminal line filled in with
ochreous and with a whitish shade beyond it ; a series of black
points before termen and a fine pale line at base of cilia.
Underside red-brown ; fore wing with oblique black discoidal
striga and oblique shade from it to inner margin, a waved
dark postmedial line excurved to vein 4 then oblique, a
maculate dark subterminal line arising below the costa and
diffused towards inner margin : hind wing with small black
discoidal spot, diffused antemedial line, curved crenulate
postmedial line ending at submedian fold, and maculate
subterminal line.
Hab. Solomons, Rendova I. {Meek), 1 £ type. Exp. 90
millim.
P0TAM0PH0RA.
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Genus POTAMOPHORA.
Potamophora, Gueu. Noct. iii. p. 122 (1852)
Type.
manlia, Cram.,
Potamopliora hemiphsea, n. sp.
cJ. Head and thorax chocolate-brown, a few of the hairs
tipped with white ; antennae with the shaft pale crimson in
front ; palpi irrorated with white, especially the 3rd joint
which is tipped with rufous ; fore tibiae irrorated with white,
the hind tibiae with white spot at base ; abdomen chocolate-
brown, dorsally tinged with grey except the hair at base of
dorsum, the ventral surface redder brown. Fore wing
chocolate-brown, the base, a fascia along median nervure and
the area beyond the postmedial line suffused with purple-grey
and irrorated with a few white scales, the terminal area
striated with brown ; traces of a brown antemedial line, bent
inwards in the cell and excurved above inner margin ; orbi-
cular and reniform rufous defined by dark brown, the former
round with some rufous suffusion above it on costal area, the
latter with two dark points in centre ; traces of an oblique
dark medial line with slight rufous marks on its outer side at
submedian fold and inner margin ; postmedial line oblique,
dark, interrupted between veins 4 and 3, some rufous beyond
it below vein 3 and obliquely placed dark points on veins 4
and 3 ; a chocolate-brown shade from apical part of costa to
submedian fold, its inner edge angled inwards at discal fold
and vein 3, its outer edge obliquely incurved from apex to
below vein 4 where it is angled outwards. Hind wing choco-
late-brown, the tornal area irrorated with purple-grey and
striated with brown ; a silvery-blue postmedial band from
costa to submedian fold, its inner edge slightly excurved
below vein 6 and its outer edge excurved at middle ; a slight
rufous bar above tornus. Underside reddish brown ; fore
wing with purplish white postmedial somewhat sinuous line
from below costa to vein 5 then forming small spots to vein 2
where it terminates ; hind wing with sinuous maculate
whitish postmedial line.
Fore wing without the greyish at base and along median
nervure, the reniform with striga in centre, the postmedial
line not interrupted, hind wing with the silvery-blue band
regularly curved, no rufous striga above tornus ; underside
of hind whig with the postmedial line minutely waved.
Hab. Ceylon ( Templeton ), 1 <$ ; Singapore {Ridley), 5 $
type ; Sumatra {de Niceville), 1 $. Exp. $ 72-80, $ 90
millim.
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Genus FACIDIA.
Anereuthina, Hiibn. Zutr. ii. p 23 (1823) lion, descr.,
Moore. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 171 (1885) renosn, Hiibn.
Facidia, Walk, xxxiii. 951 (1865) vacillaus, Walk.
Facidia luteilinea, n. sp.
r£. Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown ; palp1
with the extreme tip of 3rd joint whitish ; pectus and anal
tuft below rufous. Fore wing chocolate-brown ; antemedial
line ochreous, oblique ; reniform a narrow deep chocolate-
brown lunule ; postmedial line ochreous, obliquely incurved
to discal fold, then slight, angled inwards at vein 5, then
waved ; a lunulate chocolate-brown terminal line and fine
pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing chocolate-brown ; a
greyish ochreous postmedial line from discal fold to tornus,
angled outwards at submedian fold. Underside of both wings
entirely clothed with velvety deep chocolate-brown pile.
Hab. S. NiC4ERiA, Old Calabar ( Cockburn ), 1 type. Exp.
60 millim.
Genus FACIDINA, nov.
Type F .polystigma, Lower ( Jschyja ), Tr. R. Soc. S. Austr.
xxvii. p. 36 (1903).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd long
and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth with ridge
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipec-
tinate with moderate branches, the apex with bristles and
cilia ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal ridges
of hair on basal segments, but without crests. Fore wing
with the costa highly arched towards apex which is rounded,
the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; vein 3 from well before
angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell less than half the length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Genus PLATYJIONIA, nov.
Type, P. sada, Swinh. ( Plalyja ), Fascic. Malay. Zool. i.
p. 79 (1903).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair
in front, the 3rd long ; frons smooth, with small tuft of hair ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of female almost simple ; thorax
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95
clothed with hair only and without crests ; tibiae fringed with
rather long hair. Fore wing with the apex produced and
acute, the termen angled at vein 4, not crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about one -third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only ; the termen obliquely truncate at tornus.
Genus HESPER0CHR0A, nov.
Type, H. multiscripta, Holl. {Eudrapa) , Psyche, vii. p. 50,
pi. ii. f. 1 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to middle of frons and smoothly scaled, the 3rd
long and naked ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae
simple and somewhat laminate, the basal joint with small
cup-like tuft of scales surrounding the base of shaft ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax with
small spreading crest ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen long with basal crest and subbasal ridges of rough
hair on basal segments. Fore wing long and narrow, the
termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus TOLNAOPSIS, nov.
Type, T . eusciasta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd long,
smoothly scaled and not dilated towards extremity ; frons
smooth, with ridge of hair ; eyes large, round ; antennse
of female bipectinate with short branches ending in bristles ;
thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, the prothorax with
spreading crest, the metathorax with large crest ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal series of
crests, the basal crest large and flattened. Fore wing rather
narrow, the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell less
than half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
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Tolnaopsis eusciasta, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with some red-
brown and greyish ; teg u he with some ochreous at base, a
black line near base and curved line at middle ; patagia
with oblique red-brown bar defined in front by some black
scales towards tips ; antennae black-brown ; palpi with some
ochreous at base, the 3rd joint black, ochreous at base and
tips ; pectus ochreous and brown ; fore tibiae with two ochreous
points, the mid tibiae with one ; tarsi black ringed with ochreous ;
abdomen grey-brown with the crests reddish brown. Fore
wing dark reddish brown tinged with grey and slightly irrorated
with ochreous white, an oblique pale reddish brown shade from
termen above middle to towards lower angle of cell ; subbasal
line black defined on outer side by pale red-brown, waved,
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double,
blackish, dentate, somewhat bent inwards in the cell ; a
small black annulus in middle of cell ; reniform indistinctly
defined by blackish, narrow above and expanding greatly
below where there is an ochreous point on its inner side and
an ochreous and blackish point at its lower extremity ; an
indistinct sinuous brown medial line ; postmedial line black,
defined on each side by ochreous at costa, then with oblique
ochreous and blackish striae before it to vein 5, the line minutely
dentate below costa, then bent outwards, then waved, ex-
curved to vein 2, then bent inwards to below end of cell and
erect to inner margin, some small ochreous spots beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line pale faintly defined on each side by
brown, towards costa ochreous defined on inner side by
diffused blackish, angled outwards below vein 7, then waved,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a series of black
striae before termen with minute ochreous spots beyond
them. Hind wing reddish brown tinged with grey ; a faint
pale subterminal shade becoming ochreous and distinct
below vein 2 ; the inner margin ochreous ; cilia reddish
brown and ochreous. Underside of fore wing grey-brown, the
costa and terminal area irrorated with whitish, the terminal
half of costa with small ochreous spots, and whitish spot at
tornus ; hind wing ochreous white irrorated with brown
except in cell and on inner area, a slight discoidal spot, faint
postmedial line, and whitish line before termen.
Hab. Upper Congo ( Wollaston ), 1 $ type. E. vp. 58 millim.
Genus PSEUD0T0LNA, nov.
Type, P. eximia, Holl. ( Methorasa ), Psyche, vii. p. 7 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long
and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth, with ridge
PSEUDOTOLNA. — GIRIA.
97
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely
fasciculate ; thorax clothed with hair only, the prothorax
with small crest, the metathorax with double crest ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair, the fore tibiae of male dilated
and with immense tufts of hair below ; abdomen with dorsal
ridges of rough hair on basal segments, but without crests,
in male long and with the ventral surface clothed with woolly
hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen
obliquely curved and crenulate, in male the costa slightly
lobed near base ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6
from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell less than
half the length of wing ; vein 3 from near angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ; male with the
termen produced to a lobe at vein 4, the underside with the
costal area and terminal area to vein 2 clothed with silky
downturned hail’ and with an oblique fold from costa before
middle to termen above vein 5.
Genus GIRIA.
Giria, Fawcett, P. Z. S. 1916, p. 717
Type.
bubastis, Fawc.
Giria hypographa, n. sp.
<$. Head and tegulte bright rufous, the latter with white
patches on outer edge and the tips narrowly white ; thorax
red-brown with some whitish mixed ; palpi with the 2nd
joint white in front and the 3rd white at base and tips ; pectus
and legs white tinged with rufous, the tarsi dark brown
ringed with white ; abdomen reddish brown tinged with
grey, the extremity ochreous white, the ventral surface white.
Fore wing ochreous whitish strongly suffused with rufous and
slightly irrorated with red-brown to the postmeclial line, then
reddish brown tinged with grey ; subbasal line whitish with a
dark mark before it at costa, slightly waved, from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line double, waved, brown,
filled in with rufous and slightly defined on inner side by white
to submedian fold, then faint, a white patch beyond it on
costa, and the terminal part of cell pale ; a red-brown point in
middle of cell and elliptical brown discoidal spot ; medial
line diffused, brown, obliquely downcurved to the discoidal
spot, sinuous below the cell ; postmedial line indistinct,
double, brown, filled in with pale grey-brown, obliquely to
vein 6, then slightly incurved and somewhat sinuous, a white
patch before it on costa and its outer edge defined by a white
striga from costa, two white points beyond it on the costa ;
a white apical patch and the termen whitish except towards
H
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tornus ; a series of dark points before termen from costa to
vein 4 ; cilia rufous, the tips dark brown at the veins. Hind
wing pale reddish brown tinged with grey, the termen narrowly
and cilia white to vein 4, then the cilia white at tips. Under-
side creamy white ; fore wing with the cell, disc and apical
area to vein 5 tinged with rufous, the costal area irrorated with
dark brown, a minute subbasal black-brown spot below the
costa, a round chocolate-brown discoidal spot with oblique
bar above it from costa, postmedial line chocolate-brown,
forming a small wedge-shaped mark at costa and bent out-
wards below costa, then waved, indistinct and incurved
below discal fold, a broad brown shade beyond it from vein
6 to inner margin, traces of a subterminal line excurved at
vein 7 and middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein
3, a series of minute dark spots before termen connected by a
crenulate line ; hind wing tinged with rufous except on basal
area, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with a few red-
brown scales, a red-brown streak above base of vein 1, a small
red-brown spot in middle of cell, rather lunulate bright rufous
discoidal spot followed by a white spot, medial line rufous,
excurved beyond the cell and touching the upper and lower
extremities of the discoidal spot, a maculate rufous shade
beyond it, postmedial line chocolate-brown, waved, slightly
bent outwards below costa and incurved below discal fold, a
broad bright red-brown band beyond it from vein 6 to sub-
median fold, a faint waved white subterminal line, excurved
between veins 6 and 5, a series of red-brown points before
termen connected by short white streaks with the fine white
terminal line.
$. Fore wing violaceous grey- brown to beyond the cell and
on costa to near apex ; underside grey-white tinged with brown
and irrorated with black- brown ; fore wing with oblique
rufous medial line from costa to median nervure, postmedial
line rufous, oblique and sinuous to above vein 6, then waved
and ending at vein 5, a fuscous patch on postmedial area
between veins 5 and 2, the terminal area white with series of
black points before termen and terminal series of striae ;
hind wing with minute rufous discoidal spot, dentate medial
line double except at middle, dentate postmedial line, in-
distinct waved white subterminal line, and series of black
points before termen defined on outer side by white.
Hab. Sierra Leone, 1 $ ; Gold Coast, Ivumasi ( White-
side), 1 $ type ; S. Nigeria, Lagos ( Strachan ), 1 $. Exp.
52-54 millim.
NE LULELEMOllPHA.
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Genus NEPHELEMORPHA, now
Type, N. semaphora.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled in front, the
3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales, the hair at exti’emity of
patagia and metathorax cut off squarely and the metathorax
with spreading crest ; tibiae fringed with long hair, in male the
fore tibiae fringed with very long hair ; abdomen long with
dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments but without crests,
the male with small lateral tufts of hair and the ventral surface
clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow, the
costa highly arched towards apex which is produced and
falcate, the termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; vein 2
from near angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Nephelemorpha semaphora, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey, the head
behind antennae, tegulse near dorsal edges and upper edges of
patagia with chocolate-brown streaks ; antennae fuscous
except at base ; palpi with the 1st joint and the base of 2nd
obliquely chocolate-brown, the remainder whitish ; abdomen
grey-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
pale red-brown. Fore wing chocolate-brown, the base ob-
liquely and costal area to beyond middle where it expands
into a triangular patch grey tinged with red-brown ; a sub-
basal black striga angled outwards below costa and another
from median nervure ; antemedial line black with small spot
at costa, incurved in cell, then oblique and defined on inner
side by whitish to vein 1 where it is angled inwards, excurved
above inner margin, below the cell defining the pale basal
area ; a small black spot in middle of cell ; a curved white
striga on upper discocellular and a red-brown spot defined by
white at lower angle ; a diffused oblique red-brown bar at
middle of inner margin and an oblique postmedial striga at
inner margin ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, defined on
inner side by diffused rufous to vein 7, angled outwards below
costa and veins 8 and 7, then an obliquely curved series of
dark spots in the interspaces and forming a double diffused
bar at inner margin ; the terminal area paler and striated
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with red-brown towards tornus ; a slight crenulate chocolate-
brown terminal line forming points at the interspaces ; cilia
deep chocolate-brown at tips. Hind wing dark greyish
brown ; a faint dark postmedial line slightly defined on outer
side by whitish especially towards inner margin where it ends
near tornus, and a whitish line from vein 2 to ter men near
tornus where there is a chocolate-brown spot before it ; the
termen with series of slight ochreous and dark brown bars
except towards apex ; cilia ochreous at base. Underside of
fore wing chocolate-brown with whitish discoidal striga,
slightly waved dark postmedial line from costa to discal fold,
the apical area pale striated with red-brown and with dark
spot below vein 7, a series of black and white points before
termen ; hind wing grey-brown, the submedian interspace
striated with white and blackish, a small white discoidal
spot, curved dark medial line, faint postmedial line, whitish
subterminal bar below vein 2 and series of white points before
termen.
$. Head and thorax greyer ; fore wing with the basal and
costal area to end of cell, terminal area below vein 4 from end
of cell and apical part of termen pale grey striated with dark
brown, the discoidal bar not filled in with red-brown below,,
the triangular postmedial patch on costa white ; hind wing
with the termen pale grey striated with dark brown ; under-
side white striated with red-brown, the cell and area below
it of fore wing dark brown, the terminal area of hind wing
redder brown.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha ( Humfrey ), 1 <^, 1 $ type. Exp.
76 millim.
Genus EUMICHT0CHR0A, nov.
Type, E. diulgeoni, Hmpsn. ( Trisula ), Moths Ind. iv. p. 530
(1896).
Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately fringed with
hair in front, the 3rd rather long ; frons with large round trun-
cate corneous prominence with raised rim at extremity ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed
with rough hair and spatulate scales, the metathorax with
spreading crest ; tibiae fringed with long hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen crenulate and somewhat excised
towards tornus ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length
of wing ; vein 3 from just before angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
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101
Genus B ATR ACHARTA.
Type.
Batracharta, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc.. Zool. vi. p. 196
(1802) obliqua, Walk.
OaHssa,, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool.vii. p. 168 (1864) cossoides, Walk.
Pilosocrures , Hmpsn. 111. Lop. Het. B.M. viii. p. 85
(1891) variegata, Hmpsn.
Batracharta chinensis, n. sp.
Batracharta cossoides, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900, p. 537 (nec Walk.).
$• Head and thorax brown suffused with purple-grey ;
pectus ochreous white ; legs reddish brown, the hind legs
with ochreous white mixed, the tarsi dark brown ringed with
white ; abdomen red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous
white at base. Fore wing brown suffused with purple-grey,
irrorated and the terminal area striated with dark brown ;
postmedial line rather indistinct, dark-brown, excurved at
veins 6 and 4 and incurved at discal fold, below vein 4 curved
downwards, then upwards to lower end of cell, then oblique
to imier margin before middle ; a series of slight whitish points
on terminal half of costa. Hind wing reddish brown, the costal
area whitish to beyond middle ; cilia white slightly tinged with
red-brown. Underside ochreous white suffused with brown
except on costal area and termen of fore wing ; hind wing
with brown suffusion on postmedial area except towards
costa and large brown discoidal spot.
Hab. C. China, Kiukiang (Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp. 40
millim.
Genus SPHINGOMORPHA.
Type.
Sphingomorpha, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 220 (1852) chlorea, Cram.
Ogocia, Holl. Entom. xxv. Suppl. p. 95 (1892) tavetensis, Holl.
Sphingomorpha hesperia, n. sp.
E- Head and thorax pale grey- brown with broad red-brown
stripe on upper half of tegulse and patagia edged dorsally by
blackish ; antennae black-brown ; palpi chocolate-brown at
base ending obliquely at middle of 2nd joint, the 3rd joint
with three black rings ; tarsi black-brown ; abdomen grey-
brown dorsally suffused with red -brown and with diffused
blackish brown subdorsal stripes and whitish dorsal marks
on two basal segments, the extremity of ventral surface
black-brown. Fore wing grey-brown tinged with rufous and
irrorated and striated with blackish ; subbasal black striae
below costa and cell ; an indistinct waved dark antemedial
line, excurved below median nervure ; a black-brown streak
with some pure white scales on it on medial part of inner
margin ; an indistinct waved red-brown line from origin of
vein 2 to inner margin ; a small elliptical rufous discoidal
spot ; postmedial line on costal area only, black, strongly
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angled outwards below costa and defined on outer side by
white, a blackish spot beyond it below costa and the terminal
part of costa with black suffusion and white points on it ;
subterminal line black, slightly defined on inner side by white
and acutely angled inwards below costa, then oblique and
defined on inner side by whitish ; a series of black points before
termen and a black line just before termen from apex to
vein 4. Hind wing ochreous brown suffused with black-brown
except on terminal area from below apex which is striated with
blackish ; a slightly waved blackish postmedial line from discal
fold to inner margin ; a rather diffused double waved blackish
subterminal line arising at discal fold ; a series of blackish
points before termen. Underside grey-brown irrorated and
striated with blackish and with black discoidal points ; fore wing
with the inner area suffused with dark brown and with traces
of waved postmedial line excurved below costa then oblique ;
hind wing with double postmedial series of black points on the
veins and in interspaces to vein 2 with traces of pale dentate
line between them excurved below costa, then a black line to
inner margin, a rather diffused subterminal black line from
vein 3 to above tornus, and a series of black and white points
before termen to vein 2 and bar in submedian interspace.
$. Fore wing paler and more tinged with rufous, especially
on inner area ; a triangular rufous patch between the ante-
medial and medial lines below the cell ; the discoidal spot
distinctly defined by black-brown, a black-brown streak below
costa from before end of cell to apex to which it is curved
upwards, the subterminal line very slightly excurved, the
termen more excurved from below apex ; hind wing ochreous
slightly suffused with brown except on apical area ; the
underside more ochreous.
Hob. Gold Coast, Obuassi {Bergman), 1 $, Kumasi
(McDowall), 1 1 $ type. Exp. 62-66 millim.
Sphingonioipl a xanthoperas. n. s-p.
$. Head and thorax pale red-brown ; frons white at sides ;
palpi with the 3rd joint blackish, white at tips ; abdomen
greyish brown, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with dark
brown. Fore wing rather pale red-brown with slight dark
irroration except on terminal area ; a slight blackish subbasal
striga from costa ; antemedial line blackish, angled outwards
on subcostal and median ncrvures, incurved in the cell and
oblique below it ; a blackish point in middle of cell ; a yellowish
discoidal bar and semicircular white mark at lower angle
of cell ; medial line blackish, oblique to vein 6 at the post-
medial line then inwardly oblique to inner margin ; a greyish
semicircular patch defined by darker red-brown on post-
medial costal area, extending to vein 6 ; postmedial line black,
ending at vein 6, oblique towards costa and angled inwards
SPUIN' GOMORPHA. — -A CH JEOPS.
103
at vein 7 ; a faint oblique subterminal shade from the outer
edge of the costal patch to inner margin ; a series of blackish
points before termen. Hind wing red-brown, the terminal
half of costal area and the apical area to vein 6 bright yellow
with some fuscous suffusion below it ; a rather diffused
waved blackish postmedial line, and a faint subterminal
shade from the fuscous suffusion to inner margin ; a series of
slight blackish points before termen except towards apex.
Underside grey-brown with a reddish tinge and irrorated with
blackish ; fore wing with the inner area pale yellow, a brownish
discoidal patch and subterminal shade with grey-white
marks on its outer edge towards costa ; hind wing with black
discoidal point, faint diffused medial line, faint postmedial
line with black points on the veins, and slight subterminal
shade somewhat incurved between veins 5 and 3.
Hab. Gold Coast, Ivumasi ( McDowall ), 1 $ type ; S.
Nigeria, Old Calabar ( Cockburn , Crompton), 2 $ ; Angola,
Ambriz ( Monteiro ), 1 2. Exp. 64-72 millim.
Genus PSEUDOPHISMA, nor.
Type, P. vritanis, Cram. ( Sphinx Adscitce ), Pap. Exot. ii.
p. 28, pi. 115. f. D (1777).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately scaled in front,
the 3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with cilia
and bristles ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the
prothorax with sharp ridge-like crest, the metathorax with
spreading crest ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen
with dorsal crest at base only and ridge of hair on basal
segments. Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex
which is somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly
curved and hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind iving with the cell
less than half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus ACHZEOPS, nov.
Type, A. esperanza, Schaus ( Ophisma ), A. M. N. H. (8) vii.
p. 63 (1911).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd short and
thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair .above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male almost simple ; thorax clothed
with hair only and without crests ; tibiae fringed with long
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hair ; abdomen with dorsal ridge of rough hair at base, but
without crests. Fore wing with the costa rather arched to-
wards apex which is somewhat produced and acute, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus PARACH2EA, now
Type, P. macaria, Cram. (Phalcena Noctua), Pap. Exot. ii.
p. 48, pi. 129. f. D (1777).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front, the
3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight
cilia and bristles ; thorax clothed with hair only and without
crests ; tibiae fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal
ridges of rough hair at base, but without crests. Fore wing
with the costa highly arched towards apex which is somewhat
produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Genus MIMOPHISMA, now
Type, M. delunaris, Guen. ( Ophisma ), Noct. iii. p. 238
(1852) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 379 (1890).
Proboscis ' ully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled in front, the
3rd long and smootniy scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male typically
with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and a few
scales mixed, the prothorax with slight spreading crest ;
tibiae fringed with long hair ; abdomen with rough hair at
base of dorsum but without crest. Fore wing with the
costa arched towards apex which is produced and acute, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomo-
sing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the cell nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 0, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
MIMOPHISMA. CALESIA.
105
Mimophisma albiffmbria, n. sp.
S- Head and thorax red-brown irrorated with white ;
antennae ringed dark brown and white ; frons with white
lines at sides ; palpi red-brown, the 3rd joint irrorated with
white and white at tips ; abdomen grey-brown ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown.
Fore wing pale reddish brown irrorated with darker brown and
white ; antemedial line indistinct, brown with a white point
at costa, excurved in and beloAv the cell ; medial line indistinct,
brown, excurved from below costa to vein 4 beyond the cell,
then incurved ; postmedial line indistinct, brown, curved and
slightly waved, some white points beyond it on costa, closely
approximated to the faint dentate brown subterminal line ;
the terminal area more strongly irrorated with white ; a
terminal series of slight black points ; cilia white slightly
irrorated with brown, brown at tips at middle. Hind wing
grey-brown with a cupreous gloss ; faint very slightly waved
dark medial, postmedial and subterminal lines ; cilia white
slightly irrorated with brown. Underside of fore wing white
tinged with reddish brown, the costal area white strongly
irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area white slightly
irrorated with brown, a diffused curved brown medial line and
double curved postmedial line with white and blackish points
at the veins ; hind wing white irrorated with dark brown, a
black discoidal spot, curved waved dark medial line, crenulate
postmedial line with white and black points at the veins, and
diffused slightly sinuous subterminal line ; both wings with
fine waved black terminal line forming points at the inter-
spaces.
Hab. Colombia, R. Dagua, Jimenez, 1 $ type. Exp. 34
millim.
Genus CALESIA.
Calesin, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 257 (1852) *
Pasipeda, Walk. xv. 1794 (1858)
Mecyra, Walk, xxxiii. 979 (1865)
Zirona. Walk. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. i.
p. 363 (1869)
Asymbata, Gerst. von der Decken’s Reisen in Ost.
Africa, iii. p. 377 (1873)
Lecasia, Fawcett, P. Z. S. 1916, p. 724
Type.
dasyptera, IColl.
rufipalpis, Walk.
gastropachoides, Guen.
mcirginata, Walk.
zambesita, Walk.
othello, Fawc.
Calesia thennantis, n. sp.
Calesia flabellifera, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B.M. ix. p. 112, pi. 165. ff. 2, 8;
id. Motlis Ind. ii. p. 581 (part.) nec Moore.
<$. Head, base of tegulae, shoulders and pectus in front
scarlet ; antennae whitish ; thorax red-brown ; legs red-
brown, the fore tibiae at base, the mid tibiae above scarlet and
10(5
NOCTUJDJE.
the hind tibiae slightly tinged with scarlet ; abdomen scarlet,
the hair at base of dorsum and the ventral surface red-brown,
the anal tuft whitish at tip. Fore wing red-brown slightly
irrorated with white ; cilia whitish at tips. Hind wing red-
brown slightly irrorated with white, the cilia white at tips.
Underside red-brown irrorated with white.
Fore wing with indistinct erect dark medial line and
faint waved whitish subterminal line angled outwards at vein
4 ; hind wing with faint dark medial line and traces of sub-
terminal line.
Hab. Ceylon, Pundaloya (Green), 2 <$, 1 $ type. Exp.
42^8, $ 38 millim.
Calesia hirtisquama, n. sp.
<$. Head pale scarlet, the antennae brown ; thorax grey-
brown ; pectus and legs brownish ochreous, the fore and mid
tibia? tinged with scarlet ; abdomen pale scarlet, the two
basal segments grey-brown, the ventral surface pale grey-
brown. Fore wing grey- brown irrorated with a few whitish
scales, the subapical patch of rough scales rather greyer ;
a small white discoidal spot ; an indistinct curved dark
postmedial line. Hind wing grey-brown irrorated with a few
whitish scales ; a very indistinct curved dark postmedial
line. Underside uniform pale grey-brown.
Hab. Timor, Dili (Doherty), 1 type. Exp. 42 millim.
Calesia rhodotela, n. sp.
<$. Head and tegulae scarlet, the antennae brown ; thorax
pale grey- brown with a reddish tinge ; pectus in front and legs
scarlet, the tarsi pale grey-brown ; abdomen scarlet. Wings
uniform pale glossy grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge.
Hab. Burma, Hsipaw (de Nice'ville), 1 $ type. Exp. 46
millim.
Calesia.. nigriannulata, n. sp.
$. Head, tegulae and prothorax yellow ; antennae black ;
palpi with the extremity of 2nd joint and the 3rd joint black ;
thorax pale reddish brown ; fore and mid tibiae yellow with
brown spots at extremities ; abdomen scarlet, the basal
segment and anal tuft ochreous, the ventral surface grey-brown.
Fore wing pale reddish brown ; large round white spots
defined by black in middle of cell and at lower angle ; some
whitish at middle of inner margin ; a subterminal series of
seven small whitish spots between veins 8 and 1 ; cilia whitish.
Hind wing pale glossy grey-brown, the cilia whitish. Under-
side pale grey-brown.
Hab. Germ. E. Africa, Usangu Distr. (Neave), 1 $ type.
Exp. 40 millim.
CALESIA. — TINOLIUS.
107
Calesia fulviceps, n. sp.
$. Head and tegulse yellow ; antennae and thorax pale
grey-brown ; pectus and legs yellow, the fore tibiae with brown
band at extremity and the fore tarsi brown ringed with white ;
abdomen pale grey-brown, the ventral surface yellow towards
base. Fore wing pale grey-brown slightly irrorated with
white ; small white spots in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars. Hind wing pale grey-brown slightly irrorated with
white. Underside pale grey-brown irrorated with white.
Hob. S. Nigeria, Lagos {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 36
millim.
Calesia xanthognatha, n. sp
Calesia phseosoma, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 363 (part.).
Lecasia othello, Fawcett, P. Z. S. 1910, p. 724, $ (nec A )■
Head, thorax and abdomen dark greyish brown ; palpi
orange-yellow mixed with brown ; pectus and legs paler, the
tarsi ringed with whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen irrorated
with whitish. Fore wing dark greyish brown irrorated with
whitish ; an indistinct waved dark antemedial line ; a small
white discoidal spot and sometimes a point in middle of cell ;
post medial line dark, faintly defined on outer side by greyish,
sinuous, incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct,
dark, defined on outer side by slight whitish marks, waved,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing dark greyish
brown irrorated with whitish ; an indistinct oblique dark
medial line faintly defined on outer side by greyish ; a dark
subterminal shade defined on outer side by slight whitish
marks. Underside paler grey-brown irrorated with white.
Hah. Zululand (Anderson), 1 £ type ; Natal, Durban,,
type t othello $ in Coll. Fawcett ; Cape Colony, Transkei
(Miss F . Barrett), 1 $, Annshaw ( Miss F . Barrett), 1 2. Exp.
44-48 millim.
Genus TINOLIUS.
Type.
Tinolius, Walk. iii. 621 (1855) ebumeigutta, Walk.
Tinolius sundensis. n. sp.
E- Head and thorax scarlet, the tegulse with black spots
edged with ochreous white, the outer part of patagia red- brown,
the meso- and metathorax with paired black spots ; antennae
pale red-brown ; femora at extremities and tibiae with black
spots ; tarsi black ringed with rufous ; abdomen scarlet with
subdorsal series of black bars, the ventral surface with blackish
spots towards base and bars on terminal segments. Fore
wing bright rufous ; a round white spot hi middle of cell and
two discoidal spots, the upper one smaller ; two small white
spots on medial part of inner margin ; cilia white at tips.
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Hind wing scarlet, the costal area pale rufous towards apex ;
cilia pale rufous at base, white at tips. Underside fulvous
yellow, the inner area of fore whig and cell and inner area of
hind wing scarlet.
Hab. Bali (Doherty), 2 q type. Exp. 54 millim.
(Unus RHANIDOPHORA.
Type.
Rhanidophora, Wllgrn. Ofv. Vet. Akad. Fork. xv.
p. 213 (1858) plied uni a, Stoll.
JEnydra, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 77 (1862) . cinctigutta, Walk.
Rhanidophora piguerator, n. sp.
Head and thorax orange-yellow with whitish streaks on
patagia and some whitish at sides of metathorax ; antennae
brown, the shaft whitish ; palpi with black spot on basal
joint, the 2nd joint except at base and 3rd joint black ; fore
femora above, the tibiae and tarsi black, the mid and hind
tibiae blackish towards extremity and the spurs and tarsi black ;
abdomen orange-yellow, the ventral surface brown. Fore
wing whitish suffused with orange-yellow except the inner and
terminal areas ; a large round white spot in middle of cell
and two discoidal spots, the upper one smaller, all strongly
defined by black ; an obliquely curved postmedial series of
orange-yellow spots ; cilia orange-yellow, whitish at tips.
Hind wing golden yellow, the cilia whitish at tips. Underside
whitish suffused with golden yellow, the fore wing tinged with
red-brown except the termen and cilia.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Nairobi (Anderson), 1 Roromo
( Crawshay ), 1 <$, 2 $ type ; Mt. Kenya ( Neave ), 3 <$ ; Uganda,
Toro, M’panga Forest (Neave), 1 A- Exp. 40-50 millim.
Rhanidophora odontophora, n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen golden-yellow ; antennae black ;
palpi with black spot on 1st joint, the extremity of 2nd joint
and the 3rd joint black ; fore femora and tibiae streaked with
black, the spurs and tarsi black. Fore wing whitish yellow,
tinged with fulvous yellow to the postmedial line ; a fulvous
yellow antemedial line, arising at subcostal nervure, oblique
to submedian fold where it is angled outwards, then incurved ;
a round white spot in middle of cell and two on discocellulars,
the upper smaller, all defined by fulvous yellow ; postmedial
line fulvous yellow, dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 ;
a slight diffused dentate fulvous yellow subterminal line,
incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4 ; the veins of
terminal area and cilia golden yellow. Hind wing golden
yellow. Underside of both wings uniform pale yellow.
RHANIDOPHORA. CRYPTOCHRYSA.
109
Hab. Zanzibar, 2 $ ; Br. E. Africa (Scott- Elliott), 1 9*
Machakos ( Crawshay ), 1 2, Voi (Neave), 1 9> Usambara
(. Legros ), 1 9 ; Br. Centr. Africa, M’langi Boma ( Neave)r
1 type ; Mlanje (Neave), 1 Exp. 38-48 millim.
Rhauidophora flavigutta, n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen yellow ; antennae black ;
palpi black except below towards base ; fore and mid femora
and the fore tibiae streaked above with black, the spurs and
tarsi black ; ventral surface of abdomen suffused with fuscous
brown except at extremity. Fore wing pale red-brown ; a
round yellow spot in middle of cell and two on discocellulars,
the upper rather smaller ; cilia yellow, whitish at tips. Hind
wing pale golden yellow. Underside of fore wing yellow
with a faint red-brown tinge.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mlanje (Neave), 4 <$, 5 9 ; N. E.
Rhodesia, Serenje Distr. (Neave), I 9 type. Exp. ^36, 938-
44 millim.
Genus LEPIDQPALPIA, no* .
Type, L. bicolor, Mab. (Arctia), Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iff.
p. 137 (1879) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 307 (1892).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely
upturned to well in front of frons and rather broadly fringed
with scales in front, the 3rd long, fringed with scales in front
and behind towards extremity ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate with
rather long branches, of female with bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests, the
patagia fringed at tips with long spatulate scales ; tibiae
slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and
without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terrnen
evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus CRYPTOCHKYSA, nov.
Type, C. auripennis, Schaus (Hypogramma), A. M. N. H. (8)
x. p. 513 (1912).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons and moderately fringed with
hair in front and behind, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ;
frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with
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bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with scales and hair and
without crests ; tibke nearly smoothly scaled ; abdomen with
dorsal crests at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell half the length of wing ; vein 5 from near
angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7
shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus ACOLASIS-
Type.
Acolasis, Hiibn. Yerz. p. 256 (1827) tanais, Cram.
Anthocitta, Hiibn. Yerz. p. 259 (1827) capensis, Cram.
Ccenipeta, Hiibn. Verz. p. 260 (1827) colliquens, Hiibn.
Hypogra mma , Guen. Noct. iii. p. 34 (1S52) capensis , Cram.
Eudipna, Walk. ix. 149 (1856) phasis, Cram.
Acolasis anepsia, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; palpi
fuscous brown, whitish at base and at base and extremity of
3rd joint; tegulae with dark band near tips ; pectus white; legs
brown, white towards base ; abdomen pale reddish brown with
white segmental lines, the ventral surface white. Fore wing
whitish suffused with pale red-brown ; subbasal line double,
blackish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial
line double, blackish, waved, the inner line rather diffused; a
blackish discoidal lunule with slight pale centre ; medial line
blackish, oblique to the discoidal lunule, then slight and waved,
bent outwards beyond the cell and oblique below it ; post-
medial line blackish, defined on outer side by whitish towards
costa, waved, oblique to below vein 7, incurved below vein 4
and angled inwards at vein 3 to below end of cell, a diffused
waved reddish brown line beyond it and some white points
on costa with black-brown between them ; subterminal line
whitish defined on inner side by black-brown spots, angled
inwards below costa, excurved below vein 7, then waved ;
a small blackish spot below apex and waved line just below
termen. Hind wing red-brown, the terminal area blackish
brown ; a sinuous black-brown postmedial line defined on
outer side by a yellow band from vein 6 to inner margin ;
a black terminal line with some yellow before it except towards
apex, traversed by the slight subterminal line ; cilia yellow
slightly chequered with red-brown. Underside pale red-
brown ; fore wing with some whitish at middle of costa with
a blackish mark on it, the postmedial line defined on outer
side by whitish towards costa, excurved to vein 4, then in-
curved, a whitish subterminal line on costal area ; hind wing
ACOLASIS.
Ill
with the terminal area black-brown, a slight discoidal lunule
defined by brown, sinuous medial and postmedial lines oblique
towards costa, and a narrow white band before the terminal
fine.
Hcib. “ W. Coast of N. America” (Kellett & Wood), l <^type;
Brazil, Para ( Grahame ), 1 $. Exp. 42-48 millim.
Acolasis catoxantha, n. sp.
Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown ; antennae
blackish ; tegulae with dark band near tips ; pectus and legs
whitish, the tibiae and tarsi banded with blackish ; abdomen
rufous with whitish segmental lines, the ventral surface
white. Fore wing red-brown suffused with grey-green and
with some dark irroration, double red-brown subbasal striae
from costa ; antemedial fine double, red- brown, waved,
angled outwards in the cell and excurved above inner margin ;
reniform defined by black-brown, placed on the double waved
medial line, the outer line bent outwards beyond the cell ;
postmedial line red-brown, forming a diffused blackish mark
at costa, bent outwards below costa, at vein 3 bent inwards to
lower angle of cell, then erect, a waved blackish shade beyond
it and some whitish points on the costa ; subterminal line
grey defined on each side by red-brown forming somewhat
dentate marks on inner side, incurved below costa, angled
outwards below vein 7, then somewhat dentate and excurved
at middle ; a small blackish spot below apex and waved line
just before termen ; cilia faintly chequered with blackish.
Hind wing orange ; very indistinct oblique sinuous dark
medial and postmedial lines ; the terminal area black, narrow-
ing to tornus and with the termen orange with black points on it
except towards apex. Underside of fore wing pale reddish,
the basal half orange from below costa to submedian fold, the
terminal half irrorated with red-brown except on inner area,
a discoidal lunule defined by black, with some blackish
suffusion beyond it and an oblique striga above it from costa,
and postmedial line bent outwards below costa, excurved to
vein 4, then oblique ; hind wing orange, two black discoidal
striae, medial and postmedial lines represented by black
striae in discal fold and two in submedian fold, a subterminal
black band except towards tornus and some whitish towards
apex before the terminal series of black striae.
Ab. 1. Fore whig greenish white to beyond the postmedial
line.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Rodivay), 1 $ ; Brazil,
Amazons, Para {Durham), 1 E type ; R. Purus, Pariti {Trail),
1 $ ; Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $. Exp. 32-38 millim.
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Acolasis leucocyma, ti. sp.
<J. Head brown mixed with grey ; antennae blackish ;
palpi with the extremity of 1st joint and base of 3rd white ;
irons white at sides ; thorax black-brown mixed with grey,
the tegulse with the basal half white with curved brown lines ;
tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen fuscous brown with
white segmental lines, the ventral surface whitish suffused with
brown. Fore wing deep chocolate-brown mixed with black-
brown and purplish grey ; a curved black subbasal striga from
costa defined on each side by white ; antemedial line indis-
tinctly double, black-brown, waved ; two indistinct diffused
waved black-brown medial lines, the inner excurved to the
black-brown discoidal patch, the outer excurved beyond the
cell ; postmedial line double, black-brown, the outer line less
distinct, filled in with white to vein 5 and with some white
before it between veins 8 and 6, waved, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved ; the postmedial area with some bluish white
irroration, some white points on costa and some white at inner
margin ; subterminal line whitish defined on each side by
chocolate -brown, waved, slightly angled inwards at discal
fold ; a waved black-brown terminal line ; cilia slightly
chequered with white. Hind wing dark brown, the apical
area black-brown ; a diffused sinuous oblique black-brown
postmedial line and similar subterminal line from the black-
brown area to tornus ; cilia white at apex and discal fold.
Underside of fore wing black-brown, some brownish white
striae from medial part of costa, a curved postmedial band from
costa to vein 4 with two white points beyond it on costa and
slight dentate subterminal line from costa to vein 7 ; hind
wing grey-brown, the terminal area black-brown except to-
wards tornus, a narrow discoidal lunule, three waved post-
medial lines incurved between veins 5 and 2, and subterminal
shade, the termen white at apex.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 1 $ type. Exp. 44
millim.
Acolasis glaucinans, n. sp.
Ccenijieta lobuligera, Draco, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 349 (part.),
nec Guen.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;
palpi at extreme tips and lower part of frons whitish ; tegulse
with red-brown bands at base and near tips ; pectus and legs
whitish, the tibiae and tarsi banded with black-brown ; abdo-
men reddish brown with white segmental lines, the ventral
surface white towards base. Fore wing silvery purplish grey ;
a curved red-brown subbasal striga from costa with a shade
beyond it extending to submedian fold ; antemedial line
double, red-brown, waved ; a red-brown discoidal lunule with
ACOLASIS.
1L3
pale point at its lower extremity, placed on the double waved
red-brown medial line, the outer line bent outwards beyond
the cell ; postmedial line deep red-brown, defined on outer
side by whitish towards costa, oblique from costa to below
vein 7, then waved, at vein 3 angled inwards to below end of
cell, then rather oblique ; a diffused waved red-brown line
beyond it and some white points on costa with dark brown
between them ; subterminal line whitish, defined on each
side by red-brown, more strongly on inner side except at discal
fold, angled inwards below costa and outwards below vein
7, then crenulate ; a waved black-brown line before termen ;
cilia chequered ochreous white and brown. Hind wing red-
brown, the terminal area black-brown ; a black-brown bar
at middle of inner margin ; postmedial line black- brown,
sinuous, defined on outer side by a yellow band from vein 6
to inner margin ; a blackish terminal line with some yellow
before it except on apical half, traversed above submedian
fold by the* slight subterminal line ; cilia chequered yellow and
brown. Underside whitish tinged with pale red-brown ;
fore wing with some whitish and black marks on terminal
half of costa ; hind wing with the terminal area blackish brown,
a slight discoidal lunule defined by dark brown, sinuous
medial and postmedial lines oblique towards costa, and a
narrow white band before the terminal line except towards
tornus.
Hab. Mexico, Coatepec (Brooks), 1 $ type, Godman-
Salvin Coll. Exp. 40 millim.
Acolasis mesozonea, n. sp.
Head and thorax white mixed with red-brown ; palpi with
some dark brown at sides of 2nd and 3rd joints ; tegulae
with red-brown line at middle ; tibise and tarsi banded with
dark brown ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused with brown
leaving whitish segmental lines. Fore wing white irrorated
with red-brown ; a red-brown subbasal striga from costa
followed by a slight shade extending to submedian fold ;
antemedial line red-brown defined on inner side by white
and with blackish point at costa, curved ; two black medial
lines with black suffusion between them, the inner fine oblique,
the outer bent outwards and almost obsolete beyond the
black discoidal lunule, then oblique, some black beyond it on
costa ; postmedial fine red-brown defined on outer side by
white, oblique to vein 6, then slightly waved, obhque from vein
4 to submedian fold, then outwardly obhque and straight,
some white points with red-brown between them beyond it
on the costa ; subterminal line white defined on each side
by red-brown, incurved from costa to below vein 7 where it
i
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is angled outwards, then somewhat dentate and angled out-
wards below vein 4 ; a black subapical spot with white
point below it and a waved black line just before termen ;
a fine white line at base of cilia. Hind whig whitish suffused
with pale red-brown ; subterminal line white defined on
inner side by fuscous brown and slightly on outer side by
brown, slightly angled outwards at submedian fold ; a dark
brown terminal line ; cilia white with a slight red-brown line
through them. Underside white tinged with pale red-brown ;
fore wing with dark discoidal lunule with two oblique dark
striae above it from costa, postmedial line brown defined on
outer side by white, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, a dark
subterminal shade with white line on its outer edge from costa
to below vein 7 ; hind wing with slight discoidal lunule
defined by blackish, slight double medial and postmedial lines
oblique towards costa, then sinuous, the terminal area blackish
with narrow wThite band before the blackish terminal line.
Hah. Colombia, Minca (H. H. Smith), 1 $ type. Exp.
26 millim.
Genus BLOSYRIS.
MLUUO O. XVJLUi rp
type.
Blosyris, Hiibn. Yerz. p. 273 (1827) herilia, Stoll.
Letts, Hiibn. Verz. p. 274 (1827) specularis, Hiibn.
Blosyris scopsella. n. q>.
<$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some white ;
palpi with the 3rd joint black at tip ; pectus and legs ochreous
mixed with rufous, the terminal part of fore tibiae blackish,
the tarsi black ringed with ochreous ; abdomen dark red-
brown mixed with some grey-Avhite, the ventral surface
ochreous. Fore wing ochreous suffused and thickly irrorated
with red-brown, the costal and terminal areas suffused with
darker brown and slightly irrorated wfith whitish ; subbasal
line black defined on outer side by reddish ochreous, excurved
belowr costa and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line black
defined on inner side by reddish ochreous, angled outwards
below costa, in cell and above and below submedian fold and
inwards on subcostal and median nervures, in submedian fold
and on vein 1, excurved above inner margin; orbicular and
reniform defined by whitish, the former round, the latter
D -shaped ; medial line double, blackish, sinuous, indistinct,
oblique to vein 5 just beyond the cell, then obliquely bent
inwards to below end of cell, then more distinct and oblique
to inner margin ; postmedial line double, blackish, excurved
and slightly waved to vein 3 with a slight inward curve at
discal fold, incurved below vein 3, then oblique and sinuous
to inner margin, the area between it and the subterminal line
darker brown, extending on costa to apex and with some white
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115
points at costa, subterminal line indistinct, dark, waved,
arising from costa towards apex, incurved from veins 8 to 4,
excurved below vein 4, then stronger, slightly defined on outer
side by whitish and incurved to inner margin ; a waved dark
brown line before termen followed by another crenulate line
just before termen. Hind wing ochreous suffused with red-
brown and in parts with dark brown tinged with grey ; a
double dark discoidal bar ; two slightly dentate greyish
medial line defined by dark brown, excurved beyond the cell ;
postmedial line dark brown, dentate, obliquely excurved to
vein 4, then incurved and excurved below vein 2 ; subterminal
line dark brown, waved ; a waved dark brown line before
termen defined on outer side by slight ochreous marks ; a
waved dark terminal line. Underside whitish suffused with
grey -brown ; fore wing with small brown spot in middle of
cell, an oblique black-brown discoidal bar with slight brown
mark above it on costa, postmedial lure black-brown defined
on outer side by white with a very slight outward curve below
discal fold, a narrow white subterminal band defined on
inner side by brown, very slightly waved towards costa,
incurved below vein 4, a waved dark line before termen ;
hind wing with small black-brown discoidal spot, slight medial
line oblique to just beyond upper angle of cell, then waved
and ending at vein 1 with another faint sinuous fine beyond
it between discal and submedian folds, postmedial line strong,
black-brown defined on outer side by white, obliquely excurved
to vein 4, incurved at vein 2 then oblique to inner margin,
a strong black-brown subterminal shade diffused on inner
side and defined on outer side by white, its outer edge excurved
and waved between veins 6 and 3 to near termen, a rather
diffused black-brown line from it at vein 3 to tornus, some
brown on termen.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Georgetown [Bodkin), 1 type. Exp.
70 millim.
Blosyris lignitis, n. sp.
E- Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with grey-
ish ; palpi with the 3rd joint black towards tip which is
whitish ; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi black with pale rings.
Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey and mixed with
ochreous, the postmedial area rather darker ; a curved sub-
basal ochreous striga from costa ; antemedial line brown de-
fined on inner side by ochreous, strongly bent inwards in
cell, oblique and waved below the cell ; orbicular and reniform
defined by black, the former elliptical, the latter D -shaped ;
three indistinct waved fines beyond the cell, bent outwards
below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; postmedial fine
blackish defined on outer side by brownish ochreous, dentate,
i 2
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XOCTl'ID.E.
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some ochreous white points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a series
of slight ochreous marks in the interspaces defined on inner
side by a slight waved dark shade ; two waved blackish
lines before termen defined on outer side by slight ochreous
white marks. Hind wing reddish brown tinged with grey
and mixed with ochreous ; an indistinct dark discoidal bar ;
two indistinct waved dark lines beyond the cell filled in with
whitish ; postmedial line blackish, dentate, curved ; sub-
terminal line only defined by a dark shade on its inner
side, excurved below costa and at middle ; a waved black
line before termen and a terminal line. Underside brownish
grey ; fore wing with the orbicular and reniform black and
small, two waved dark lines beyond the cell, postmedial line
dentate and defined on outer side by whitish, a subterminal
series of dentate black marks before termen defined on outer
side by whitish ; hind wing with small black discoidal spot,
two waved dark lines beyond the cell defined on outer side
by whitish, postmedial line strong, blackish defined on outer
side by white, minutely waved and excurved at middle ; a
strong black-brown subterminal shade with white beyond it
towards costa and a spot below vein 3.
$. Redder brown, the veins and postmedial areas with a
faint purple gloss.
Hab. Colombia, Villa Vincencio (Doweling), 1 £ ; Vene-
zuela 1 $ type ; Peru, Yahuarmayo, 2 $. Exp. 74, $ 80-
114 millim.
Blosyris dichroa, u. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with brown, the
pro- and metathorax with black bars, the abdomen with
paired dorsal black spots with white spots between them ;
palpi greyish, the 3rd joint white at base and black at tip ;
tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing violaceous white
irrorated and suffused in parts with pale brown ; subbasal
line blackish, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line
blackish defined on inner side by white, angled outwards
below costa, strongly incurved in cell, waved below the cell
and angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular with brown centre
irrorated with white and blackish annulus defined by white,
round ; reniform white with black annulus defined on outer
side by white and its centre slightly defined by blackish, D
shaped ; medial line double, blackish filled in with white,
bent outwards and sinuous beyond the cell, dentate below it ;
postmedial line blackish, placed near the outer edge of a
lunulate white band, slightly bent outward below costa, then
dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
white defined on inner side by dentate black spots except
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towards inner margin and slightly defined on outer side by
brown, dentate, a small dentate black mark beyond it below
costa ; a waved black line before termen forming a dentate
mark below costa, defined on outer side by slight white marks
and followed by another Avaved dark line ; cilia chequered
brown and Avhite. Hind wing violaceous Avhite irrorated and
in parts suffused with brown ; a blackish discoidal bar defined
by white ; a dark line just beyond the cell defined on outer
side by white and angled outwards beyond lower angle of cell,
folloAved by a dark band, then a dentate brown line defined
on each side by Avhite; postmedial line blackish defined by
white, dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub-
terminal line white defined on inner side by blackish forming
dentate marks below veins 4 and 3, Avaved ; a sinuous
blackish line before termen defined on outer side by slight
Avhite marks and with a Avhitish spot before it below apex ; a
dark terminal line ; cilia chequered brown and Avhite. Under-
side grey-broAvn, the lines fairly distinct ; fore wing with
white spots beyond the postmedial line below veins 4 and 3 ;
hind wing Avith the terminal area darker with Avhite spots
beloAv apex and vein 3 and a series of white striae before termen.
Head and thorax brown ; abdomen Avhitish suffused
Avith brown ; Avings brownish ochreous suffused with dark
brown and with a slight purplish gloss.
Hab. Venezuela., 3 2 type ; Br. Guiana {Roberts), 1
Exp. 76-94 millim.
Blosyris leucomicta, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax dark broivn tinged Avith greyish ;
antennae blackish ; pectus and legs grey-broAvn, the tarsi
blackish Avith slight pale rings ; abdomen grey-broAvn Avith a
Avhite dorsal band on 2nd segment followed by paired black
spots Avith Avhitish between them. Fore wing red- brown
suffused in parts Avith black-brown forming rather elongate
patches on outer half of medial area and diffused patches
on terminal area ; a curved pale subbasal striga from costa
defined on inner side by blackish ; antemedial line indistinct,
dark, double at costa, strongly incurved in cell, then AvaAmd
and slightly defined on each side by bluish white ; a rather
elongate black annulus in middle of cell defined by some Avhite ;
reniform D -shaped, with black outline defined on outer side
by a white bar ; tAvo rather diffused Avaved black medial
lines, excurved below costa, then oblique ; postmedial line
blackish defined on each side by white, rather irregularly
dentate and someAvhat excurved beloAv costa ; some small
white spots beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of
irregular black marks defined on outer side by Avhite marks
below costa, at middle, and beloAv vein 3 ; a lunulate black
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line before termen and a slight waved terminal line. Hind
wing red-brown suffused with dark brown, the inner area
with some blue-white suffusion except towards base and the
terminal area slightly irrorated with white ; a dark discoidal
spot with slight white marks before and beyond its lower
extremity ; two indistinct waved medial lines defined on
outer side by bluish white except towards costa ; postmedial
line blackish defined on each side by white except towards
costa, irregularly dentate ; a subterminal series of rather
diffused dentate black marks except towards inner margin
with white marks beyond them between veins 4 and 2 ;
a series of lunulate black marks before termen, defined on
outer side by white below vein 4 and a slight waved terminal
line ; cilia mostly white from vein 5 to tornus. Underside
grey- brown ; fore wing with small black discoidal spot and
numerous indistinct waved lines, the terminal area suffused
with blackish from above vein 4 and with white subterminal
spots above and below vein 3 ; hind wing with small black
discoidal spot, two curved sinuous medial lines, a diffused
postmedial line defined on outer side by white and excurved
at middle and towards inner margin, the terminal area suffused
with black and with white subterminal spots towards apex
and below vein 3.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo (Watkins), 1 $ type, Yahuar-
mayo, 2 $. Exp. 96 millim.
Blosyris albidentina, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown with some
whitish hair ; palpi whitish at tips ; tarsi fuscous ringed with
grey ; abdomen tinged with purple towards extremity, the
ventral surface pale red-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown
slightly irrorated with ochreous white and tinged with purple
except on terminal area ; a subbasal black striga from costa
defined on outer side by rufous ; antemedial line black defined
on inner side by rufous, bent inwards in cell and waved below
the cell ; orbicular and reniform with reddish ochreous
annuli and their centres defined by black, the former round,
the latter rather D-shaped ; three waved dark lines beyond the
cell, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ;
postmedial line black defined on both sides by rufous, waved,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; submedial line represented
by white points in the interspaces to vein 3, then by a waved
white line, defined on inner side by a waved black- brown
shade ; two waved black lines before termen with slight
ochreous white marks on their outer sides. Hind wing dark
red-brown tinged with purple, the terminal area slightly
irrorated with ochreous white ; a dark discoidal spot defined
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by whitish ; two indistinct double dark waved lines beyond
the cell filled in with whitish ; postmedial line black defined
on each side by rufous, waved ; a dark subterminal shade,
excurved at middle and with ochreous white points on its outer
side towards costa and inner margin ; a waved black fine
before termen with slight ochreous white marks on its outer
side and a terminal line ; cilia white at tips at the veins.
Underside grey-brown ; both wings with black discoidal
spots defined by white, two indistinct waved lines beyond
the cell, postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by
white and excurved at middle ; fore wing with subterminal
series of white spots ; hind wing with dark subterminal
shade excurved at middle and defined on outer side by white
spots towards costa and inner margin.
$. Wings rather paler to the postmedial line.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 1 $ type ; Brazil,
Amazons, Para ( Goeldi ), 1 $ ; Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 A.
Exp. (^90, $ 104 millim.
Genus TEINOLETIS, nov.
Type T. simoenta, Guen. ( Cyclopis ), Noct. iii. p. 166 (1852).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and rather broadly scaled,
the 3rd very long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons
very narrow, with a vertical ridge at middle ; eyes large,
round, approximated in front ; antennae of male with minute
bristles ; thorax clothed entirely with hair and without
crests ; fore tibiae fringed with rather long hair on outer
side, the mid femora and tibiae of male fringed with very long
fulvous hair and the 1st joint of tarsus with the spines at
base thickly crowded together ; hind tibiae slightly fringed
with hair ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on basal
segments but without crests. Fore wing with the apex some-
what produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and
slightly sinuous, a ridge of long hair below basal half of cell ;
vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
a long areole, 11 .from cell. Hind wing with the termen
slightly sinuous ; the cell about one -fourth length of whig
veins 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.
Genus BRACHYBLEMMA, nov.
Type, B. areos, Cram. ( Phalcena Geometra), Pap. Exot. ii.
p. 50, pi. 130. f. D (1777).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and broadly scaled, the 3rd very
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long and somewhat dilated at tips ; frons rather narrow, with
vertical ridge at middle ; eyes large, round, somewhat approxi-
mated in front ; antennae of male minutely serrate, with
bristles and fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and
scales mixed and without crests ; tibia? slightly fringed with
hair ; abdomen with dorsal ridges of hair on basal segments
but without crests. Fore wing short and broad, the apex
rectangular, the termen evenly curved and slightly sinuous ;
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a rather
long areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen
angled at vein 4 and crenulate ; the cell about one-third
length of wing ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus HEMEROBLEMMA.
- - Type.
Hemeroblemma , Hiibn. Verz. p. 270 (1827) dolon, Cram.
Thermesia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 270 (1827) acron , Cram.
Brvjas, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 139 (1852) malitiosa, Guen.
Obucola, Walk. xv. 1857 (185s) expand ens. Walk
Hemeroblemma paramcea, n. sp.
($. Head, tegulse, and shoulders dark brown mixed with some
white, the rest of thorax white tinged with olive-brown ;
pectus and legs brown irrorated with whitish ; abdomen
chocolate-brown, the ventral surface brown irrorated with
white. Fore wing with the costal area whitish suffused with
olive-brown and defined below by a pure white fascia from
apex to inner margin near base, the rest of wing deep chocolate-
brown with the lines on it hardly traceable ; an oblique
dark subbasal striga from costa defined on outer side by whitish ;
antemedial line dark, bent inwards and waved in cell, then
oblique and sinuous ; a small dark annulus in middle of cell ;
reniform with dark outline, conical ; three diffused waved
lines beyond the cell from costa to the white fascia ; post-
medial line double, brown, waved, very oblique from vein 5
to origin of vein 2 ; a double waved brown subterminal line ;
small brown lunules before termen and a waved terminal line
on the pale costal area. Hind wing deep chocolate-brown,
the terminal area shot with blue ; three very indistinct
dentate lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line double,
faintly defined on each side by and filled in with whitish,
dentate ; a subterminal series of small white spots, and a
series of slight dark lunules defined on outer side by whitish
before termen. Underside red-brown irrorated with white ;
fore wing with slight spot in middle of cell and discoidal bar,
two faint lines beyond the cell, postmedial line slightly waved
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and defined on outer side by whitish, a subterminal series of
small white spots and a series of slight lunules defined on
outer side by whitish before termen ; hind wing with discoidal
bar, three sinuous lines beyond the cell, postmedial line
slightly waved and defined on outer side by whitish, a sub-
terminal series of small white spots and series of slight white
lunules before termen.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, 2 g type. Exp . 70 millim.
Genus SERICIA.
Sericia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 172 (1852)
Type.
spectans, Guen.
Sericia layardi, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown, the
thorax with four dark bands behind the tegulse ; tarsi with
pale rings. Fore wing dark reddish brown with a slight
purple gloss especially on the veins ; subbasal line double .
dark brown, waved from costa to vein 1, a dark shade beyond
it ; antemedial line double, dark brown, incurved in cell,
then sinuous ; a small dark annulus in middle of cell ; a
rather diffused sinuous dark brown medial line ; an elliptical
discoidal mark defined by dark brown, its upper extremity
somewhat produced to a point ; postmedial line double,
blackish, diffused at costa, bent outwards below costa, then
oblique and sinuous to vein 6, acutely angled inwards at
discal fold, then excurved and filled in with some blue scales
to vein 3, the inner line forming a comma-shaped mark with
some bronze-green and a white point between veins 4 and 3,
at vein 2 recurved upwards to lower angle of cell, then oblique
and sinuous to inner margin ; subterminal line ochreous brown
defined on each side by diffused black-brown, minutely waved ;
two waved blackish lines before termen. Hind wing dark
reddish-brown with a slight purple gloss ; postmedial line
double, blackish, dentate ; subterminal line ochreous brown
defined on each side by diffused black-brown, slightly waved ;
two waved black lines before termen. Underside dark brown
with a purple gloss ; fore wing with indistinct postmedial
line ; hind wing with indistinct discoidal spot and medial
line, blackish postmedial line forming spots at discal and
submedian folds with small ochreous marks beyond them,
and ochreous subterminal striga in submedian interspace.
Hab. Loyalty Is., New Caledonia ( Laiyard ), 2 $ type.
Exp. 68-74 millim.
Sericia cymosema, n. sp.
2. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown. Fore
wing dark reddish brown, suffused with purple especially on
the veins ; subbasal line double, blackish, waved, from costa
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to vein 1 ; two waved blackish antemedial lines, incurved
in the cell and excurved below it ; a small blackish annulus
in middle of cell ; reniform faintly defined by ochreous and
its centre by blackish, large, constricted at middle, a rather
diffused sinuous blackish medial line ; postmedial line double,
blackish filled in with grey, waved, oblique to vein 6, incurved
at discal fold, from above vein 2 recurved upwards to lower
angle of cell and excurved above inner margin, the lower part
of its sinus above vein 2 filled in with black ; subterminal
line reddish brown defined on each side by diffused black-
brown, waved ; a series of blackish bars before termen and a
waved blackish terminal line ; cilia with fine pale lines at
base and towards tips. Hind wing dark reddish brown suffused
with purple-grey ; postmedial line double, blackish, waved ; sub-
terminal line ochreous brown defined on each side by blackish,
sinuous, slightly angled outwards at discal fold ; a series of
black bars before termen, a waved black terminal line and a
fine pale line at base of cilia. Underside dark reddish brown ;
fore wing with waved black postmedial line, faint sinuous
pale subterminal line with whitish spot at submedian fold,
and terminal series of whitish points ; hind wing with oblique
waved black postmedial line defined on outer side by slight
pale marks at discal and submedian fold, a diffused blackish
subterminal line, excurved at discal fold and with whitish
spot on its outer side at submedian fold, a series of small
blackish spots before termen and waved terminal line with
whitish points in the interspaces.
Hab. Assam (Badgley), 1 $ type. Exp. 76 rnillim.
Gh nus PTERONYCTA, i,ov.
Type, P. fasciata.
Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, short, clothed
with rather long hair ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair ;
eyes large, round ; antennse in both sexes bipectinate, the
branches rather long towards base, the basal joint with tuft
of hair ; thorax clothed almost entirely with hair and without
distinct crests ; tibiaj fringed with long hair ; abdomen
with dorsal crests on three basal segments. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 nearly
fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars ;
(>, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
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Pteronycta fasciata, 11. >[).
Head and thorax grey-brown, the former with the vertex
defined by black lines ; antennae pale rufous with some
blackish on shaft near base ; palpi black at sides ; frons with
lateral black bars ; tegulae black at base ; patagia with the
outer part black and with black streak near upper edge which is
greenish ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen grey-brown irro-
rated with blackish. Fore wing grey- white tinged with flesh
colour and irrorated with blackish, some greenish above base
of vein 1 and on medial area, a short black streak below base
of costa ; antemedial line double, black, excurved and slightly
waved to submedian fold where it is angled inwards and
emits a black streak to base, then excurved and connected by
a short black streak on vein 1 with the postmedial line ;
an oblique black shade from just below middle of costa to
middle of discocellulars where it emits a black fascia above
vein 5 to termen ; postmedial line double, black, slightly
waved, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique and
angled inwards on vein 1 to near the antemedial line, a black
fascia from it to termen in submedian fold ; an indistinct
waved whitish subterminal line defined on inner side by
rufous ; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind wing
whitish tinged with red-brown, in female more strongly
suffused with red-brown ; a terminal series of black points ;
the underside with small black discoidal spots and with traces
of diffused sinuous postmedial and subterminal lines.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Zomba {Ballard), 1 1 $ type ;
Mt. Mlange ( Neave ), 1 $. Exp. $ 34, $ 46 millim.
The larva bores in the stem of the Cotton plant.
Genus HYPOTRISULA, n..v.
Type, H. boarmioides, Walk. ( Steiria ), xxxiii. 923 (1865) ;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 438 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the
2nd joint reaching to middle of frons, the 3rd long ; frons
smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female almost
simple ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without
crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen Avith
dorsal crest at base only. Fore Aving with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly cuiwed and hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and
5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10
anastomosing Avith 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; Amins 3, 4
stalked ; 5 fully deA'eloped from well aboAm angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
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Genus PSEUDOHEMICERAS.
Pseudohemiceras, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xvi. p. 176
(1890)
Type.
krugii , Moschl.
Pseudohemiceras phcenicias, n. sp.
0- Head and dorsum of thorax fiery red, the tegulae red-
brown, the patagia purple-brown ; antennae brown, red
towards base and with the basal joint white in front ; palpi
purple-brown in front ; pectus rufous, fiery red in front and
whitish at sides ; legs red-brown, the fore and mid tibiae
fiery red at base, the hind legs with some white, the tarsi
more purplish brown ; abdomen purplish grey with the basal
crests fiery red, the anal tuft rufous and the ventral surface
chestnut red. Fore wing purple-brown suffused with deep
fiery red except on inner area ; antemedial line very indis-
tinct, dark, oblique to above inner margin ; a round fiery
red spot in end of cell with some dark brown before and beyond
it ; faint traces of a postmedial line, oblique below vein 4 ;
a dark subterminal shade with some purple-grey on its outer
edge between veins 7 and 5 and towards inner margin ; the
apex greyish brown with a small purple-grey spot below apex.
Hind wing silvery white, the terminal area dark brown with
a cupreous tinge and narrowing to tornus, its inner edge
sinuous and emitting slight streaks on veins 6 to 2 ; cilia
white. Underside of fore wing grey white, the costa and
apical area chestnut-red, the cell and postmedial area except
at inner margin fuscous ; hind wing white, the costa except
at base and apical area suffused with chestnut-red, then the
terminal area fuscous to vein 1.
Hub. Jamaica, Runaway Ray (Walsingham), 1 q type.
Exp. 44 millim.
Genus ENCRUPHION.
Encruphion, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mns. xlvi. p. 506 Type.
(1914) porrima, Schaus.
Encruphion sericina, n. sp.
Head and thorax grey-white mixed with brown and with a
golden gloss ; antennae dark brown ringed with whitish towards
base ; palpi with some dark brown at side of 2nd joint and dark
tips ; pectus and legs grey mixed with dark brown, the tarsi
banded with blackish ; abdomen grey irrorated with dark
brown. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and with a golden
gloss ; an indistinct brownish subbasal bar from costa ; ante-
medial line very indistinct, double, waved, rather oblique,
an obliquely curved black line from its inner edge at subcostal
nervure to middle of vein 1, emitting a spur towards base in
ENCllUPHION.
125
submedian fold, orbicular and reniform large, slightly defined
by black, the former irregularly quadrate, the latter slightly
angled inwards on median nervure ; a patch of golden brown
suffusion below end of cell ; a diffused brownish mark at middle
of costa ; postmedial line very indistinct, double, brownish,,
waved, oblique to vein 4, then incurved, a triangular black
patch defined on each side by whitish and with two white
points on costa on postmedial costal area ; the black subter-
minal line arising from its apex, oblique to below vein 4, then
incurved and waved, a black streak from it to near termen
below' vein 5 ; a series of brown striae defined on inner side by
whitish before termen ; a slight dark terminal line ; cilia wfith a
fine whitish line at base. Hind wing whitish tinged with brown
and with a golden gloss, the terminal area browner ; postmedial
and subterminal lines represented by slight dark streaks on the
veins, the latter with a dark bar at tornus ; a narrow terminal
dark band with white points at the extremities of the veins ;
cilia with a whitish line at base ; the underside white, the
costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal
spot and indistinct curved postmedial line.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the outer edge of the postmedial
patch excurved belowr the costa.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 2 <$, 2 $ type. Exp.
44-48 millim.
Encruphion xanthotricha, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark red- brown ; palpi with the 2nd
joint in front and the 3rd joint irrorated with white ; tarsi
black-browm ringed with white ; abdomen paler red-brown,
the genital tufts white. Fore wing purple-grey thickly striated
with dark chocolate-brown and variegated slightly with
flesh-colour ; a broad deep chocolate-brown antemedial shade
from costa to above vein 1 ; orbicular an obscure chocolate-
brown spot faintly defined by flesh colour ; a chocolate-browm
patch in end of cell with a flesh-coloured striga in it ; a large
oblique lunulate deep chocolate-browm patch from lowrnr angle
of cell to below middle of vein 1 ; some chocolate-brown spots
on postmedial part of costa ; subterminal fine represented by
some slight flesh-coloured marks with a deep chocolate-browm
shade before it from costa to vein 4, incurved below vein 7,
followed by some chocolate-browm spots to vein 1, a chocolate-
brown spot beyond it above vein 4. Hind wing red-brown
with a few darker striae and the terminal area rather darker
except towards tornus ; the fringe of large scales on costal
area bright yellow^ ; a dark striga at tornus defined on each
side by whitish and some dark striae on termen to vein 2 with
some whitish scales before them. Underside red-browm ;
fore wing with the inner area bluish white, the costa except
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NOCTUIJD.E.
towards base and area beyond the cell irrorated with bluish
white, a faint postmedial line excurved below costa, then
oblique and dentate towards inner margin, some small white
spots beyond it on costa ; hind wing with the inner area whitish,
a slight brown discoidal striga and indistinct curved waved
postmedial line.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $ type. Exp. 48 millim.
Genus EUDYOPS, nov.
Type, E. xantholepis, Dyar ( Dyops ), Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus.
xlii. p. 77 (1912).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons and moderately scaled, the
3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of male almost simple ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales, the prothorax with divided crest, the
metathorax without crest ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair,
the pectus in male with tuft of long hair from behind the fore
legs ; abdomen with dorsal crests on three basal segments.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Eudyops diascia, n. sp.
§. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with dark
brown ; antenna?, black ringed with white towards base ; tarsi
banded black-brown and white ; ventral surface of abdomen
white slightly tinged with red-brown. Fore wing white
mixed with some red-brown and irrorated with black-brown ;
some dark suffusion on base of costa and a whitish subbasal
striga from costa ; antemedial line black defined on inner side
by white, the black interrupted on costal half, oblique to just
below the cell and incurved at vein 1 ; a black brown medial
band with black line on it from costa to submedian fold,
interrupted at median nervure ; postmedial line black, very
strongly bent outwards and almost obsolete below costa, then
somewhat dentate, angled outwards at vein 6 and strongly
at vein 4, then incurved, crossed by an obliquely curved red-
brown shade from beyond the cell to termen at vein 4, some
red-brown marks beyond it on costa and a black-brown patch
on costal area before the faint irregularly waved whitish
subterminal line ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing whitish tinged with red-brown, the apical area suffused
EUDYOPS. — -E L’lCONCAX A.
127
with red-brown ; a small black postmedial spot on vein 1 and
a diffused waved red-brown subterminal line from the apical
patch to tornus ; a terminal series of slight black-brown
lunules slightly defined on inner side by whitish ; cilia whitish
mixed with dark brown ; the underside white, the costal area
slightly irrorated with red-brown, a small brown discoidal
spot, waved postmedial line bent outwards below costa and
apical patch.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 3 $ type. Exp. 36-38
millim.
Genus EPICONCANA, nov.
Type, E. leucomera , Dyar ( Concana ), Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus.
xlii. p. 80 (1912).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the
3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with scales
and hair mixed and without distinct crests ; build rather slen-
der ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with small dorsal crest
at base only ; claspers of male long and tufted with hair.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6
from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle
of cell ; 5 fully developed from below middle of discocellulars ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Epiconcana polyleuca, n. sp.
9. Head and thorax white mixed with some red-brown and
a few blackish scales, the tegulse with some black at base and
black medial band, the meso- and metathorax with paired
blackish points ; antennae blackish, ringed with white towards
base ; palpi and legs red-brown mixed with some white, the
tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown,
the ventral surface white with sublateral black points on the two
penultimate segments. Fore wing white irrorated with pale
red-brown, the basal costal area and the terminal area, except
at apex, suffused with red -brown ; antemedial line black, curved
and waved, a faint red-brown line before it and small patch
above inner margin ; a medial black striga from costa and
sinuous line from cell to inner margin, a red-brown bar before
it from costa to discal fold and traces of a sinuous red-brown
line beyond it ; traces of a narrow irregular white reniform
faintly defined by red-brown ; postmedial line with short
black and red-brown streak at costa, bent outwards and almost
obsolete below costa, then black, oblique to vein 6, bent
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NOCTUID.E.
inwards and somewhat bidentate at discal fold, angled outwards
at vein 4, then indistinct, incurved and sinuous, the postmedial
area with alternating black and white streaks on costa and a
red-brown patch below the costa with a black mark on it
before the subterminal line, which is very faint, white, slightly
defined on each side by red-brown, waved, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle, and with black point on its inner side
below vein 7 ; a slight crenulate blackish terminal line with
black points at the interspaces. Hind wing white, the terminal
area cupreous red-brown except towards tornus ; a rather
punctiform brownish postmedial line with small black spot
above inner margin ; an indistinct slightly waved brown
subterminal line from vein 4 to tornus ; a waved blackish
terminal line ; cilia with fine white line at base, chequered
red-brown and white at tips. Underside of fore wing red-
brown irrorated with white, the inner area whitish, a curved
brown postmedial line ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated
with red-brown, a small discoidal spot, the postmedial line
distinct and waved.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 $ type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Genus DYOPS.
Type.
Dyops, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 283 (1852) ocellata, Stoll.
Arvaduca, Walk. Char. Undescr. Lep. Het. p. 27 (1869) .. ocellata, Stoll.
Dyops cuprescens, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark brown ; pectus and legs grey tinged
with red-brown, the fore tibiae and the tarsi banded with black ;
abdomen dark brown with a greyish gloss, the ventral surface
grey-brown with sublateral and ventral black-brown streaks.
Fore wing dark red-brown finely irrorated with blue-white
scales to the subterminal line except in upper part of submedian
interspace which is paler red-brown, the terminal area with
a golden gloss ; two subbasal black striae from costa and a small
spot below the cell ; antemedial line double, blackish, the
lines well separated, sinuous, incurved above vein 1 ; reniform
obscurely defined by dark brown, elliptical ; a sinuous dark
brown medial line ; postmedial line double, blackish, dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line indistinct,
greyish defined on inner side by dark brown, waved, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle and ending at tornus, a small
black ocellus with two white points in centre beyond it between
veins 4 and 3 ; a series of black striae just before termen. Hind
wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss ; traces of a sinuous
pale postmedial line defined on each side by dark brown from
vein 3 to tornus ; two small black ocelli before termen between
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veins 4 and 2, the upper with two white points on it, the lower
with one, some golden suffusion round them ; a terminal series
of black striae. Underside bluish grey ; fore wing with blackish
discoidal bar, postmedial line black, obliquely excurved to
vein 4 towards termen, then inwardly oblique and angled
inwards at submedian fold, an oblique waved black shade
beyond it from costa to vein 6 and some black streaks on the
veins before termen ; hind whig with black discoidal bar,
postmedial line oblique to vein 6, then waved, excurved to
vein 3, then incurved, a subterminal blackish shade towards
apex followed by black streaks on vems 6 to 3 before termen.
Hab. Peru 1 $>, Chaquimayo (Watkins), 2 type. Exp.
38, $ 44 millim.
Dyops cyanargyria, n. sp.
o'. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; antennae
brown ; tarsi brown with pale rings ; abdomen reddish brown,
the genital tuf ts whitish. Fore wing with the basal half black-
brown slightly irrorated with grey and glossed with silvery
blue, the terminal half grey finely pencilled with dark brown,
the interspaces of terminal area suffused with brilliant silvery
green ; two dark sub basal bars from costa and a spot in the cell ;
antemedial fine indistinct, double, blackish, curved and
irregularly waved ; reniform represented by two obscure
blackish spots on inner side and a bar on outer ; postmedial
fine double, blackish, sinuous, excurved from below costa to
vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal fine blackish, and somewhat
dentate towards costa and tornus, interrupted by some
diffused white at discal fold, a round black spot with two white
points on it above vein 3 and slight black mark below vein 3 ;
a black terminal fine ; cilia with a cupreous tinge. Hind wing
dark brown Avith a cupreous tinge ; small postmedial white spots
below veins 2 and 1 ; some silvery green finely pencilled with
brown before termen between veins 6 and 2, expanding below
vein 4 and with round subterminal black spots above and below
vein 3, the upper with two white points on it, the lower Avith
one ; cilia whitish Avith a blackish fine at middle. Underside
of fore wing fuscous brown, the basal half of inner area Avhite,
a blackish medial shade defined on outer side by white except
between veins 5 and 2, a terminal series of black striae defined
on inner side by Avhite forming a short streak below vein 5 ;
cilia chequered whitish and brown ; hind wing whitish suffused
Avith brown, a broAvn discoidal spot, strong postmedial fine
excurved beyond the cell, and blackish apical patch Avith dark
shade from it to tornus.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 type.
Exp. 38 millim.
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Dyops chlorargyra, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax reddish brown finely irrorated with
white ; antennae brown ; palpi red-brown, whitish in front
towards tips ; pectus and legs red-brown and whitish, the tarsi
handed black and whitish ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral
surface white except towards extremity. Fore wing brown,
suffused with silver}^ greenish white to beyond the postmedial
line except on costal area, the terminal area cupreous red-brown
with some silvery green marks on the subterminal line and
on termen ; indistinct brown subbasal spots on costa and in
cell ; antemedial line double, brown, with some white on it
below the cell and towards inner margin, rather maculate, ex-
curved above inner margin ; a silvery greenish discoidal spot
defined on inner and outer sides by brown and white bars ;
postmedial line blackish, with some white before and beyond
it beyond the cell and towards inner margin, rather maculate,
obliquely excurved from costa to beyond the cell, then strongly
incurved, an indistinct diffused sinuous brown line beyond it ;
an indistinct diffused sinuous brown subterminal line, excurved
from below costa to vein 4, then incurved ; a round black-brown
spot before termen between veins 4 and 3 with two white
points on it and slight black-brown mark below vein 3 ; two
white points before termen above vein 6 and one above vein 2 ;
a terminal series of black-brown strife. Hind wing cupreous
red-brown ; postmedial white spots above and below vein 1
with slight dark marks before them ; black-brown spots before
termen above and below vein 3, the upper with two white
points on it, the lower with one ; a slight white mark at
extremity of vein 2 and terminal series of black striae. Under-
side of fore wing brown with the inner area white, a brown
medial shade defined on outer side by whitish towards costa,
some whitish before the terminal series of black striae except
towards apex expanding into a small patch at vein 5 ; hind
wing white tinged with red-brown, a brown discoidal spot,
strong curved postmedial line, and apical blackish patch
followed by a subterminal shade.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 $ type.
Exp. 42 millim.
Dyops paurargyra, n. sp.
Head and thorax grey-brown, the dorsum of thorax brownish
wrhite ; pectus brownish white ; tarsi banded blackish and
brownish white ; abdomen glossy grey-brown, the ventral
surface dark brown towards extremity, the genital tufts white.
Fore wing grey-brown, the basal half and inner area suffused
with dark brown and some silvery blue scales ; a dark subbasal
striga from costa ; antemedial line very indistinct, double,
dark, sinuous ; reniform very obscurely defined by dark brown ;
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postmcdial line double, the lines well separated towards costa,
dark, sinuous, oblique to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then in-
curved ; traces of a silvery blue subterminal line, excurved
below vein 7, then waved, some dark brown suffusion beyond
it at apex and a small black ocellus with two white points on it
between veins 4 and 3 and short black streak below vein 3
surrounded by silvery blue suffusion ; a terminal series of
black striae. Hind wing grey-brown with a cupreous gloss ;
traces of a pale postmedial line from discal fold to tornus ;
two small black ocelli before termen between veins 4 and 2,
the upper with two white points on it, the lower with one,
both surrounded by silvery blue suffusion ; a fine black terminal
line slightly defined on inner side by whitish between veins
6 and 4 ; a whitish line at base of cilia. Underside brownish
white ; fore wing with blackish medial shade expanding at
middle, the terminal area suffused with black-brown interrupted
along vein 5 ; hind wing with blackish discoidal lunule, strong
curved postmedial line, patch of black suffusion at apex and
some black suffusion in interspaces of terminal area between
vein 5 and tornus.
Ab. 1. Fore wing darker, the terminal area tinged with
purple and with no green round ocelli on either whig.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, P&rintins (Austen), 1 £ type,
It. Madeira (Moffat), 3 $. Exp. 38 millim.
Genus DIOMYX.
Type.
Diomyx, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 281 (1852) cimolia, Guen.
Allia, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. ix. p. 189 (1867) .. ocellata , Walk.
Diomyx leucolepis, n. sp.
tf. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; palpi with the
1st joint and the 2nd joint behind rufous ; pectus, base of legs
and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with rufous ;
tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown, tinged
with purple except on terminal area ; an oblique brown sub-
basal line from costa to vem 1 ; antemedial line dark brown
defined on inner side by rufous, oblique ; medial line dark
brown, oblique, slightly incurved towards inner margin where
there is a large black ocellus with yellow annulus and white
point in centre beyond it, followed by some bluish white
irroration ; reniform defined by dark brown, narrow ; post-
medial line dark brown, oblique to vein 6 and ending at vein 3,
sortie ochreous white points beyond it on costa ; faint traces
of a pale subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 ; a dark
terminal line, defined on inner side by greyish ochreous and
with greyish ochreous line beyond it at base of cilia. Hind
wing red-brown ; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer
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side by reddish ochreous, arising at discal fold, oblique to vein
4, then slightly incurved to submedian fold and bent inwards
to inner margin, the line double between vein 5 and submedian
fold and followed by a silvery blue bar ; a whitish line before
termen from apex to below vein 5, then small black spots
above and below vein 4, then a whitish line from the inner edge
of the lower spot to near tornus ; a fine whitish line at base of
cilia ; the underside grey suffused with red-brown, a slight
discoidal spot, faint sinuous medial line, and distinct postmedia]
line excurved from costa to vein 2.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Diomyx unicolora, n. q>.
(Y Head and thorax dark reddish brown ; pectus and legs
grey- brown, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen dark
greyish brown, the ventral surface pale grey-brown. Fore
wing dark reddish brown ; an oblique dark brown subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line dark brown,
excurved below costa, then very oblique ; medial line dark
brown, oblique, ending at submedian fold, a small ocellus
below it on vein 1 with black centre with white point on it and
slight fulvous annulus defined by dark brown ; reniform a
rather narrow lunule defined by dark brown ; postmedial
line dark brown, oblique, ending at vein 3 and very slightly
excurved at vein 6 ; a very indistinct slightly waved greyish
subterminal line faintly defined on inner side by dark brown
and slightly excurved below vein 7 ; a dark brown terminal
line slightly defined on inner side by greyish ; cilia fuscous
brown with a greyish line at base. Hind wing dark reddish
brown ; a dark postmedial line arising at discal fold, oblique
to vein 2, then bent inwards to inner margin ; a small black
spot with yellowish annulus before termen at vein 2 with
silvery-blue bar before it from below vein 4 to submedian
fold ; a dark brown line defined on inner side by grey before
termen from apex to vein 4 and a blackish striga at vein 1 ;
cilia fuscous with curved medial and postmedial dark lines and
fine terminal line.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 type. Exp. 4fi millim.
Genus EULEPIDOTIS.
Type.
Eulepidotis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 291 (1827) ilyrias, Cram.
Peropalpus, Blanch. Gay’s Chile, vii. p. 85 (1852) albidus, Blanch.
Palindia, Guen, Noct. ii. p. 274 (1852) hemileuca, Guen.
Eulepidotis mesomphala, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright apple-green ; antenna?
brown except at base; frons with lateral black points; palpi
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yellowish white with three black spots in front towards tips ;
pectus and legs white tinged with brown, the tarsi ringed
with black ; abdomen with the extremity pale brownish, the
ventral surface yellowish white. Fore wing bright apple-green,
the costal edge pale with fine brown strife, whitish towards
apex ; antemedial line brown, very oblique, slightly curved
inwards to costa where it expands somewhat ; medial line
similar, but expanding slightly just below costa and at lower
angle of cell ; postmedial line similar but less oblique, very
slightly incurved at vein 2 and ending on inner margin before
tornus, with minute brown spots beyond it below veins 6 and 3 ;
a fine black terminal line from apex to submedian fold ; cilia
brown. Hind wing bright apple-green, the costal area yellow-
ish, broadly on terminal half and tinged with rufous at apex,
the submedian fold yellowish except towards base ; post-
medial line indistinct, oblique and fulvous to discal fold, then
dark, with a small elliptical silvery spot defined by black- brown
on it at vein 2 and a slight patch of black irroration beyond it
between veins 5 and 3 ; a fine black terminal line with some
white points before it from apex to below vein 5 and a small
black spot with white point above it below vein 4, then a fine
black line to submedian fold ; cilia fulvous brown to submedian
fold, then yellowish. Underside pale greenish, tinged with
rufous except on inner areas.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Para ( Trumbill ), 1 $ type. Exp.
30 millim.
Eulepidotis albistriata, n. s|>.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright apple-green ; antennae
brownish ; palpi fulvous brown ; pectus and legs whitish, the
fore and mid tibiae and fore tarsi yellowish,- abdomen pale
ochreous brown towards extremity, the ventral surface white.
Fore wing bright apple-green, the costal edge yellow ; ante-
medial line brownish with fine dark striae on it, oblique and
slightly curved ; medial line similar ; postmedial line similar
but more strongly curved and less oblique, at costa somewhat
dilated and yellow defined at sides by black striae ; some slight
dark spots beyond it between veins 7 and 4 ; two blackish
points on costa towards apex ; cilia brown. Hind wing ochreous
yellow, an apple-green fascia along vein 1 and wedge-shaped
patch from below end of cell to termen from above vein 4 to
submedian fold ; a small elliptical subterminal spot of raised
yellow scales on vein 2 ; a diffused blackish brown apical patch ;
a fine black terminal line defined on inner side by white striae
from below apex to submedian fold ; cilia yellowish, tinged
with brown from below apex to vein 2. Underside greenish
white tinged with reddish brown except on inner area of fore
wing which has an indistinct oblique red-brown line from
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costa to lower angle of cell and diffused postmedial line from
costa to vein 2.
Hub. Brazil, Amazons, Rio Negro, Manaos ( Trumbill ),
1 R. Madeira {Moffat), 1 type. Exp. 30 millim.
Eulepidotis tabasconis, n. sp.
Palindin rectimargo, Drucc, Biol. Centr.-Am.. Het. i. p. 31S (ncc Guen.).
3. Head and thorax silvery white, the frons with red-
brown spots at sides and bar above, the tegulae with red-
brown lines at base and middle and red-brown tips ; antennae
brown ; palpi red-brown with some white in front at base,
the 2nd joint at extremity and 3rd joint ringed with white ;
pectus and legs suffused with rufous, the fore tibiae and the
tarsi ringed with Avhite ; abdomen silvery white, the sides
and extremity yellow. Fore wing silvery white, the costal
edge red-brown towards base ; a rather narrow red-brown
band edged with darker lines from middle of costa to tornus,
finely pencilled with dark brown at costa and tornus ; a
similar but narrower band finely pencilled with dark brown
throughout from costa beyond middle to tornus to which
it is slightly curved outwards, the area beyond it tinged with
red-brown with a rather diffused red-brown line beyond the
postmedial band ; a narrow dark red- brown band just before
terrnen ending in a point at vein 1 ; cilia whitish at tips.
Hind wing white tinged with yellow, the terminal area orange-
yellow except towards tornus ; a rufous subterminal bar
from vein 3 to subracdian fold with a band of irroration
formed by black hair-like scales beyond it from above vein 4,
followed by some fine rufous pencilling ; a fine red-brown
terminal line slightly defined on inner side by white from
below apex to below vein 5, a blackish spot with white streak
near its upper edge below vein 4, a small white mark below
vein 3 ; cilia yellow with white tips to vein 4, then brown at
tips to vein 2 and white towards tornus. Underside yellow ;
fore wing with oblique red-brown shade from costa to lower
angle of cell and postmedial shade from costa to vein 3.
Hab. Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa ( H . H. Smith), 1 ^ type,
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 38 millim.
Eulepidotis panamensis, n. sp.
9. Head and tegulae yellow mixed with some red-brown,
the frons with red-brown points at sides and bar above,
the tegulae with red-brown line at middle and the tips red-
brown ; antennae red-brown, ringed with white towards
base ; palpi red-brown, white in front towards base and
ringed with yellow towards tips ; thorax silvery white ; fore
tibiae brown ringed with white, the tarsi yellow ; abdomen
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silvery white, tinged with yellow towards extremity. Fore
wing silvery white ; the costal edge dark brown at base
followed by a subbasal point ; a narrow red-brown band
edged by chocolate-brown lines from middle of costa, towards
which it expands slightly to tornus, some red-brown suffusion
beyond it at tornus ; a very narrow red-brown band defined
on inner side by a chocolate-brown line and on outer by fine
chocolate-brown pencillings from costa beyond middle to
tornus, the area beyond it tinged with red-brown and with a
white shade with red-brown shade before it from below costa
to termen at submedian fold ; a chocolate-brown line before
termen from below apex to submedian fold, the termen
beyond it white ; cilia yellow tipped with white, red-brown
at apex and tornus. Hind wing white, strongly tinged with
yellow especially towards termen, a bright rufous patch at
middle of terminal area ; a rufous subterminal bar from
vein 4 to submedian fold, followed by some black irroration,
then some fine rufous pencilling ; a fine cupreous brown
terminal line defined on inner side by white from below apex
to vein 4, a blackish spot with fine white streak above it
below vein 4, and a slight white mark below vein 3 ; cilia
yellow, red-brown between veins 4 and 3. Underside of
both wings white strongly tinged with yellow ; fore wing
with the terminal area tinged with red-brown except towards
tornus ; hind wing with slight brown terminal line defined
on inner side by white from below apex to vein 4 and brownish
spot below vein 4.
Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby -Tyler), 1 $ type. Exp.
36 millim.
Eulepidotis santosina, n. up.
Head and tegulse red-brown, the frons with white points
at sides and bar above, points between antennae which have
the basal joint white, and bar oil vertex of head, the tegulae
with white lines at middle and near tips ; palpi white towards
base, the 2nd joint at extremity and 3rd joint ringed with
white ; thorax silvery white ; pectus and legs yellow, the
fore and mid tibiae red-brown and the tarsi red -brown ringed
with yellow ; abdomen silvery-white, the extremity, sides
and ventral surafce yellow. Fore wing silvery white, the costal
edge black-brown towards base ; a rather narrow red-brown
band edged by dark brown lines from middle of costa, towards
which it is somewhat dilated, to tornus, with fine dark pen-
cilling at costa and tornus ; a similar but narrower and in-
curved band from costa beyond middle to tornus, the area
beyond it red -brown tinged with silvery grey and with narrow
dark brown band beyond the postmedial line ; a dark brown
line just before termen from just below apex to submedian
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fold. Hind wing white tinged with yellow, the terminal
area orange-yellow except towards tornus, and with rufous
patch at middle ; a rufous subterminal bar edged by fine
dark striae from vein 3 to submedian fold, followed by some
black irroration, then some fine dark red-brown pencilling ;
a fine black terminal line defined on inner side by white
from below apex to below vein 4, a black spot defined above
by a fine white streak below vein 4 and white mark below 3 ;
cilia yellow, brown between veins 4 and 2. Underside
yellow ; fore wing with oblicpie red-brown band from costa
to lower angle of cell, the terminal area broadly red-brown,
narrowing to termen at vein 1 ; hind wing with terminal
dark brown striae slightly defined on inner side by white
from apex to vein 4 and small lunule below vein 4.
Hab. S.E. Brazil, 1 9, Santos, Alto da Serra ( D . Jones),
1 <$ type. Exp. 40 millim.
Eulepidotis deiliniavia, n. sp.
Palindia punctangulata, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Hot. ii. p. 500 (part.),
nec Walk.
9. Head brown mixed with yellow ; thorax silvery white,
the tegulae with triangular red-brown patch on outer side at
middle ; fore tibiae brown ringed with white, the mid tibiae
suffused with brown, the tarsi fulvous brown ringed with
white ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged with yellow except
at base. Fore wing silvery white, the terminal area broadly
tinged with pale brown, the costal edge brown towards base ;
a black-brown subbasal point below the cell ; a minute ante-
medial fulvous-yellow spot defined by black-brown oji costa ;
a small triangular fulvous-yellow spot defined by black-brown
on costa with the indistinct erect waved yellow medial line
arising from it ; a small triangular fulvous-yellow post-
medial spot defined by black-brown on costa with the in-
distinct yellow postmedial line arising from it, oblique just
below costa, then erect, waved, and with brownish points at
the veins, some oblique brown strife beyond it from costa ;
subterminal line pale brownish, diffused, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; a faint waved dark
line just before termen with darker points at the interspaces
on apical half ; cilia pale red-brown. Hind wing silvery
white with a faint ochreous tinge ; an oblique brown sub-
terminal striga from vein 3 to submedian fold, followed by a
patch of black-brown irroration, then a curved striga formed
by fine dark brown pencilling ; a brown terminal line from
below apex to vein 2 ; cilia pale red-brown to vein 2, then
white. Underside of both wings white tinged with yellow.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 3 $, Godman-Salvin Coll,
type. Exp. 36-40 millim.
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Eulepidotis crocota, n. sp.
Head and tegulae orange-yellow, palpi brown, white at
base and with white points at middle and extremities of
2nd and 3rd joints, the fro ns brown with white bar, the
antennae brown, the basal joints white in front and with
black points below them, the vertex of head and tegulae at
base and middle with white lines ; thorax and abdomen
yellow, the patagia orange with white lines at base ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore femora
and tibiae brown in front, the latter banded with white, the
tarsi orange ringed with white, the tuft at extremity of hind
tibiae of male above black with a silvery gloss. Fore wing
yellow ; the costal edge white to the postmedial line with
two black streaks towards base with a minute subbasal
yellow spot defined at sides by black between them ; an
indistinct waved Avhite antemedial line with yellow spot at
costa defined at sides by black striae and brown point at
median nervure ; medial line orange-yellow, waved, expanding
at costa and defined at sides by black strife and with black
points at median nervure and vein 1 ; postmedial line orange-
yellow, forming a triangular spot at costa defined at sides by
black striae, then oblique to vein 6, then defined on inner side
by fine dark pencilling and on outer by a fine silvery line,
ending at tornus ; three black points on costa towards apex ;
the terminal area slightly tinged with rufous ; a narrow
rufous terminal band defined on inner side by fine white
striae and towards apex by stronger black and white marks ;
cilia rufous, silvery at tips. Hind wing yellow, the costal
area white to beyond middle ; an oblique cupreous subterminal
bar from vein 5 to submedian fold, followed by a patch of
black irroration, then fine blackish pencilling ; the terminal
area suffused with rufous except towards tornus ; a fine white
line defined on outer side by black before termen from below
apex to below vein 5, a minute white streak below 4 and a
white bar from vein 3 to submedian fold ; cilia brown with a
fine white line at base to vein 2 ; the underside yellowish
white, the termen tinged with brown from apex to vein 2.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Rockstone {Kaye), 1 £ ; S. Brazil,
Alto da Sierra {Kaye, D. Jones), 3 <^, 4 $ type. Exp. 30
millim.
Eulepidotis thermocbroa, n. sp.
Palindia corineta, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 499 (part.), nec
Feld.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen fulvous ; antennae brownish.
Fore wing fulvous, slightly tinged with brown ; a subbasal
metallic-blue point below costa ; antemedial line double,
the inner line metallic blue, the outer dark brown, oblique
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and slightly curved ; medial line double, dark brown, the
inner line with metallic-blue point at costa, the outer with
small spot, oblique and sinuous, a small dark brown discoidal
lunule just beyond it ; postmedial line double, dark brown,
the lines rather more widely separated towards costa and the
outer line with some metallic blue on it, incurved below costa,
then slightly sinuous ; subterminal line red-brown, rather
diffused ; a silvery line before termen defined on each side
by dark brown ; a terminal series of blackish striae. Hind
wing fulvous slightly tinged with brown ; an obliquely
curved postmedial line defined on outer side by a silvery
gloss from vein 5 to submedian fold where it is met by an
oblique subterminal line arising at discal fold and slightly
defined on outer side by ochreous ; silvery striae defined on
inner side by black points below veins 5 and 4 before termen
and a more prominent bar from vein 3 to submedial fold ;
a fine black terminal line except towards tornus ; cilia tipped
with brown except towards tornus ; the underside pale
reddish brown.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa [Trujillo), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Exp. 32 millim.
Eulepidotis plirygionia, n. sp.
Palindin corinetn , Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 317, & ii. p. 499
(part.), nec Feld.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale fulvous, slightly pencilled
with brown ; antennae brownish ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish tinged with fulvous. Fore wing
fulvous slightly tinged with brown, irrorated with brown and
the costal area finely pencilled with black to the postmedial
line ; a minute subbasal spot finely defined by black and
with* metallic-blue point on its outer edge on costa ; ante-
medial line double, black, filled in with fulvous yellow and
defined on inner side by metallic blue, oblique ; a similar
medial line with two black points beyond it on discocellulars ;
a postmedial line similar but slightly bent inwards to
costa and ending at tornus ; subterminal line blackish, also
ending at tornus ; a silvery line defined on outer side by
blackish before termen, ending at submedian fold ; a terminal
series of black points ; cilia brown at tips. Hind wing
fulvous tinged with brown ; an oblique brown striga below
end of cell ; postmedial line slight, fulvous defined on each
side by blackish, arising at discal fold, oblique to submedian
fold and bent inwards to inner margin, defined on outer side
by silvery blue with a ridge of brown scales beyond it from
vein 3 to submedian fold and with some fine black pencilling
before and beyond it on the same area ; silvery striae defined
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on each side by black before termen below veins 5 and 4
and a more prominent bar from vein 3 to submedian fold ;
a fine blackish terminal line except towards tornus ; cilia
pale brown at tips except towards tornus ; the underside
whitish tinged with fulvous and with faint brown postmedial
line.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa {Trujillo), 1 £ ; Guatemala, San
Geronimo {Champion), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Colombia,
Minca (H . H. Smith), 2 <J type. Exp. 26-30 millim.
Eulepidotis graminea, n. sp.
c 3 ■ Head and thorax grass-green ; pectus whitish ; legs
whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen dark brown with a
grass-green dorsal patch on four basal segments, narrowing
to a point. Fore wing grass-green irrorated with dark brown,
the costal edge dark brown finely pencilled with white ; a
dark brown streak on basal part of vein 1 ; a narrow very
oblique dark brown antemedial band finely pencilled with
whitish ; a similar medial band with slightly waved edges
and filled in with green at costa ; a similar postmedial band
slightly incurved below costa and erect below submedian
fold ; a faint waved dark subterminal shade, angled outwards
at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; the termen narrowly
black-brown, its inner edge slightly waved with a series of
white bars on it ; cilia black-brown. Hind wing dark purplish
brown ; a small subterminal black spot below vein 3 with a
bar of raised blue-grey scales on its inner side and a wedge-
shaped grass-green patch before it and with a slight rufous
mark beyond it ; a minute subterminal green spot at vein 3
and white points before termen between veins 6 and 3 ; a
greenish streak on inner area to near termen. Underside
dark brown tinged with grey ; fore wing with the costal area
irrorated with white, a rather diffused oblique brown post-
medial line ; hind wing with obliquely curved brown post-
medial line and white points before termen between veins
7 and 3.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Pacaweeka Creek {Pattis), 1 q type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Eulepidotis merosticta, n. sp.
Palindia mabis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 317 (nec Guen.).
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown, the pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen rather whiter. Fore wing
pale red-brown ; an oblique dark brown subbasal line from
costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line dark brown, very oblique,
excurved below costa ; medial line dark brown, very oblique,
slightly incurved in the cell ; reniform defined by dark brown
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except above, slightly constricted at middle ; postmedial
line dark brown, oblique, excurved below vein 7 and ending
below vein 3, then a slight oblique dark brown line beyond
the medial line from vein 2 to inner margin ; an oblique rather
maculate dark brown subterminal shade, excurved below
costa, incurved below vein 3, with a minute white point on
its outer edge at submedian fold, and ending at tornus ; a
dark brown line before termen. Hind wing pale red-brown ;
an indistinct dark brown medial line, oblique from discal to
submedian fold, then bent inwards to vein 1 ; postmedial
line dark brown, arising at vein 7, obliquely incurved, angled
outwards at vein 2 and submedian fold, then bent inwards
to inner margin ; a whitish line before termen from below
apex to vein 4, point below vein 4, small blackish spot below
vein 3 with curved whitish line from its inner edge to termen
at submedian fold with some fine whitish and dark brown
pencilling before it ; cilia whitish at tips ; the underside
whitish tinged with red-brown.
Hab. Mexico, Acapulco (Walker), 1 g type, San Bias
(Walker), 1 £, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 32-36 millim.
Eulepidotis carcistola, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; pectus and legs
brownish white, the fore tibiae brown ringed with white ;
abdomen brownish white, the ventral surface white. Fore
wing pale grey-brown with a cupreous gloss ; subbasal line
dark brown, oblique, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line
dark brown, very oblique ; medial line dark brown, very
oblique, a white striga on its outer edge from submedian
fold to inner margin ; reniform defined by dark brown ;
postmedial line dark brown, ending at vein 3, some white
points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct whitish subterminal
line faintly defined on inner side by diffused dark brown,
slightly excurved at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3, ending
at tornus ; a dark brown line before termen defined on inner
side by whitish ; cilia dark brown with a fine whitish line at
base. Hind wing pale grey-brown with a slight cupreous
gloss ; an indistinct oblique dark medial line between discal
and submedian fold ; postmedial line dark brown, arising
at discal fold and faintly defined on outer side by ochreous
to submedian fold, oblique to vein 2, then obliquely incurved
to submedian fold and bent inwards to inner margin, a patch
of silvery blue beyond it from vein 3 to submedian fold
followed by a white bar with two small black spots beyond it
before termen ; a white line before termen from below apex
to below vein 4 ; cilia white with a black-brown line through
them and the tips black-brown from the tail to submedian
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fold ; the underside brownish white with faint curved minutely
waved brown postmedial line with minute dark streaks on
the veins.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Ega {Bates), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 millim.
Genus PALINDIONA, nov\
Type, P. micra, Bar. ( Palindia ), Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5), vi.
p. 433, pi. 7. f. 25 (1876).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately fringed
with hair in front, the 3rd moderate and fringed with scales
in front towards base ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely
with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with
hair, in male the mid tibiae dilated with a groove containing a
fringe of long hair and scales, the hind tibiae tufted with curled
hair above and with the inner spurs long ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the termen slightly crenulate ; the cell nearly
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from’ upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus HOMODES.
Type.
Homodes, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 280 (1852) crocea, Guen.
Philecia, Walk. xxiv. p. 1088 (1862) bracteigutta, Walk.
Homodes lithographa, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish red ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown,
the fore and mid tibiae and tarsi red-brown. Fore wing
fiery red, the costa red-brown ; a dark brown streak suffused
with silvery scales below base of costa ; slightly sinuous
antemedial and medial lines suffused with silvery scales ;
a postmedial series of spots formed by tufts of dark brown
and silvery scales, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a
subterminal series of dark brown and silvery spots, strongly
excurved below costa ; a series of black striae before termen
and a fine black terminal line. Hind wing fiery red ; an
oblique brown antemedial line with silvery scales on it ; a
postmedial series of spots formed by tufts of dark brown and
silvery scales, arising below vein 7, a faint brown line beyond
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NOCTUIDJE.
it ; a subterminal series of dark brown and silvery spots ;
a series of black striae before termen and fine black terminal
line ; the underside pale red.
Hab. D’Entrecasteaux Is., Fergusson I. {Meek), 1
2 $ ; Solomon Is., Guadalcanal [Meek), 2 $, Isabel I.
{Meek), 1 <$, Choiseul {Meek), 2 $ type. Exp. 26-30 millim.
Homodes perilitha, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish red, the ventral
surface of abdomen brownish white. Fore wing red suffused
with brown, the costal edge darker brown with some silvery
scales below it towards base ; indistinct sinuous brown
antemedial and medial lines with some silvery scales on them ;
a postmedial series of small tufts of black and silvery scales,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, with traces of a brownish
line beyond it ; a subterminal series of small blackish and
silvery spots, strongly excurved below costa and with traces
of a series of dark spots beyond it and reddish line before it ;
a series of small black spots before termen from below apex
to vein 3, then black stri* to vein 1 ; a fine black terminal
line. Hind wing red suffused with brown ; traces of a
brownish antemedial line ; a curved postmedial series of
spots formed by tufts of black and silvery scales with a larger
tuft above inner margin ; a rather maculate subterminal
blackish and silvery line with a red line before it ; a waved
black line before termen and a fine terminal line ; the under-
side brownish red.
Hab. Pulo Laut {Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 26 millim.
Genas H0M0DINA, nov.
Type, H. argentifera.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and broadly and smoothly rounded
with scales in front, and slightly fringed with hair behind
towards extremity, the 3rd short with small triangular tuft
in front ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae slightly'- fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests ; wings short and broad.
Fore wing with the apex rather produced and acute, the
termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; vein 3 from
well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
HOMODINA. — HEMICHLORIDIA.
143
Homodina argentifera, n. sp.
Head red-brown, the vertex fulvous yellow ; antennae
ringed with white towards base and with white bar between
their bases ; thorax and abdomen fulvous yellow, a brown
and silvery line across base of patagia and prothorax ; legs
suffused with red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore
wing fulvous yellow, the costa red-brown suffused with silvery
scales ; subbasal black points on costa and in cell ; ante-
medial line slight, brown with black points on costa and in
submedian fold, slightly incurved below costa and oblique
below submedian fold ; a black point in middle of cell ;
medial line slight, brown with black bar from costa and point
on discocellulars, excurved below costa, then oblique ; post-
medial line slight, brown with black point at costa, excurved
to vein 4, then slightly waved, some yellow points with black
streaks between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
indistinct, brown, curved, with a series of silvery spots beyond
it except at costa ; a fine waved black terminal line ; cilia
leaden grey at base, fuscous brown at tips. Hind wing
fulvous yelloAv ; a black discoidal point ; an oblique brownish
medial line ; a faint curved brown postmedial line ; a sub-
terminal series of silvery spots ; a terminal series of black
striae ; cilia leaden grey at base, fuscous brown at tips.
Underside of fore Aving suffused Avith red-brown, a blackish
point in middle of cell and discoidal bar, postmedial line
blackish, excurved to vein 2, then oblique ; hind wing Avith
the costal half irrorated with broAvn, the apical area more
suffused Avith brown, a black discoidal point, curved dark
brown medial line, dentate postmedial line and subterminal
series of spots.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Miss Kingsley, Crompton ),
1 (J, 1 $ type ; Cameroons ( Sjbstedt ), 1 Exp. 28 millim.
Genus HEMICHLORIDIA, nov.
Type, H. euprepia, Hmpsn. (W ester mannia), J. Bomb. Nat.
Hist. Soc. xiv. p. 209 (1902).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, smoothly scaled and flattened
against the frons, the 3rd moderate and smoothly scaled ;
frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with
fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed Avith hair only and Avithout
crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal ridges
of rough hair at base but without crests. Fore Aving rather
long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely
curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind whig with
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the cell more than half the length of wing ; vein 2 from
towards angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 connected
with the cell by an oblique bar near base.
Genus LEONILOMA, nov.
Type, L. convergens.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
flattened against the frons, slightly fringed with hah’ behind
and reaching to near vertex of head, the 3rd short and thickly
scaled ; frons smooth, with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennas of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 0 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Leoniloma convergens, u. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen nearly pure white, the palpi
towards tips, frons and antennas fulvous red-brown ; fulvous
patch below the shoulders ; fore and mid tibiae suffused with
fulvous towards base. Fore wing nearly pure white ; an
oblique greenish yellow line pencilled with line black striae
and with black point at costa, from costa before middle to
below vein 1 beyond middle, then slightly retracted to inner
margin ; a faint brownish discoidal striga ; a line similar to
the antemedial line from costa beyond middle to tornus ; a
yellowish line from below costa to tornus joining at vein 2
a subterminal line formed of fine black striae and also
arising below the costa ; the termen with fine black strife ;
cilia tinged with greenish yellow and with slight orange
mark at tornus. Hind wing pure white ; some orange
suffusion in terminal part of submedian interspace with
geminate black and silver spots on the termen with a curved
line of black scales before them and an oblique silvery line
above them from vein 3 ; the termen silvery with some fine
black striae on it ; cilia tinged with ochreous yellow and
with orange at submedian interspace. Underside white.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Bathanu ( FitzGerald ), 1 $ type ;
Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 9 ; Transvaal, Lyden-
burg, 1 Exp. 34 millim.
EUGTA'PHINA. — EITOrROSOPUS.
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G-enus EUGLYPHINA, nor.
Type, E. argyra, Druce ( Plusia ), Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.
p. 330, pi. 30. f. 15 (1889).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to middle of frons and moderately fringed
with hair in front, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons
with rounded prominence ; eyes large, round ; antennae of
male minutely serrate and fasciculate ; thorax clothed with
hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen
obliquely curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with
the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 approximated to the cell to middle.
Genus LITOPROSOPUS.
lype.
Litoprosopus, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 309 (1869) . futilis, Grote-
Litoprosopus liaitiensis. n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with rufous ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the
fore and mid tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing
pale grey tinged with rufous ; two minute subbasal red-
brown spots below costa and on median nervure ; ante-
medial line slight, double, red-brown and waved to median
nervure, then obsolete ; a minute red-brown annulus in middle
of cell ; reniform defined by red-brown, figure-of-eight-
shaped ; postmedial line indistinct, red-brown, double at
costa and inner margin and at the former the lines widely
separated, the inner line slightly waved from below costa to
vein 1, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique ; the sub-
terminal area slightly irrorated with dark brown and with
some silvery white irroration at inner margin ; a series of
dark points before termen. Hind wing yellowish white
suffused with rufous, the terminal area deep rufous ; a deep
rufous postmedial line defined on outer side by a narrow
yellowish white band, incurved between veins 4 and 2 ; a
lunulate black spot before termen from above vein 3 to below
2, with white streaks on it near upper edge and at middle,
defined on inner side by a curved yellow line with another
slight line before it beyond the postmedial band, some silvery
blue beyond it on termen ; cilia yellowish white ; the underside
L
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yellowish white with brownish discoidal bar, curved sinuous
postmedial line, and subterminal series of slight spots in
the interspaces.
Hah. Haiti ( Tiveedie ), 1 q type. Exp. 54 millim.
Litoprosopus puncticosta, n. sp.
Head and thorax rufous ; pectus whitish ; abdomen grey
tinged with rufous, the ventral surface white. Fore wing
rufous ; double small subbasal brown spots below costa
and in cell ; antemedial line double, brown, oblique, waved
and rather interrupted from costa to submedian fold, then
obsolete ; orbicular a brown annulus ; reniform defined by
brown, figure-of-eight-shaped and interrupted in discal fold ;
an oblique brown medial shade from costa to submedian
fold ; postmedial line double, brown, waved, oblique to
discal fold, then inwardly oblique to vein 2 and erect to inner
margin ; the postmedial area irrorated with dark reddish
brown ; subterminal line pale rufous, waved, defined on
inner side by brown suffusion and on outer by brownish
spots in the interspaces ; a fine waved brown line before
termen ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia brown with an
ochreous line at base. Hind wing yellowish tinged with red-
brown, the terminal area deep red-brown ; a diffused sinuous
red-brown postmedial line defined on outer side by a pale
yellow band ; a lunulate black mark before termen from
vein 4 to below 3, with fine white streaks near its upper and
lower edges, defined on inner side by a greyish bar with dark
brown line before it and yellowish bar beyond the postmedial
band, with cupreous red beyond it on termen ; veins 6, 5, 4
streaked with yellow towards termen ; a dark terminal line
with yellow bar before it towards tornus ; cilia pale yellow ;
the underside yellowish with diffused curved reddish brown
postmedial line and subterminal shade.
Hab. Haiti ( Hearne , Tweedie), I d', 1 $ type. Exp. g 48,
$ 54 millim.
Litoprosopus bahamensis, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax pale brownish grey ; pectus and legs
white, the tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen white,
dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing pale grey, the terminal
area tinged with brown and the postmedial area irrorated
with reddish brown on inner half ; small double subbasal
rufous spots below costa and on median nervure ; antemedial
line double, rufous, oblique, sinuous and interrupted ; orbicular
a rufous annulus ; reniform defined by rufous, figure-of-eight-
shaped and interrupted at discal fold ; a slight oblique rufous
LITOPBOSOPUS. PARAGRIA.
147
shade from costa above the orbicular ; postmedial line double,
rufous, waved, oblique to discal fold, then nearly erect ; cilia
with a fine whitish line at base. Hind wing white tinged
with red-brown, the terminal area grey ; a diffused curved
reddish brown postmedial line defined on outer side by a
narrow whitish band ; a lunulate black mark before termen
from above vein 3 to below 2 with fine white streaks on it
near its upper and lower edges, defined on inner side by a
grey bar with a dark line before it and yellowish bar beyond
the postmedial band, with some cupreous red beyond it on
termen ; the interspaces above and below vein 5 with minute
white streaks before termen ; a fine black terminal line from
apex to submedian fold ; cilia whitish at base, brownish at
tips. Underside of both wings silvery white ; hind wing
with faint traces of a curved subterminal shade.
Hab. Bahamas (Bonhote), 1 £ type. Exp. 46 millim.
Glen us PARAGRIA, now
Type, P. sesamiodes.
Proboscis aborted and slender ; palpi porrect, extending to
well beyond the irons and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male simple and somewhat
laminate ; thorax clothed with hair only and without crests ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled
and without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex
produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell nearly half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Paragria sesamiodes, n. sp.
g. Head whitish ; antennae brown with the shaft white
above ; thorax whitish tinged with red-brown especially on
the tegulae ; pectus, legs and abdomen whitish. Fore wing
white, faintly tinged with red -brown, the inner and terminal
areas irrorated with a very few black scales ; a diffused pale
red-brown fascia along median nervure to beyond lower
angle of cell. Hind wing glossy white. Underside glossy
white.
Hab. Natal, Durban {Clark), 1 <$ type. Exp. 70 millim.
1. 1
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Genus SERRODES.
Serrodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 251 (1352)
Type.
campana, Guen,
Serrodes flavitincta, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax chocolate-brown ; antennae white
tinged with brown ; palpi white on inner side ; pectus whitish
and red-brown ; legs red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen grev-brown, the ventral surface darker brown, the
anal tuft white at tip. Fore wing ochreous suffused with
rufous and irrorated with chocolate- brown to the postmedial
line, the median nervure, veins beyond the cell, and vein 1
streaked with white on medial area, the terminal area grey
tinged with red-brown, especially towards middle of termen,
and faintly striated with brown ; subbasal line black slightly
defined on each side by ochreous, waved, from costa to sub-
median fold ; antemedial line whitish, defined on outer side
by red-brown towards costa, where it forms a wedge-shaped
mark, oblique and sinuous to discal fold, strongly incurved
in submedian interspace, where there is a conical velvety
black patch beyond it defined on outer side by whitish, then
slight, blackish defined on each side by whitish and incurved
below vein 1 ; a minute black point in middle of cell ; traces
of a red-brown medial line towards costa, angled outwards
below the costa ; reniform small and narrow, red-brown
with whitish annulus defined on inner side by black ; post-
medial line with small rufous patch at costa, bent outwards
and almost obsolete below costa, then red-brown defined on
each side by ochreous and with narrow black-brown band on
its outer edge, straight and oblique to inner margin ; sub-
terminal line hardly traceable, with a few black scales on it
towards costa, excurved belowr vein 7 and at middle ; a
slight waved red-brown terminal line forming black points
in the interspaces towards apex ; cilia red-brown. Hind
wing red-brown with a grejish tinge and very faint post-
medial shade ; a waved brown terminal line. Underside
grey-brown ; hind wing with the inner area whitish, a small
blackish discoidal spot.
Hab. Natal, Durban, Botha’s Hill (Clark), 1 $ type. Exp.
60 millim.
Genus ASTICTA.
Ophiusa, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 93 (1810) non descr. ;
Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (3) p. 288 (1826) nec Latr. 1818
Asticta, Hubn. Yerz. p. 206 (1827)
Ophiussa, Hubn. Yerz. p. 200 (1827)
To.vorampa, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1841, p. 75
Type.
lusoria, Linn.
procnir , Hiibn.
lusoria, Linn.
pastinum, Treit.
Asticta vicioides, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with reddish
ASXICXA. — EXOPHILA.
119
brown ; vertex of head and tegulse deep chocolate- brown ;
palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen redder
brown. Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated
and striated with black-brown ; a diffused blackish subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial red-brown
spots on costa and below the cell and an ill-defined spot on
middle of costa ; a minute white pomt in middle of cell ;
a narrow oblique black- brown discoidal bar expanding on
inner side into a more or less developed spot at lower angle
of cell ; a faint diffused slightly curved brown postmedial
line ; a red-brown subterminal shade with well-defined outer
edge, somewhat oblique towards costa and excurved at middle ;
a series of dark brown points before termen. Hind wing
greyish suffused with red-brown ; cilia whitish at tips Under-
side greyish suffused with red-brown ; fore wing with brown
subterminal shade ; hind wing with slight discoidal striga
and diffused postmedial line.
Hab. Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur ( G . Young), 1 type,
Simla {Harford), 2 1 Exp. 38—44 millim.
Genus EXOPHILA.
Exophyla, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. 1841, p. 248 Type.
non descr. rectangularis, Geyer.
Exoph.Ua, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 419 (1852) rectangularis, Geyer.
Exophila molybdea, n. sp.
o'. Head and thorax reddish brown glossed with leaden grey,
the tegulae with black line near tips which are whitish ; pect us,
legs and abdomen grey suffused with reddish brown, the tarsi
black ringed with whitish. Fore wing reddish brown suffused
with leaden grey and irrorated with a few black scales ; an
indistinct oblique black subbasal line from costa to median
nervure ; antemedial line black, oblique, sinuous ; two slight
black discoidal spots ; postmedial line black, with a bar
from costa, indistinct and excurved beyond the cell, then
sinuous ; subterminal fine rather diffused, blackish, waved ;
a series of black points before termen. Hind wing reddish
brown tinged with grey, the costal area whitish to beyond
middle, the terminal area suffused with fuscous ; a fine
dark terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown.
Underside of fore whig with the inner area whitish, a rather
diffused straight erect blackish postmedial line and sub-
terminal shade ; hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown,
the terminal half of costal area and the terminal area to vein 2
irrorated with black, a rather diffused straight black post-
medial line.
Hab. Natal, Durban {Platt), 1 £ type. Exp. 38 millim.
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Exophila melanocleis, n. sp.
Head and tegulse black-brown ; thorax dark red-brown ;
pectus whitish suffused with brown ; tarsi blackish ringed
with white ; abdomen fuscous brown with a greyish gloss,
the ventral surface whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing
grey-brown sparsely irrorated with large black scales ; ante-
medial line indistinct, dark, oblique, sinuous ; three minute
black discoidal spots arranged in a triangle ; postmedial line
indistinct, dark, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a faint
pale subterminal line, excurved at middle ; a series of black
points before termen. Hind wing blackish brown, a fine
whitish line at base of cilia. Underside of fore wing greyish
suffused with dark brown, the terminal area paler, the inner
area whitish, a dark postmedial line on costal area and series
of black points before termen ; hind wing whitish suffused
with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, diffused
brown postmedial and subterminal lines.
$. Thorax pale grev-brown with a fewr dark scales ; abdomen
pale grey-brown ; fore wing with the ground-colour pale
red-brown, the discoidal spots more diffused and with some
black-brown suffusion beyond them before the postmedial
line which is more oblique to vein 4, then more strongly in-
curved ; hind wing grey-brown.
Hab. Aburi, Akropong Mts. (Sir G. Carter), 1 $ type
Gold Coast, Obuassi (Bergman), 1 $. Exp. 34 millim.
Genus PARALEPHANA, nov.
Type, P. 'poliotis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint up-
turned, reaching to about vertex of head, typically moderately
scaled in front and with slight tuft of hair behind at extremity,
the 3rd short, porrect, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
typically bipectinate with long branches, the apical part
with long cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,
the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibiae moderately
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex which
typically is somewhat produced and acute, the termen excised
below apex and excurved at middle, not crenulate ; vein 3
from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ,
6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, or 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form a minute areole and vein 7
well beyond the areole ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; (5, 7 shortly stalked ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
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Paralephana poliotis, n. sp.
<$■ Head and thorax glossy white, the branches of antennae
brownish ; palpi, pectus and legs suffused with red-brown ;
abdomen yellowish white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing
whitish irrorated with red and a few blackish scales, the
terminal half of costal area suffused with silvery white ; a
small brownish spot at middle of costa ; a black discoidal
spot ; postmedial line rather diffused, red-brown towards
costa, then red and less distinct, obliquely incurved to vein 6,
then excurved ; a terminal series of small black spots ; cilia
tinged with red-brown, whitish at tips. Hind wing whitish
tinged with yellow ; a terminal series of slight brownish
points. Underside of fore wing suffused with greyish brown,
the disc with fulvous red, the costal edge red, the terminal
area greyish, the inner area whitish ; hind wing yellowish
white tinged with red -brown and irrorated with dark brown
except on inner area, a small black discoidal spot and terminal
series of black points.
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 minim.
Paralephana purpurascens, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax deep rufous ; palpi, pectus and legs
fiery red, the tarsi brownish ; abdomen yellowish white
tinged with red, the ventral surface fierjr red. Fore wing
violaceous whitish suffused and irrorated with bright red-
brown, the costal edge fiery red ; a diffused sinuous rather
inwardly oblique red-brown antemedial line ; a slight brown
discoidal lunule ; postmedial line diffused, red-brown, oblique
towards costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and oblique
below vein 4 ; a series of black points on apical part of costa
and on termen. Hind wing yellow, the terminal half suffused
with fiery red except towards inner margin. Underside of
fore wing fiery red, the inner area whitish ; hind wing yellowish
white, the costal area and termen except at tornus suffused
with fiery red, the costal area irrorated with brown, a blackish
discoidal point and terminal series of points.
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 9 type. Exp.
30 millirn..
Paralephana argyrestkia, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax pale rufous ; abdomen whitish tinged
with rufous ; frons, palpi, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
deeper rufous, the 3rd joint of palpi black, the tarsi dark
brown. Fore wing pale rufous glossed with silver and irrorated
with a few dark brown scales, the costal edge bright rufous ;
the first line almost medial, red-brown, oblique to subcostal
nervure, then sinuous ; a round violaceous white discoidal
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spot slightly defined by dark brown and with slight dark
striga in centre ; postmedial line almost subterminal, bright
red-brown, oblique towards costa, excurved at vein 7, then
incurved ; cilia bright rufous. Hind wing orange-yellow ;
a slight dark discoidal point. Underside orange-yellow, the
inner areas whitish ; both wings with small black discoidal
spots ; hind wing with some black-brown irroration on costal
and terminal areas, especially on apical area.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 $ ; Portu-
guese E. Africa, Kola Valley (Neave), 1 $ type. Exp.
28 millim.
Paralepliana sarcochroa, n. sp.
Head and thorax fulvous orange, the head and base
of tegulae, pectus and legs tinged with pink ; antennae and
palpi at tips tinged with brown ; abdomen pale yellow, the
base of dorsum and ventral surface pink. Fore wing fulvous
orange irrorated with a few blackish scales, the costa tinged
with pink ; a faint brownish medial line, oblique towards
costa, then sinuous ; two blackish discoidal points ; post-
medial line red-brown defined on inner side by yellowish,
angled outwards to below apex, then incurved ; the apex
suffused with red-brown, a slight red -brown terminal line ;
cilia deep red-brown at tips. Hind wing pale orange-yellow,
the cilia fulvous red. Underside fulvous orange, the inner
areas yellowish white ; hind wing with the costal area slightly
irrorated with brown and with a blackish discoidal point ;
both wings with terminal series of slight blackish points.
Hab. Gold Coast, Tarkwa (Justice), 1 $ type. Exp.
36 millim.
Paralepliana mesoscia, n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with reddish
brown, the antennae tinged with darker brown. Fore wing
whitish tinged with reddish brown and irrorated with a few
black scales ; an inwardly oblique red-brown medial shade ;
a black point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line double
filled in with white, the inner line red-brown with a slight
brown shade before it, the outer faint, excurved below costa,
then erect and slightly bent outwards to tornus ; a series
of small black spots and striae on apical part of costa and
termen. Hind wing whitish tinged with reddish brown ;
a terminal series of blackish striae. Underside whitish tinged
with brown and irrorated with black ; hind wing with black
discoidal point and both wings with terminal series of points.
Fore wing with small areole.
Hab. W. Africa (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje,
2 d type. Exp. 28-30 millim.
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Paralepliana bisignata, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with
rufous ; palpi and fore legs in front rufous ; abdomen ochreous
white. Fore wing ochreous white faintly tinged with rufous
and irrorated with a few black scales ; medial and postmedial
triangular blackish marks on costa, the latter with traces of a
line from it excurved to vein 3, then slightly incurved to
inner margin near tornus ; a dark point at lower angle of
cell ; black points on termen between veins 7 and 4 and a
striga below vein 3. Hind wing ochreous white faintly
tinged with rufous and with slight dark striae on termen
between veins 6 and 2. Underside ochreous tinged with
rufous and irrorated with a few black scales, the inner areas
paler ; fore wing with black discoidal point and points on
termen above and below vein 6 ; hind wing with small black
discoidal spot and points on termen between veins 7 and 2.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim.
Paralepliana curvilinea, n. sp,
$. Head and thorax reel-brown mixed with greyish ; the
palpi, pectus and legs redder brown ; abdomen dark reddish
brown, the ventral surface whitish suffused with red-brown.
Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with
a few black scales ; a black point on costa near base ; a
medial blackish spot on costa ; a discoidal spot formed of
silvery and a few black scales with a black point at lower
angle of cell ; a paler postmedial line defined on inner side
by a fine brown line with some blackish suffusion before it
at costa and between veins 3 and 1, excurved from below
costa to vein 3, then incurved to inner margin near tornus ;
minute black spots on termen between veins 8 and 4 and striae
below veins 3 and 2 ; cilia black at tips from below apex to
vein 5 and between veins 3 and 2. Hind wing fuscous brown
with a faint reddish tinge ; a slightly darker terminal line ;
cilia greyer. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown with a
slight reddish tinge, the costa greyer irrorated with a few
black scales, a slightly curved blackish postmedial line from
costa to vein 2, the cilia reddish ochreous, red-brovm at tips
except towards tornus ; hind wdng whitish tinged with rufous,
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with black, a small
black discoidal spot, faint diffused curved postmedial line,
and terminal series of black striae.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.
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Paralepliana rectiline?, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with greyish.
Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with
black-brown ; traces of a sinuous brown antemedial line,
bent inwards and whitish at costa with some dark brown
on its outer side ; a minute black point at lower angle of
cell ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner side by red-
brown which forms a spot at costa, very slightly excurved
below costa, then straight to tornus ; a terminal series of
black points and striae ; cilia rufous with a whitish line at base.
Hind wing dark reddish brown tinged with grey, the cilia
rather paler. Underside grey tinged with red-brown, the
hind wing sparsely irrorated with black and with small dark
discoidal spot.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ ; Cameroons,
Ja R., Bitje, 1 type. Exp. 26 millim.
Paralepliana obliqua, n. sp.
<$. Head rufous ; thorax whitish tinged with rufous, the
pectus and legs rufous ; abdomen whitish suffused with
rufous. Fore wing yellowish white tinged with rufous and
with some silvery scales on costa ; an inwardly oblique red-
brown medial line, rather diffused at costa ; two red-brown
discoidal points ; postmedial line bright red-brown with a
slight darker brown shade on its inner side, straight and erect,
ending at tornus ; a slight red- brown terminal line ; cilia
red-brown at tips, black-brown at the excision. Hind wing
pale yellow. Underside pale yellow with a slight red- brown
tinge ; fore wing with dark brown discoidal striga ; hind
wing with the costal half slightly irrorated with red-brown, a
small dark brown discoidal spot.
Fore wing with small areole.
Hab. W. Africa (Dudgeon), 1 £ type ; Gold Coast,
Kumasi (Sanders), 1 q. Exp. 30 millim.
Paralepliana monogona, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax pale rufous ; palpi with a silvery
gloss and blackish tips ; abdomen greyish suffused with
rufous ; a white point at base of dorsum. Fore wing bright
rufous slightly mixed with yellowish, the terminal area tinged
with silvery grey ; medial line yellow defined on outer side
by rufous, angled outwards below costa, then straight and
erect ; two blackish discoidal points ; postmedial line yellow
defined on inner side by rufous, almost straight, from costa
towards apex to tornus ; a terminal series of chocolate-brown
stria? ; cilia chocolate-brown at tips from apex to vein 3.
Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown and tinged with
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rufous, the cilia whitish tinged with rufous. Underside of
fore wing red-brown, the costa yellowish, broadly on post-
medial area, the inner area whitish, a dark discoidal striga
hind wing yellowish tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated
with red-brown, a brown discoidal point, the inner area
whitish.
Fore wing with small areole.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 E type ;
Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 1 Exp. 28 millim.
Paralephana incurvata, n. sp.
Head and thorax purplish grey pencilled with red-brown ;
antennae red-brown ; palpi red-brown with a silvery gloss ;
legs red-brown ; abdomen greyish suffused with red-brown.
Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated with reel-brown ;
medial line dark red- brown defined on inner side by rufous,
mgled outwards below costa, then obliquely incurved ; a
blackish point at lower angle of cell ; postmeclial line dark
red-brown defined on outer side by rufous, then by whitish,
straight, from costa towards apex to tornus ; cilia whitish
at base, the tips rufous, deep chocolate-brown at the excision
below apex. Hind wing greyish suffused with dark red-brown ;
a fine dark terminal line. Underside grey-white ; fore wing
suffused with brown except the costal and inner areas ; hind
wing irrorated with brown, a small blackish discoidal spot
and faint postmedial line.
Fore wing with small areole.
Hab. Gold Coast, Obuassi (Bergman), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria,
Ilesha (Hnmjrey), 2 <$ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Paralephana costisignata, n. sp.
<£. Head grey, the antennae brownish ; thorax and abdomen
grey mixed with rufous. Fore wing grey irrorated with a few
dark scales, the basal area suffused with rufous, its outer edge
oblique ; a black spot at middle of costa ; postmedial line
very near termen, white defined on inner side by black which
forms a spot at costa, excurved from below costa and angled
inwards to very short streaks on veins 5 to 1 ; the apical
half of costa and the termen with some silvery scales ; some
small black and white spots on costa towards apex and a
terminal series of black spots and striae ; cilia tinged with
rufous and with blackish spots at tips from apex to vein 4.
Hind wing grey suffused with brown ; a terminal series of
blackish striae ; cilia rather paler. Underside grey ; fore
wing tinged with red-brown ; hind wing irrorated with red-
brown and with slight curved postmedial line ; both wings
with terminal series of blackish spots.
Hab. Sierra Leone (Dudgeon), 1 E type. Exp. 26 millim.
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Paralepliaua consocia, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous.
Fore wing yellowish white tinged and irrorated with rufous ;
an inwardly oblique rufous medial line ; two blackish dis-
coidal points ; postmedial line rufous, straight and rather
oblique from costa towards apex to inner margin near tornus ;
a terminal series of slight rufous points. Hind wing pale
yellow. Underside pale yellowish, the fore wing slightly
tinged with rufous, the hind wing slightly irrorated with
rufous and with blackish discoidal point.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Port Lokko (Penny), 1 2 type. Exp.
26 millim.
Paralepliaua flavilinea, n. sp.
q. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous
and irrorated with a few blackish scales ; antennae and palpi
rufous ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen more
strongly suffused with rufous, the tarsi darker with slight
pale rings. Fore wing yellowish tinged with rufous and
irrorated with black-brown, the terminal half of costa and the
termen with some silvery scales ; medial line rufous defined
on inner side by yellowish, angled outwards below costa,
then sinuous, some blackish beyond it on costa ; two black
discoidal points ; postmedial line yellow defined on inner side
by rufous with some darker brown before it, straight, from
costa towards apex to tornus ; a terminal series of small
blackish spots ; cilia dark red-brown at tips. Hind wing
pale yellow with a slight rufous tinge ; a red-brown terminal
line ; cilia tinged with rufous. Underside yellowish ; fore
wing with the costal area and termen tinged with rufous and
irrorated with blackish, a black discoidal striga, the post-
medial line indistinct ; hind wing tinged with rufous and
irrorated with blackish except on inner area,' a black discoidal
striga and faint postmedial line.
Fore wing with small areole.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 2 £ type. Exp.
30 millim.
Paralepliana nietaphaea. n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white tinged with
red-brown ; palpi and legs red-brown. Fore wing greyish
suffused with reel-brown, the costal area, except towards base,
with some silvery scales ; medial line bright rufous, angled
outwards below costa, then obliquely incurved, a red-brown
shade before it towards costa and some blackish beyond it
on costa ; two brown discoidal points ; postmedial line
yellow defined on inner side by rufous with some dark brown
before it, straight, from costa towards apex to tornus ; some
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slight blackish points just before termen ; cilia bright rufous,
black at tips at the excision below apex. Hind wing greyish
suffused with red-brown ; an obscure brown terminal line.
Underside greyish suffused with red-brown ; fore wing with
the cell and area just beyond it deeper red- brown; hind
wing with blackish discoidal point and some black points
on termen towards apex.
Fore wing with small areole.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar ( Crompton , Sampson),
2 type. Exp. 24 millim.
Paralephana leucopis, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax whitish tinged with rufous ; antennae
browner except towards base ; palpi red-brown ; fore legs
suffused with dark brown ; abdomen greyish suffused with
brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing whitish
suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with black ;
medial line rufous, forming a spot at costa defined on inner
side by whitish, retracted below costa, then indistinct, erect,
sinuous ; an elliptical whitish discoidal spot with small
black spot at its lower extremity and some black scales on
its upper part ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner side
by rufous except between veins 4 and 3, more strongly towards
costa and inner margin, oblique to vein 6, then erect and nearly
straight to tornus ; a series of small black spots on costa
towards apex and termen, the spots before the excision partly
confluent ; cilia dark brown at tips except towards apex and
tornus. Hind wing reddish brown with a faint dark terminal
line. Underside whitish ; fore wing suffused with red-
brown except on inner area, a blackish discoidal striga ; hind
wing irrorated with red-brown, a blackish discoidal point ;
both wings with terminal series of blackish points and striae.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type. Exp. 24
millim.
Paralephana camptocera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with rufous ;
palpi red-brown with a silvery gloss towards tips ; fore and
mid legs red-brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous
and irrorated with red-brown, the costal area with some
silvery scales ; medial line rufous, very slightly bent inwards
to costa, then straight and inwardly oblique ; two blackish
discoidal points ; postmedial line rufous, almost straight,
from costa towards apex to tornus ; a fine terminal black-
brown line ; cilia darker brown at tips. Hind wing greyish
suffused with red-brown ; a fine blackish terminal line between
veins 7 and 2. Underside whitish tinged with rufous except
on inner areas ; fore wing with some deeper red-brown in
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the cell and blackish discoidal spot ; hind wing with the costal
area irrorated with red-brown, a small black discoidal spot
and some small spots on termen towards apex.
Fore wing with small areole.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos ( Strachan ), 1 $, Ilesha ( Humfrey ),
1 (J, 1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim.
Paralephana lobata, n. sp.
(j\ Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous ; the fore tibiae with
large tufts of black-brown hair below. Fore wing rufous
with a faint pale discoidal patch ; a terminal series of minute
blackish points, obsolescent towards tornus ; cilia tinged
with leaden silver at tips. Hind wing bright red-brown, the
cilia whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing red-brown,
the costal and terminal areas rufous, the inner area whitish ;
hind wing whitish tinged with rufous.
Hab. Congo, Up. Kasai Distr. ( Landbeck ), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
Paralephana patapata, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish tinged with rufous,
the patagia tinged with purplish brown ; palpi, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen red-brown, the fore legs suffused
with fuscous brown. Fore wing violaceous yellowish suffused
with rufous and slightly irrorated with silvery and black
scales ; a small blackish discoidal lunule ; the costal edge
red-brown towards apex ; a terminal series of black points ;
cilia grey-brown strongly glossed with silver. Hind wing
yellowish tinged with rufous. ; a slight rufous terminal line
from vein 6 to submedian fold. Underside yellowish ; fore
wing, except the inner area, and the costal area of hind wing
suffused with rufous.
$. Head, thorax, and fore wing more strongly suffused
with rufous, the last without discoidal spot.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Boag), 1 $ type, Old Calabar
{Crompton), 1 $. Exp. 22-26 millim.
Paralephana nigripalpis, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax creamy white with a faint brownish
tinge ; antennae blackish except towards base ; frons at
sides and palpi red-brown ; pectus, legs and abdomen yellow
tinged with rufous. Fore wing creamy white slightly irrorated
with red-brown, the costal edge rufous, the terminal area
with a violaceous tinge, the scaling rather rough ; a small
red-brown discoidal spot with some pale scales in centre ; a
terminal series of red-brown points. Hind wing yellow.
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Underside yellow, the fore wing and costal area of hind wing
suffused with rufous, a terminal series of red-brown points
on hind wing to below vein 4.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 ^type ; S. Nigeria,
Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 g. Exp. 24 millim.
Genus LEPHANA.
Lephana, Walk. xxxv. 1702 (1866)
Type.
tetraphorella, Walk.
Lephana mstacrocea, n. sp.
C- Head, tegulne, and a band behind them fiery red ;
antennae dark brown, the shaft whitish towards base ; the
rest of thorax whitish suffused with rufous ; abdomen whitish
dorsally suffused with red-brown, ventrally tinged with rufous.
Fore wing bright rufous slightly irrorated with brown ; a
small round brown spot in the cell near base ; an oblique
fiery red antemedial bar from costa defined at sides by dark
brown and a sinuous band from cell to inner margin ; the tuft
of hair before the scale-tooth on inner margin dark grey-
brown ; a small round black spot in middle of cell ; a faint
diffused oblique red-brown line from middle of costa to lower
angle of cell ; a chocolate-red streak on costa beyond end of
cell ; postmedial line red-brown, oblique to vein 6, then
obliquely curved to vein 3, then bent upwards to upper angle
of cell, then erect and slightly sinuous to submedian fold
and excurved to inner margin ; an oblique chocolate-red
bar from costa before the subterminal line, which is brown,
incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle, angled inwards
below vein 3, then excurved to tornus ; a fine chocolate-
brown terminal line ; cilia deep red -brown. Hind wing
orange-yellow, the terminal area slightly irrorated with brown
towards tornus ; cilia red-brown at tips to vein 2. Underside
orange.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 $ tjqie.
Exp. 36 millim.
Lephana cedisema, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and a band behind them fiery red ;
antennae dark brown ; thorax and abdomen red-brown
tinged with grey ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
ochreous, the fore and mid legs suffused with red-brown.
Fore wing bright red-brown slightly irrorated with black,
the basal and costal areas tinged with grey ; an oblique
rufous subbasal bar from below costa to submedian fold ;
an oblique chocolate-red antemedial bar from costa and a
band slightly defined by whitish from middle of cell to inner
margin, its inner edge incurved in submedian interspace
and its outer edge strongly excurved above vein 1 ; a small
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oblique elliptical black spot deiined by whitish in middle of
cell ; a small postmedial chocolate-red patch on costa, the
dark brown postmedial line arising from it, obliquely excurved
to vein 4, then bent upwards to upper angle of cell, then
defined on inner side by whitish, slightly excurved below
median nervure and dilated into a wedge-shaped mark
towards inner margin ; an oblique chocolate-red bar from costa
before the subterminal line, which is brown, angled inwards
at discal fold, excurved at middle, angled inwards below
vein 3 and ending at tornus ; a strong deep chocolate-brown
terminal line at the excision above middle and a fine line
before termen below vein 4. Hind wing deep red-brown,
the cilia rufous. Underside of fore wing brown, the costal
and terminal areas rufous, the inner area whitish ; hind wing
whitish suffused with rufous especially towards costa, a slight
brown discoidal point.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara {Rodway), 1 $ type ; Had.
ign., 1 <$. Exp. 32-38 millim.
Genus TEPHRINOPS , nov.
Type, T. velutisigna.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, moderately fringed with
hair in front and slightly above at extremity, the 3rd short,
oblique and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate
with moderate branches, each joint with a pair on each side,
the apical third ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed, the prothorax with spreading crest, the metathorax
with slight crest ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair, the
mid tibiae of male dilated with groove containing a tuft of
long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum,
but without crests. Fore wing with the costa arched towards
apex which is produced and acute, the termen strongly
excised below apex and angled outwards at vein 4, the inner
margin with scale-tooth before middle ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Teplirinops velutisigna, n. sp.
g. Head, tegulae, and a band behind them bright rufous ;
thorax whitish tinged with rufous and with a few red-brown
scales ; legs suffused with red-brown ; abdomen whitish,
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dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing white tinged with
rufous and slightly irrorated with red-brown to the post-
medial line ; an antemedial and two medial conical chocolate-
brown spots on costa, the antemedial spot connected by a
striga across the cell with an oblique chocolate-brown band
slightly defined by white from cell to inner margin, its inner
edge incurved in submedian interspace and its outer edge
strongly excurved above vein 1 ; a small round red-brown
spot in middle of cell ; postmedial line chocolate-brown
defined on inner side by white and with a broad band of
chocolate-brown suffusion beyond it, oblique, slightly sinuous
to beyond upper angle of cell, where it gives off a slight erect
striga on its inner side, slightly incurved below vein 4, a
minute chocolate-brown spot before it on costa and some
white points beyond it ; subterminal line rather diffused,
brown and with slight brown irroration beyond it, angled
inwards at vein 6 and outwards at vein 4, then waved ; a
terminal series of black-brown striae ; cilia suffused with red-
brown, deep chocolate-brown from vein 6 to the angle at
vein 4 and with chocolate-brown marks towards apex and at
veins 3 and 2. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown,
the terminal area suffused with red-brown except towards
tornus ; a slight brown discoidal striga and a terminal series
of deep chocolate-brown striae except towards tornus ; cilia
white tinged with rufous. Underside of fore wing whitish
suffused with rufous except on inner and terminal areas,
the costa suffused with red-brown towards base and with two
diffused rufous bars from middle ; hind wing white irrorated
with red-brown especially on costal area, a small black-brown
spot on upper discocellular and oblique postmedial series of
black-brown points.
Hob. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.
Genas MARCIPA.
Marcipa, Walk. iv. 807 (1855)
Birtha, Walk, xxxiii. 976 (1865)
Type.
inscripta, Walk.
insulata, Walk.
Marcipa magniplaga, n. sp.
$. Head, tegulae, and a band behind them dark red-brown ;
the rest of thorax and abdomen ochreous white ; fore and
mid legs tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white
faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few dark
red-brown scales ; the costal edge chocolate-brown towards
base ; an oblique chocolate-brown antemedial striga from
costa ; a large conical very dark chocolate-brown patch
on medial area extending from middle of cell to inner margin ;
a minute round black-brown spot in middle of cell ; reniform
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SOCTUIDjE.
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faintly defined by black-brown scales, narrow ; postmedial
line dark chocolate-brown, forming a minute spot at costa,
then oblique and sinuous to vein 3, where it terminates ;
an oblique conical very dark chocolate-brown patch on costa
just before apex ; a series of dark red-brown striae just before
termen ; cilia tinged with brown at tips except towards
tornus. Hind wing ochreous white, the inner area faintly
tinged with brown ; a dark red- brown line formed by con-
fluent striae just before termen from apex to vein 2 ; cilia
tinged with brown at tips except towards tornus. Underside
ochreous white slightly irrorated with red-brown except on
inner areas, and with minute dark red-brown spots just
before termen from apex to submedian fold.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp.
38 millim.
Marcipa endoselene, n. sp.
Head, tegulae, and a band behind them bright rufous ;
thorax yellow, the fore and mid legs tinged with rufous ;
abdomen yellow, dorsally tinged with rufous. Fore wing
yellow suffused with rufous ; a black-brown point in cell
near base ; a semicircular black-brown patch at middle
of inner margin ; an oblique rufous medial striga from costa ;
a minute oblique elliptical chocolate-brown spot defined by
yellow in cell towards extremity ; reniform yellow with its
centre slightly defined by red-brown ; postmedial line red-
brown, sinuous, oblique to vein 3, then very faint, retracted
to lower angle of cell, then oblique to inner margin ; some
minute red- brown streaks on costa towards apex and a slight
red-brown terminal line ; cilia bright red-brown at tips.
Hind wing bright yellow ; the inner area faintly tinged with
brown ; some brown points on apical half of termen. Under-
side yellow ; both wings with slight brown striae oil each side
of discocellulars and brown points on termen except towards
tornus.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 $ type. Exp.
34 millim.
Marcipa monosema, n. sp.
g. Head, tegulae, and a band behind them dark red-brown ;
antennae black-brown ; the rest of thorax and abdomen
pale yellow tinged with rufous ; fore and mid legs suffused
with red-brown in front. Fore wing pale yellow tinged with
rufous and irrorated with a few dark red- brown scales ; an
oblique red- brown antemedial bar from costa and faint line
from cell to inner margin, excurved in submedian interspace ;
a minute round red-brown spot in middle of cell ; reniform
faintly defined by red-brown, oblique and narrow ; a slight
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oblique dark brown mai'k at middle of inner margin ; a small
dark patch tinged with silvery grey on costa before the post-
medial line which is red-brown and almost obsolete except
at costa and inner margin, slightly excurved below costa,
then oblique and sinuous to vein 3, on which it is retracted
to lower angle of cell, then slightly incurved to inner margin ;
the costa towards apex with short black-brown streaks
alternating with oblique yellow striae ; a terminal series of
red-brown striae, more prominent and black-brown towards
apex ; cilia black -brown at tips except towards tornus.
Hind wing orange-yellow with slight red-brown points just
before termen towards apex. Underside orange-yellow ; fore
wing with the costa tinged with rufous and with small tri-
angular black-brown spots on termen from apex to vein 4 ;
hind wing with the costa irroratecl with a few red-brown
scales and with minute dark red-brown spots on termen from
apex to vein 3.
Hob. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Whiteside), 1 ^ ; S. Nigeria,
Jemmata (Simpson), 1 S type. Exp . 36^t0 miliim.
Marcipa phseodonta, n. sp.
Head, tegulae, and prothorax fulvous orange, the rest of
thorax brownish white ; abdomen yellow ; legs fulvous ;
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white.
Fore wing yellowish tinged with rufous, irrorated with silver
and a few black scales, the costal edge fulvous, yellow towards
base and just beyond the postmedial line ; antemedial line
rufous defined on inner side by pale yellow, excurved below
costa, then oblique and slightly curved, some black scales
on it at inner margin ; a conical black spot at middle of
inner margin ; a black -brown point defined by pale yellow
in middle of cell ; reniform rufous defined by pale yellow,
oblique ; postmedial line rufous defined on outer side by
pale yellow, oblique and slightly curved to vein 3, then re-
tracted to lower angle of cell and incurved to inner margin
where there is some black on it ; a conical rufous shade from
costa before apex ; a fine rufous terminal line ; cilia pale
rufous at base, deep rufous at tips. Hind wing orange-
yellow, the cilia tinged with rufous except towards tornus.
Underside uniform orange-yellow.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with only a faint dark shade at middle
of inner margin and without the black on the ante- and post-
medial lines.
Hob. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 5 <$, 5 $ type ;
Portuguese E. Africa, Ruo Valley (Neave), 1 <$, Mt.
Chiperone (Neave), 1 $, 1 Exp. 30-34 miliim.
Pupa. Suspended from the underside of the leaf of a grass.
m2
N OCTUUJ.K.
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Marcipa secticona, n. sp.
<$. Head, tegulse, and a band behind them deep red-brown,,
the lower part of frons ochreous, the palpi rufous, white at
extreme tips ; thorax ochreous white, the patagia with a
few red-brown scales, the metathorax with small dark red-
brown patch ; pectus in front and the fore and mid legs
tinged with red-brown ; abdomen ochreous, dorsally faintly
tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous white faintly
tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with red-brown ;
a minute black-brown streak in the cell near base ; an ante-
medial chocolate-brown bar from costa ; a triangular deep
chocolate-brown patch on medial area from cell to inner
margin, broken up by a white streak on vein 1 and below
vein 1 by the excurved white antemedial line, and the white
medial line which is angled inwards above inner margin ; in
middle of cell a small round chocolate-brown spot with
white centre ; reniform deep chocolate-brown defined by
white and with curved white striga in centre, its outer edge
angled inwards at middle and with chocolate-brown marks
beyond it in the interspaces before the postmedial line ; a
slight red-brown mark below middle of costa and a sinuous
black-brown line from the cell to the triangular mark at vein
1 with a chocolate-brown shade before it ; a postmedial series
of small deep chocolate-brown spots from costa to vein 3,
excurved below costa and slight diffused marks below vein 2
and above 1, rather nearer the base ; a conical deep chocolate-
brown patch defined by white from costa before apex to
above vein 6, its outer edge indented and with traces of a
diffused brown subterminal line from it, excurved at middle,
then incurved to tornus ; a terminal series of small black-
brown lunules. Hind wing ochreous white, the inner area
faintly tinged with red-brown towards base ; a terminal
series of small deep chocolate-brown lunules to submedian
fold. Underside ochreous white irrorated with red-brown
except on inner areas ; fore wing with red-brown discoidal
lunule, curved postmedial line from costa to lower angle of
cell, and terminal series of small black-brown lunules ; hind
wing with slight red-brown discoidal striga, faint postmedial
line excurved beyond the cell, and terminal series of small
black-brown spots.
Hab. Sierra Leone [Bartlett), 1 type. Exp. 40 millim.
Marcipa disrupta, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and a band behind them deep red-brown,
the lower part of frons ochreous, the palpi rufous, white at
extreme tips ; the rest of thorax creamy white with a few
black-brown scales on the patagia and small black-brown
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spot on metathorax ; pectus in front and fore and mid legs
tinged with rufous ; abdomen ochreous white, dorsa-lly
tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous white tinged
with rufous and slightly irrorated with dark brown, the costal
edge black-brown towards base ; a small black-brown spot
in the cell towards base ; a chocolate-brown antemedial
spot on costa and a bifid patch from cell to inner margin,
its inner edge obliquely incurved, its outer edge strongly
excurved above vein 1, then indented almost to its inner
edge at vein 1 ; a round deep chocolate-brown spot defined
by white in the cell towards extremity ; reniform chocolate-
brown defined on inner side by white and with curved white
striga in centre, rounded ; an oblique chocolate-brown striga
from middle of costa ; postmedial line chocolate-brown
defined on each side by white, forming a small spot at costa,
then oblique and sinuous to vein 3, then retracted and almost
obsolete to median nervure before end of cell, then rather
inwardly oblique and sinuous and forming a conical spot at
inner margin ; a conical deep chocolate-brown patch from
costa before apex to below vein 7, defined by white, with
two white points on it at costa, and its inner and outer edges
slightly indented ; faint traces of a brown subterminal line,
excurved at middle ; a lunulate chocolate-brown terminal
line slightly defined on inner side by white. Hind wing
ochreous white tinged with red-brown ; a terminal series of
slight dark brown points. Underside creamy white ; fore
wing suffused with red-brown except on inner area, with
some minute black-brown streaks on costa towards apex and
terminal series of minute spots ; hind wing slightly tinged
and irrorated with red-brown, traces of a postmedial line,
excurved beyond the cell, and terminal series of minute dark
brown spots from apex to vein 2.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 2 $ tjqoe. Exp.
36 millim.
Marcipa argyrosema, n. sp.
g. Head, tegulse, and a band behind them deep red-brown ;
thorax ochreous white ; legs suffused with red-brown ; abdomen
ochreous white tinged with brown, the dorsum suffused with
blackish towards extremity. Fore wing creamy white slightly
irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area tinged with brown ;
the costa towards base and medial area to median nervure
suffused with dark brown and silvery scales ; a minute black
spot in the cell towards base ; a small triangular chocolate -
brown antemedial spot on costa and a triangular patch from
middle of cell to inner margin, defined by black-brown and
with two black-brown striae with silver between them on it
t inner margin ; a small rather oblique elliptical chocolate-
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brown spot in the cell towards extremity and a chocolate-
brown bar across vein 2 near the origin ; reniform defined by
white and its centre incompletely by dark chocolate-brown,
some red-brown in its centre, oblique ; postmedial line choco-
late-brown defined on each side by white, forming a small spot
at costa, then oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 3 where it
terminates ; a rather quadrate deep chocolate-brown patch
on costa before apex, defined by white and with two white
points at costa ; a rather lunulate chocolate-brown line just
before termen ; cilia chocolate-brown. Hind wing ochreous
white suffused with fuscous brown. Underside whitish suffused
with reddish brown.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside) 1 type. C'ame-
rooxs, Ja R., Bitje, 1 <$. Exp. 34-38 millim.
Marcipa melanoconia, n. sp.
(J. Head, tegulse, and a band behind them deep red-brown ;
thorax ochreous white tinged with red-broAvn ; pectus and
legs ochreous white, the fore and mid legs tinged with red-
brown in front ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally tinged with
brown. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated with red-brown,
the terminal area tinged with rufous except at apex, the costal
edge red-brown towards base ; a minute black spot in the cell
near base ; an oblique antemedial chocolate-brown bar from
costa and an oblique deep chocolate-brown conical patch
from middle of cell to inner margin ; the end of cell and area
above it tinged with brown and silvery grey ; a minute round
black spot defined by ochreous white in the cell towards
extremity ; reniform deep chocolate-brown defined by ochreous
white, some rufous in its lower part ; postmedial line red-brown,
forming a small wedge-shaped mark at costa, oblique to vein 3,
then faint, retracted to lower angle of cell, then incurved and
below submedian fold forming the outer edge of the conical
patch ; a rather quadrate red-brown patch on costal area
before apex with three whitish points at costa and some deep
chocolate-brown on its lower part ; an indistinct oblique red-
brown line from below the angle of the postmedial line to
inner margin near tornus ; a fine deep red-brown terminal
line ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing ochreous white, suffused
with fuscous brown except the costal half to beyond the cell ;
a series of blackish striae on termen except towards tornus.
Underside ochreous white ; fore wing tinged with brown except
the inner area, a fuscous discoidal spot, some minute black-
brown streaks on costa towards apex, and a series of minute
blackish spots before termen except towards tornus ; hind
wing irrorated with brown except the inner area, dark brown
points on each side of the discocellular, a curved post medial
MARCIPA.
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line and a terminal series of minute blackish spots from apex
to vein 2.
?• Fore wing with the antemedial patch obliquely truncate
above.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 1 $ type.
Exp. 32-36 millim.
Marcipa molybdea, n. sp.
$■ Head, tegulse, and a band behind them chocolate-brown ;
thorax and abdomen greyish suffused with brown. Fore
wing reddish brown suffused with silvery grey except on ter-
minal area ; a minute black spot in the cell near base ; an oblique
chocolate-brown antemedial bar from costa and a large
oblique conical deep chocolate-brown patch slightly defined
by whitish from middle of cell to inner margin, its upper
edge obliquely truncate and with small oblique elliptical
black-brown spot defined by whitish just above it in the
cell ; reniform chocolate-brown defined by whitish, oblique ;
postmedial line red-brown, oblique and sinuous to vein 3,
then retracted to lower angle of cell and obsolescent ; a small
conical red-brown patch on costa before apex ; the terminal
area rather browner. Hind wing greyish brown. Underside
grey- white suffused with brown.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type, Ilesha
(. Humfrey ), 1 §. Exp. 32-34 millim.
Marcipa amaba, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and a band behind them deep red-brown ;
thorax and abdomen ochreous white tinged with red-brown,
the fore legs suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous white
tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ;
a minute black spot hi the cell near base ; a chocolate-brown
antemedial spot on costa and a large irregular deep chocolate-
brown patch defined by white from middle of cell to inner
margin on which it encloses a small white spot, its upper edge
oblique and connected by a bar with a small round spot defined
by white in middle of cell, its inner and outer edges excised ;
reniform deep chocolate-brown defined by white, an oblique
pale striga in its lower part ; a small chocolate-brown spot at
middle of costa ; postmedial line chocolate-brown defined on
each side by white, forming a small triangular spot at costa,
then indistinct and slightly sinuous to vein 3, where it ter-
minates ; a rather quadrate deep chocolate-brown patch on
costal area towards apex, with two white points at costa
and traces of an oblique line from below the angle of the post-
medial line to inner margin near tornus ; a terminal series of
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blackish striae. Hind wing grey-brown with a terminal series
of slight blackish spots. Underside whitish suffused with
red-brown except the inner areas.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (McDowall), 1 $ type. Exp.
34 millim.
Marcipa ruptisigna, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and a band behind them red-brown tinged
with grey ; thorax and abdomen grey suffused with brown.
Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated with reddish brown ;
a minute black streak defined by white above subcostal
nervure near base ; an oblique triangular chocolate-brown
antemedial spot on costa and a band slightly defined by white
from just above median nervure to inner margin, its inner edge
obliquely incurved, its outer edge strongly excurved in sub-
median interspace and angled inwards at vein 1 ; a round black-
brown spot defined by white in the cell towards extremity ;
reniform black-brown defined by white, oblique ; the end of
cell and area beyond it before the postmedial line more
strongly suffused with red-brown with a more distinct patch
at costa ; postmedial line red-brown slightly defined on outer
side by white, oblique and almost straight to vein 3, then
retracted to near origin of vein 2 and oblique to inner margin
where there is a small chocolate-brown patch on its inner
side defined on inner side by whitish ; a conical chocolate-brown
patch defined by whitish on costal area towards apex, with
three white points at costa, the faint brown subterminal line
arising from it, excurved at middle, then bent inwards to below
the angle of the postmedial line and defined on outer side by
whitish to inner margin near tornus ; a very narrow chocolate-
brown terminal band except towards tornus, its inner edge
slightly waved and defined by whitish ; cilia chocolate-brown.
Hind wing reddish brown. Underside grey suffused with
reddish brown.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with production of the antemedial patch
above vein 1, confluent with the patch on the postmedial line
at inner margin.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 2 $ ; S. Nigeria,
Old Calabar (Miss Kingsley), 1 Uesha ( Hvmfrey ), 3 <$, 2 $
type; N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 1 d, Kano (F. G. Brown),
1 $ ; Br. C. Africa, Mlangi Boma (Neave), 1 $. Exp. 28-36
millim.
Marcipa confluens, n. sp.
d- Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some greyish ;
antenna; darker brown ; abdomen whitish suffused and
irrorated with dark brown, the anal tuft tinged with rufous ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdemen whitish irrorated
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with brown, the fore and mid legs tinged with rufous. Fore
wing whitish tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated
with dark brown, the costal area tinged with silvery grey to
the postmedial line ; a minute dark brown spot in the cell
near base ; an oblique triangular bright red -brown ante-
medial spot on costa defined by whitish and a band defined
by whitish from middle of cell to inner margm, linear to sub-
ruedian fold, where it is almost interrupted, then expanding
triangularly with its inner edge incurved and some grey on
it at inner margin ; a minute chocolate-brown spot defined
by whitish in middle of cell ; reniform chocolate-brown
defined by whitish, rounded ; postmedial line bright red-
brown defined on outer side by whitish, oblique and almost
straight to vein 3 where it terminates ; a conical red-brown
patch on costa before apex with two whitish points at costa ;
traces of a whitish subterminal line arising from the costal
patch, excurvecl at middle, then incurved to below the ex-
tremity of the postmedial line, then defined on inner side by
diffused red-brown and ending at tornus ; a slightly waved
red-brown line just before termen ending at submedian fold ;
cilia red -brown. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey,
the cilia more rufous. Underside whitish tinged Avith red-
broAvn ; hind wing with the costal half irrorated with red-
broAvn and with slight broAA'n points on each side of the
discocellulars.
2. Fore whig with antemedial band filled in Avith grey
toAvards inner margin, its outer edge being part of the post-
medial line, the subterminal line almost obsolete.
Hab. Gold Coast, Cape Coast Castle ( Higlett ), 1 <$, 1 $
type, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 $, Kumasi {Sanders), 1
Exji. 28-32 millim.
Marcipa dimera, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax bright red-brown with a slight ochreous
tinge, a deeper red-brown band behind the tegulse, the hinder
part of thorax tinged with purple-grey ; abdomen dull reddish
broAvn ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish
suffused with rufous. Fore wing bright red-broAvn tinged
with purple-grey to the postmedial line, then ochreous tinged
with rufous and with some red-brown suffusion on termen
except at apex and tornus, the costa tinged with silvery grey
to the postmedial line ; a minute bright rufous spot in the cell
near base ; antemedial line ochreous defined on outer side
by an oblique bright rufous bar from costa and a band from
middle of cell to inner margin, pointed abo\Te and diffused
on outer side beloAV the cell, the line excurved to submedian
fold, then oblique ; a small round deep chocolate-broAvn
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XOCTUID.E.
spot in middle of cell ; reniform red-brown defined by ochreous
and with some chocolate-brown at sides of centre, rather
oblique ; postmedial line red-brown slightH defined on each
side by ochreous, oblique and very slightly excurved to
vein 3, then retracted and almost obsolete to lower angle of
cell, then strong, deep chocolate-brown and erect to inner
margin towards which it expands slightly ; a semicircular
chocolate-brown patch on costa towards apex with three
pale points at costa ; a chocolate-brown line just before
termen ending at submedian fold ; cilia red-brown with a
fine ochreous line at base. Hind wing red-brown with a
darker terminal line except towards tornus. Underside
ochreous white irrorated with red-brown, the disc of fore wing
more suffused with red -brown ; both wings with some dark
points on apical half of termen ; hind wing with slight red-
brown striae on each side of discocellulars.
Hub. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 $ type,
Ilesha (Humfrey), 1 $. Exp. 32 millim.
Marcipa mediana, n. sp.
o . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish
and some dark brown scales ; abdomen grey suffused with
brown and irrorated with dark brown ; antennae grey ringed
with black, the branches blackish ; palpi and fore legs red-
brown ; mid and hind legs grey-brown ; pectus and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing
grey tinged with red-brown except on terminal area and
irrorated with black and some silvery scales ; antemedial
line dark brown defined on inner side by whitish, oblique to
median nervure, then inwardly oblique ; the medial area
suffused with dark brown except towards costa ; a minute
black spot in middle of cell ; reniform defined by black-brown,
narrow, an obliquely downcurved brown line to it from
middle of costa ; postmedial line dark brown, oblique to
vein 6, then incurved to vein 4, then retracted with a down-
wards curve to median nervure before end of cell and incurved
to inner margin ; a chocolate-brown patch on costal area
before the subterminal line with some pale points at costa,
extending to above vein (3 and with black-brown marks on
it above and below vein 7 ; subterminal line very indistinct,
pale, oblique to discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ;
a rather punctiform black terminal line ; cilia tinged with
red-brown. Hind wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge,
the cilia pale red-brown. Underside of fore wing pale reddish
brown irrorated with dark brown, the inner area whitish ;
hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with
dark brown, a small dark discoidal spot.
MARCIPA. — TEPHRIOPIS.
171
$. Fore wing with the medial area not suffused with dark
brown below the cell, but with triangular black-brown marks
on the outer edge of the antemedial line in submedian inter-
space and at inner margin.
Hab. German E. Africa, Dar-es-Salaam, 1 $ ; Br. C.
Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 6 5 $ type ; Portuguese E.
Africa, Mt. Chiperone {Neave), 1 g. Exp. 30-34 millim.
Marcipa apicalis, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown mixed
with grey. Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown and
irrorated with chocolate-brown ; antemedial line chocolate-
brown, forming a spot at costa, oblique to subcostal nervure
and slightly curved towards inner margin ; a diffused
chocolate-brown mark in middle of cell and chocolate-brown
discoidal bar ; medial line chocolate-brown, excurved to the
discoidal bar and erect below the cell ; postmedial line
chocolate-brown slightly defined on each side by whitish,
forming a spot at costa, then sinuous, oblique to below vein
4, then erect ; a triangular chocolate-brown patch from
costa to vein 7 defined by whitish and with two white points
at costa ; a semicircular chocolate-brown patch on termen
from below apex to vein 4 followed by a sinuous line ; cilia
chocolate-brown at tips. Hind wing greyish suffused with
red-brown ; the underside grey tinged and irrorated with
red-brown, a small red-brown discoidal spot and indistinct
postmedial line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Boag), 1 type. Exp. 28 millim.
Genus TEPHRIOPIS, nov.
Type, T . divulsa, Walk. ( Athyrma ), xxxiii. 966 (1865) ;
Hmpsn. 111. Het. B.M. ix. p. 105, pi. 163. f. 4 (1893).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, slightly fringed with
hair hi front and with a tuft of hah’ behind at middle, the
3rd long and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely serrate
and with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed chiefly with
scales, the prothorax with small spreading crest, the meta-
thorax without crest ; tibiae of male fringed with long hair,
the mid tibiae with a groove containing a tuft of long hair,
of female smoothly scaled ; abdomen with some rough hair
at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the
costa arched towards apex which is somewhat produced and
acute, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
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NOCTUI D.E.
cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus ANOBA.
Type.
Anoba, Walk. xv. 1844 (1858) trigonoides. Walk.
Galapha, Walk. xv. 1850 (1858), nee p. 1544 atriplaga, Walk.
Tephrias. Wllgrn. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 170 (18G0)... plumipes, Wllgrn.
Baxaghn, Walk, xxxiii. 1002 (1865) plumipes, Wllgrn.
Arctinia, Mosckl. Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 1880,
p. 432 diffumata, Moschl.
Bessacta, Warr. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 52 (1012) polyspila, Walk.
Anoba endophasa, n. sp.
Head and thorax whitish suffused with red-brown, the
vertex of head, tegulae and prothorax deep chocolate-brown ;
frons with black- brown lateral bars ; palpi deep chocolate-
brown except at tips ; fore legs deep chocolate-brown, the
tarsi whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with dark brown,
the ventral surface whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing
whitish tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with
dark brown, the terminal area with a bluish white tinge
except at apex ; antemedial line indistinct and dark to
median nervure, angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; a
deep chocolate-brown patch defined by white except on outer
side below the cell where it is diffused to the subterminal
line, the patch commencing at median nervure at the ante-
medial . line, its inner edge oblique, its upper edge curved
downwards below middle of cell, then upwards with an
inward curve to upper angle of cell, then downwards with an
outwards curve to vein 3 just beyond the cell ; a black point
defined by white in middle of cell ; a very indistinct waved
dark postmedial line and double diffused waved subterminal
fine ; a series of small black spots just before termen. Hind
wing fuscous brown, the cilia whitish tinged with red-brown.
Underside grey suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; both
wings with small dark discoidal spots ; hind wing with the
terminal area suffused with fuscous.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 $ type. Exj).
28 millim.
Anoba uncifera, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with some
red-brown. Fore wing grey tinged and irrorated with red-
brown ; a black-brown antemedial spot on costa and oblique
band from subcostal nervure to inner margin, its outer edge
produced to an angle above vein 1 and expanding rather
triangularly at inner margin ; a black-brown point in middle
ANOBA.
173
of cell, sinuous discoidal striga and spot on costa above end
of cell ; postmedial line black-brown with chocolate-brown
irroration and suffusion beyond it, arising below the costa,
slightly excurved to vein 5, then strongly incurved ; an
indistinct brown subterminal line, excurved at middle ; a
terminal series of small black-brown spots. Hind wing grey
suffused and irrorated with dark reddish brown ; the under-
side whitish slightly irrorated with red-brown.
Hob. Argentina, Tapia, 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Anoba flavilinea, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with greyish *
antennae red-brown ; pectus whitish tinged with rufous.
Fore wing grey suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated
with dark brown, the area beyond the postmedial line more
strongly suffused with rufous ; antemedial line formed by
red-brown striae, bent inwards to vein 1 w’here it terminates ;
an indistinct round greyish discoidal spot with two dark
points on it ; postmedial line red-brown, slightly defined on
outer side by greyish to vein 4, excurved to vein 4, then bent
upwards round the discoidal spot to subcostal nervure before
it, then oblique and defined on inner side by yellowish to
inner margin ; an indistinct oblique sinuous brown subterminal
line defined on inner side by greyish, excurved at middle ;
a fine dark brown terminal line and yellowish line at base of
cilia. Hind wing red-brown ; a fine dark terminal line ;
cilia rufous. Underside whitish suffused with rufous ; both
wings with slight dark discoidal spot.
Hah. Fr. Guiana, St. Laurent Maroni (Le Moult), 1 $
type. Exp. 24 millim.
Anoba socotrensis, n. sp.
Banicina intorta, Hmpsn. Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 328, pi. xx. f. 14 (1903),.
nee Swinh.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white irrorated
with red-brown ; antennae brownish ; mid tibiae and the tarsi
brown. Fore wing creamy white irrorated with brown, the
terminal area greyish white ; a minute wudge-shaped brown
antemedial mark from costa and an oblique deep chocolate-
brown band from middle of cell to inner margin, pointed above
and its outer edge strongly produced to a point above vein 1 ;
a black point in middle of cell ; a minute oblique wndge-
shaped brown mark from costa above end of cell ; post-
medial line black-brown defined on outer side by deep
chocolate-brown suffusion, arising below the costa, inwardly
oblique to discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then retracted
with a downwards curve and bent upwards to upper angle
1 74
NOCTUIDjE.
of cell, then strongly incurved in submedian interspace and
obliquely excurved to inner margin ; the postmedial area
shaded with brown and with some whitish points on costa ;
an indistinct waved brown subterminal line, slightly angled
outwards at vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing creamy whitish thickly irrorated with
red-brown, the terminal half more suffused with red-brown ;
a postmedial brown line defined on outer side by whitish
from vein 4 to inner margin. Underside creamy white
irrorated with red-brown ; both wings with red-brown
disc-oidal striae, postmedial line and subterminal shade, the
postmedial line on fore wing obliquely bent outwards below
costa and incurved below vein 4, on hind Aving evenly cur\*ed.
Hab. Sokotra, Hadibu Plain ( 0 . Grant), 2 $ type. Exp.
26-28 millim.
Anoba rufitermina, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous ; antennae
darker brown. Fore AAing whitish tinged AA'ith rufous to the
postmedial line, then bright rufous ; a rufous antemedial
bar from costa and an oblique chocolate red-broAvn band
defined by whitish from middle of cell to inner margin, pointed
above and its outer edge produced to a rounded knob above
vein 1 ; a black point defined by \AThite in middle of cell ;
a small oblique rufous mark from costa above end of cell,
defined on outer side by whitish ; postmedial line indistinct
and whitish to vein 5, then black-brown defined on inner
side by white, arising beloAv costa, at vein 5 retracted, then
bent upwards to upper angle of cell, then oblique and sinuous
to submedian fold and erect to inner margin ; some whitish
points on postmedial part of costa ; a faint oblique slightly
waved brownish subterminal line ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind Aving rufous, the terminal area with a grey-
broAvn tinge ; the underside pale rufous, the terminal area
suffused with broAvn to vein 4, a brown discoidal point and
curA'ed postmedial line.
Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Tarn ( Bet-ton ), 1 $ type. Exp.
20 millim.
Anoba phseotermesia, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with chocolate-
brown. Fore wing pale grey irrorated with red-broAvn, the
area beyond the postmedial line suffused with deep chocolate-
broAvn shading to bluish grey at termen ; a black point in the
cell near base ; an oblique black-brown antemedial striga
from costa with a faint line from it to a deep chocolate-broAvn
band defined by Avhite from cell to inner margin, its inner
ANOBA.
175
edge almost erect, and its outer produced to a point above
vein 1 ; a small round black spot defined by white in middle
of cell ; an oblique brownish striga from costa above ; a
small black spot defined by white at upper angle of cell almost
conjoined to the series of the postmedial line, which is black-
brown defined on inner side by white, arising below costa,
sinuous to vein 4 where it is retracted, then curved upwards
to upper angle of cell and incurved to inner margin, two
white points beyond it on costa ; a rather diffused waved
dark subterminal line ; a terminal series of blackish points.
Hind wing grey suffused with reddish brown. Underside
grey suffused and irrorated with reddish brown.
Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury ( Marshall , Bobbie), 1
1 $ type ; Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 <$. Exp. 28-
32 millim.
Anoba microloba, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some purple-grey ;
antennae dark brown slightly ringed with whitish towards
base ; pectus and legs red- brown mixed with some whitish,
the tarsi slightly ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown
mixed with some grey. Fore wing red-browm suffused with
purple-grey, the terminal area with a bluish tinge except at
apex ; an oblique black-brown antemedial bar from costa
and a band slightly defined by rufous from just above median
nervure to inner margin, its outer edge produced to a point
above vein 1 ; a black point in middle of cell ; a small oblique
wedge-shaped black mark from costa above end of cell, slightly
defined on outer side by whitish ; postmedial line black
defined on inner side by pale rufous, arising below costa,
incurved at discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then retracted
with a slight downwards curve, then upwards to upper angle
of cell, then incurved to inner margin, a broad area of deep
chocolate-brown suffusion beyond it below its retracted part
and paler chocolate-brown suffusion beyond its costal half
extending on costal area to apex ; an indistinct waved brown
subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, in-
curved at discal fold and bent outwards to tornus ; some
whitish points on costa towards apex and a terminal series
of black striae. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey.
Underside bluish grey suffused and irrorated with red-brown.
Hob. Transvaal, Piet Retief ( Crawsliay ), 3 C type, Lyclen-
burg, 1 $. Exp. 24-26 millim.
Anoba microphaea, n. sp.
<j>. Head and tegulae rufous and whitish ; thorax blue-grey
mixed with dark brown ; antennae dark brown ; pectus and
legs red-brown and whitish, the tarsi dark brown ringed with
170
X0CTUID.S.
white ; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown, the ventral
surface white tinged with brown. Fore wing pale grey
tinged with reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with
blue-grey except at apex ; an antemedial black- brown bar
from costa and a band slightly defined by whitish from just
above median nervure to inner margin, its outer edge produced
to a point above vein 1 and excurved at inner margin ; a
minute round black spot defined by white in middle of cell ;
a small oblique wedge-shaped black mark from costa above
end of cell, defined on outer side by white ; postmedial line
black slightly defined on inner side by white scales, arising
below costa, at vein 4 retracted with a downwards curve,
then bent upwards to upper angle of cell and forming a narrow
bar on the upper discocellular, then sinuous to inner margin ;
some white points on postmedial part of costa ; subterminal
line brownish, defined on inner side by whitish and diffused
on outer side, waved ; a terminal series of minute black
lunules slightly defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing
reddish brown tinged with blue-grey. Underside blue-grey
tinged with red-brown.
Hab. N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 4 9 type, Bida ( Macfie ),
1 9 ; Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 9- Exp. 20-22
millim.
Genus NEATHYRMA, nov.
Type, N. iridescens, Dogn. (Baniana), Met. Nouv. Am.
Sud. viii. p. 42 (1914).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, fringed with long hair behind and
moderately fringed in front, the 3rd long and fringed with
long hair behind ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate, with moderate
branches, the apical part ciliated ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with long rough scales, the pro- and metathorax
with spreading crests ; fore femora fringed with long hair,
the mid tibiae very short, dilated, indented and with tufts
of hair on outer side, the inner spur very long, the hind tibiae
slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with large crest at base
only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen
slightly angled at vein 4 and somewhat crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
ATHYRMA.
177
Genus ATHYRMA.
Athyrma , Hiibn. Yerz. p. 267 (1827)
Type.
adjutrix, Cram.
Athyrma rufiscripta, n. sp.
cJ. Head and front half of thorax red-brown, the hinder
part of thorax whitish suffused with red-brown ; palpi
irrorated with reddish ochreous, reddish ochreous in front
and the 3rd joint reddish ochreous ; pectus white at sides ;
spurs banded white and blackish, the tibiae at extremities
and tarsi orange-yellow ; abdomen red-brown, the anal
tuft rufous, lateral series of white points. Fore wing bright
red-brown with some whitish irroration along subcostal
nervure, the terminal area white with brown markings on
termen ; a black striga below the cell near base ; a black-
brown subbasal bar from costa with line from it to submedian
fold ; antemedial line rufous and white slightly defined on
inner side by brown, angled inwards below costa and strongly
outwards in the cell, then strongly incurved to just above
inner margin, where it is bent outwards with an upwards
curve, a deep chocolate -brown band beyond it defined on
outer side by an oblique creamy-white line, the band forming
a large conical patch from below the angle of cell to just
above inner margin, where it extends to just below the
upwards curve of the antemedial line ; a small black spot
hr middle of cell ; two rather irregularly waved black-brown
medial lines ; a black-brown mark in cell before the reniform
which is rufous defined on inner side by a white striga and on
outer side by white, very narrow, its upper extremity pro-
duced to a white streak and its lower extremity strongly
and narrowly produced ; a very irregular deep chocolate-
brown patch beyond and below the cell before the post-
medial line, forming a conical patch beyond the cell and an
oblique patch below the cell with a hook from middle of its
inner side running up to the cell beyond origin of vein 2 ;
postmedial line black-brown defined on each side by rufous,
with oblique black bar before it from costa, strongly bent
outwards below costa, then with two black bars before it
above the patch, then interrupted to vein 3 and the patch
defined on outer side by white, then incurved and sinuous
with a diffused black-brown fine beyond it, some oblique
yellowish white striae beyond it from costa with dark brown
between them ; subterminal line blackish, irregularly dentate,
angled inwards at vein 6 and outwards at vein 4, ending at
tornus ; an oblique black-brown bar beyond it from apex
with some red-brown above it ; the termen with somewhat
wedge-shaped brown and blackish patches above and below
178
noctuid^e.
middle with some brown irroration between them ; cilia
dark brown with ochreous line at base and ochreous patches
at apex and vein 4. Hind wing reddish brown ; subterminal
black and pale bars on veins 2 and 1 with some white beyond
them ; cilia with two white spots towards apex, then with
white line at base and in submedian interspace wholly white.
Underside grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; fore wing with
some white at the glandular swelling and oblique white striae
beyond it ; hind wing irrorated with whitish, a white discoidal
spot and slight postmedial line with small black spots on it.
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 4 $ type. Exp. 40 millim.
Athyrma discimacula, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey ;
antennae dark brown ; palpi Avhite at extreme tips ; pectus
with some whitish ; spurs and tarsi black-brown ringed with
white ; abdomen dark brown tinged with grey and with
slight whitish segmental lines, the crests at base reddish brown.
Fore wing with the basal area dark chocolate-brown ; an
obliquely curved white subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line violaceous white, oblique from cell
to inner margin ; the rest of wing dark red-brown mixed with
some ochreous on postmedial and apical areas ; a white
discoidal spot defined by black-brown ; postmedial line
violaceous white slightly defined on inner side by black-brown,
oblique and slightty sinuous to vein 6, then inwardly oblique
and slightly sinuous to lower angle of cell, then bent inwards
on median nervure to the antemedial line and excurved to
inner margin, the chocolate-brown of the basal area extending
to it below the cell, a triangular chocolate-brown patch
beyond it on costa, defined by the whitish subterminal line,
which is incurved below costa, slightly excurved at vein 7,
then oblique, waved, and slightly defined on outer side by
dark brown to inner margin ; a series of dark brown points
followed by white points before termen. Hind wing dark
reddish brown, greyish towards base ; cilia Avhite at discal
fold, then fuscous Avith a fine Avhite line at base. Underside
ochreous whitish variegated Avith red-broAvn ; fore wing
Avith Avhite discoidal spot Avith some Avhite suffusion beloAV it,
the inner area grey-broAvn, postmedial and subterminal series
of dark points toAvards costa and a postmedial patch of black-
broAvn suffusion from vein 6 to submedian fold ; hind Aving
Avith black-broA\rn discoidal spot, waved postmedial line from
costa to submedian fold, subterminal shade from vein 0 to
tornus, and series of points before termen.
Hab. Sierra Leone {Austen), 1 $ ; Gold Coast, Kumasi
{Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
AT HARM A. AT HARM I A A.
179
Athyrma cunesenia, n. sp.
o'. Head and thorax red-brown, the tegulae with whitish
tips and the patagia with oblique whitish line near base ;
pectus brownish white ; legs brownish white suffused with
brown, the tarsi black-brown ringed with white ; abdomen
fuscous brown, the crests at base Avhitish and red-brown,
the anal tuft white below. Fore wing violaceous white
suffused with red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark
brown ; a subbasal chocolate-brown spot defined by white
below the costa ; antemedial line white, incurved below costa
and very strongly from subcostal nervure to just above
inner margin where it is strongly bent outwards with a
slight curve upwards at extremity, a chocolate-brown band
beyond it with oblique outer edge forming a large conical
patch in submedian interspace and followed by some whitish
suffusion ; a ^ minute brown spot in end of cell and spot on
costa above end of cell ; a large oblique irregularly quadrate
chocolate-brown patch defined by white before the postmeclial
line extending from vein 7 to above vein 1 ; postmedial line
brown, bent outwards below costa, with small black spots
defined by whitish before it above and below vein 7, then
rather oblique and sinuous to above vein 1, then retracted
upwards to lower angle of cell and oblique and sinuous to
inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line represented by an oblique series of small dark
brown spots, which are somewhat dentate towards costa and
closely approximated to the medial part of the postmedial
line ; a crenulate brown line just before termen. Hind wing
dark brown. Underside uniform brown with some whitish
beloAV the corneous SAvelling on costa of fore Aving.
Hab. Brazil, 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.
Genus ATHYSMINA, nov.
Type, A. albigutta, Swinh. ( Talapa ), A. M. N. H. (6) xv.
p. 16 (1895) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 67 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed Avith long hair behind except toAvards base,
the 3rd long, thickly scaled and fringed with long hair behind ;
frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male bipectinate A\fith moderate branches to near
apex ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and meta-
thorax Avith spreading crests ; tibiae moderately fringed
with hair ; abdomen Avith dorsal crest at base only. Fore
wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute ; the
termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
180
NOCTTTIDiE.
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus TEPHRIALIA, nov.
Type, T. trigonospila, Hmpsn. ( Baniana ), P. Z. S. 1910,.
p. 435, pi. xxxvii. f. 19.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, moderately fringed with
hair in front and fringed with hair behind at extremity,
the 3rd long and fringed with hair behind ; frons smooth,
with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of
male bipectinate with long branches, the apical part ciliated ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax
with double crest ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the
mid tibiae dilated with a groove containing a tuft of hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the
apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well
above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Tephrialia vau-sema, n. sp.
Head and thorax creamy white, the vertex of head with
red-brown streak, the thorax with red-brown mixed ;
antennae tinged with brown, the basal joint blackish on inner
side ; palpi and legs suffused with red- brown, the tarsi brown
slightly ringed with white ; abdomen whitish dorsally irrorated
with brown. Fore wing creamy white, irrorated and in parts
suffused with red-brown ; small subbasal and antemedial
brown spots on costa ; a lunulate deep chocolate-brown
antemedial patch from cell to above inner margin, its inner
extremity produced to a slight point towards base and its
outer edge connected with inner margin by a black striga ;
orbicular a black annulus defined by white ; reniform defined
by small black spots edged with white, the spot on its lower
edge rather lunulate ; postmedial line black defined on outer
side by white and with red-brown shades before and beyond
it, excurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved, a black point
beyond it in submedian fold ; subterminal line whitish
defined on inner side by the red-brown shade and on outer
slightly by red-brown to vein 4, a black spot before it above
TERHRIALIA. DEINOPA.
181
vein 6 and point below 0 and an oblique striga between
veins 5 and 4, incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle,
then strongly incurved ; an oblique subapical black striga
and point below vein 7 ; a rather lunulate blackish terminal
line ; cilia brownish with a fine white line at base. Hind
wing whitish suffused with reddish brown ; some slight
dark striae on termen. Underside white irrorated with red-
dish brown, the terminal areas tinged with reddish brown,
slight discoidal points and indistinct curved postmedial lines.
Hab. Portuguese E. Africa, Mt. Chiperone ( Neave ),
1 $ ; Lorenco Marques, Mozambique, 1 type. Exp.
26 millim.
Genus DEINOPA.
Type.
Deinopa, Walk. ix. 135 (1856) notabilis, Walk.
Pcemla, Walk. xv. 1841 (1858) delinquens, Walk.
Asthana, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 100 (1862) ... erecta, Walk.
Rethma, Walk. xxxy. 1570 (1866) erecta, Walk.
Deinopa flavida, n. sp.
Baniana angulina, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1910, p. 434 (nec Mab.).
Head, tegulae, and a band behind them bright rufous ;
thorax creamy white slightly tinged with rufous ; pectus,
legs and abdomen ochreous white, the fore and mid legs
suffused with rufous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous
and slightly irrorated with red-brown ; an indistinct curved
red-brown antemedial line ; reniform defined by some red-
brown scales, narrow ; postmedial line indistinct red-brown,
slightly bent outwards below costa, then oblique to vein 3
and slightly incurved at discal fold, then retracted to near
origin of vein 2, then approximated to the antemedial line
and slightly excurved in submedian interspace ; a conical
chocolate -brown patch on costa before apex with traces of a
red-brown subterminal line arising from it and incurved in
submedian interspace ; a fine chocolate-brown line just before
termen forming points in the interspaces. Hind wing
ochreous yellow, some brown points on apical half of termen.
Underside ochreous yellow with slight red -brown discoidal
striae.
Hab. N.E. Rhodesia, Chambezi Valley (Neave), 1 <$,
Loangwa Valley (Neave), 1 $ type ; Lorenco Marques,
1 $ ; Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 Exp. 34-36
millim.
Deinopa lilacina, n. sp.
Head, tegulae, and a band behind them deep chocolate-
brown ; thorax greyish mixed with dark brown ; pectus
whitish tinged with rufous ; abdomen grey-brown, the
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NOC'TU I D.i:.
ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown. Fore wing-
purplish grey, thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costal
edge brown at the postmedial line ; antemedial line dark
brown, oblique at costa, then erect ; a small dark brown
ocellus in cell towards extremity ; reniform defined by dark
brown, rather oblique elliptical, a brown shade before it
from costa ; postmedial line dark red-brown, oblique to vein
3, then retracted to lower angle of cell and oblique to inner
margin ; a conical deep chocolate-brown patch on costa
towards apex with two whitish points at costa ; a chocolate-
brown terminal line ending at vein 1 . Hind wing dark red-
brown ; a darker terminal line and fine pale line at base
of cilia. Underside whitish irrorated with brown ; fore wing
suffused with red-brown except on inner area ; hind wing
with brown points on each side of upper discocellular, a curved
postmedial line, and terminal series of small dark spots.
Hob. N. Nigeria, Zungeru (Mac fie), 1 type. Exp.
34 mil Jim.
Deinopa diplogramma. n. sp.
Baniana helicon. Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 517 (part.l.
d*. Head, tegulae, and a band behind them bright rufous ;
thorax and abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore
wing whitish tinged with reel-brown especially on costal
area and irrorated with black-brown ; a black point above
subcostal nervure near base ; antemedial line blackish,
slightly sinuous ; a rather diffused blackish medial line,
oblique to median nervure, then inwardly oblique ; two black
discoidal points ; postmedial line blackish, slightly bent
outwards and obsolescent below costa, then rather oblique
and very slightly waved, a diffused brown line beyond it ;
a rather diffused brown subterminal line, incurved at discal
fold and excurved at middle ; a series of minute black spots
just before termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish
brown ; a series of dark points on termen from apex to vein
2 ; the underside white tinged with rufous and slightly
irrorated with blackish, a small black discoidal spot.
Hob. Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 1 $ type,
Gcdman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 24 millim.
Deinopa holophaea, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax deep red-brown ; abdomen red-brown
tinged with grey ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
ochreous white, the tibiae irrorated with brown, the tarsi
ringed black and white. Fore wing deep red-brown irrorated
with dark brown, the terminal area suffused with grey •
antemedial line brown, oblique towards costa, then waved
DEINOPA.
18*
a slight dark discoidal striga ; postmedial line brown, oblique
and slightly defined on outer side by rufous to vein 6, then
erect and slightly waved, some white points with dark brown
between them beyond it on costa ; a dark brown apical
spot and terminal series of dark striae ; cilia tinged with
rufous. Hind wing uniform deep red-brown, the cilia whitish
at tips. Underside of fore wing grey-brown, the inner area
whitish, some ochreous below base of costa, the costal area
broadly ochreous from end of cell to apex ; hind wing
ochreous yellow sparsely irrorated with brown, the inner area
white, a small black discoidal spot.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. (Kaye), 1 A type. Exp.
24 millim.
Deinopa hisinuata, n. sp.
o- Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous, the
tegulse rather more strongly tinged ; antennae brown ;
abdomen ochreous, dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing
ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with red-brown ;
a black point on subcostal nervure near base ; antemedial
line red-brown, slightly angled outwards below costa, then
slightly incurved ; two small dark brown discoidal spots
connected by a bar ; postmedial line red- brown defined on
inner side by ochreous, oblique, excurved beyond lower
angle of cell and above inner margin ; a faint diffused brown
subterminal line, angled outwards at veins 7, 6, 4, 3, incurved
at cliscal fold and below vein 3 and ending at tornus ; a ter-
minal series of small black-brown spots. Hind wing ochreous
suffused with red -brown ; a terminal series of slight dark
spots except towards tornus. Underside ochreous tinged with
red-brown.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Parana de Buyassu (Austen),
1 <$ type. Exp. 28 millim.
Deinopa barbipes, n. sp.
d'. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown, the frons
tinged with fiery-red ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral surface
of abdomen paler red-brown. Fore wing dark red-brown
with some paler red -brown on costal and terminal areas ; an
indistinct curved chocolate-brown antemedial line ; post-
medial line chocolate-brown, slightly defined on outer side
by greyish to vein 3, oblique towards costa, then slightly
waved to vein 3, then bent upwards to upper angle of cell,
then rather oblique to submedian fold and excurved to inner
margin ; subterminal line chocolate-brown slightly defined on
inner side by greyish, excurved below vein 7 and at middle,
angled inwards below vein 3, then sinuous to tornus ; a
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chocolate-brown terminal line. Hind wing deep chocolate-
brown, the cilia paler red-brown. Underside red -brown
tinged with greyish ; hind wing with slight brown discoidal
striga.
Hob. Bk. Guiana, Demerara (Rodway), 1 type. Exp.
30 millim.
Deinopa mesancona, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some
greyish ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore whig
greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with dark
brown ; antemedial line chocolate-brown, sinuous, with small
oblique triangular black-brown spot at costa ; a black point
in middle of cell and two discoidal points ; a black-brown spot
on costa above end of cell ; postmedial line chocolate-brown,
arising below costa, slightly excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
a red-brown shade beyond it extending to the costa ; sub-
terminal line dark brown, rather diffused and waved, incurved
at discal fold and excurved at middle ; a series of small black-
brown spots just before termen. Hind wing dark reddish
brown tinged with grey. Underside of fore wing reddish
brown tinged with grey ; hind wing whitish irrorated with
red-brown, a slight brown discoidal striga.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Rodway), 1 $ type. Exp.
28 millim.
Genus POLYGRAPTA, nov.
Type, P. argyropasta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, rather broadly scaled
in front, slightly angled with scales above near base and
tufted with scales behind at extremity, the 3rd long, with
large tuft of scales behind at middle and somewhat acuminate
at extremity ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antenna; of male bipectinate with long branches,
the apical part with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests, the mesothorax with
some long spatulate scales ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ;
abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests, but with a
pair of small tufts of spatulate scales just behind the meta-
thorax and small dorsal tuft on anterior part of 2nd segment.
Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen
slightly excised below apex and excurved at middle, not
crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; ."> from
just above angle ; (i from upper angle ; 1) from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell ; the male with
large costal fold on underside extending to middle of costa.
Hind wing with the cell nearly half the length of wing ;
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vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Polygrapta argyropasta, n. sp.
c£. Head and thorax bright red -brown mixed with some
white, the patagia with darker red-brown scales pencilled
with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft whitish ;
antennae dark brown ; palpi chocolate-brown with some white
at base, the 3rd joint mostly white ; pectus white ; legs
dark brown mixed with some white, the tarsi ringed with
white ; ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with brown.
Fore wing red-brown thickly irrorated with silvery blue ; a
small subbasal chocolate-brown spot on costa ; antemedial
line chocolate-brown defined on inner side by silvery blue,
forming a small triangular spot at costa, then slightly waved
and excurved in submedian interspace ; reniform with choco-
late-brown annulus defined on inner side by white, rather
irregular and constricted at middle ; medial line chocolate-
brown, forming a triangular patch at costa, then obliquely
curved ; postmedial line double, red-brown filled in with
silvery white at costa, oblique towards costa, then curved
and slightly waved to vein 2, then oblique, a rufous shade
beyond it from discal fold to inner margin ; a chocolate-
brown patch on postmedial costal area ; subterminal fine
very indistinct, red-brown, slightly incurved below costa,
then excurved and rather maculate to submedian fold, then
oblique ; a small chocolate-brown spot before termen below
apex ; the termen red-brown with a series of white striae
on it ; cilia rufous, chequered with dark red -brown at tips.
Hind wing red-brown mixed with some whitish, the costal
and inner areas grey-brown, the rest of wing suffused with
silvery blue from end of cell to near termen ; an incurved
red-brown line from lower angle of cell to above inner margin ;
the postmedial area with four slightly waved chocolate-brown
lines from vein 6 to above inner margin, the third darkest ;
the termen rufous defined on inner side by reddish ochreous
and with a series of white striae on it ; cilia rufous with two
slight red-brown lines at middle and with slight dark brown
marks at tips to vein 2. Underside blue-white irrorated with
brown ; fore wing with indistinct double brown postmedial
line excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and double waved
subterminal line slightly angled outwards at- vein 7 ; hind
wing with rather diffused dark medial line and double waved
postmedial and subterminal lines.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kuinasi (Sanders), 2 U type. Exp.
32 millim.
1S6
noctuid.e.
Genus STICTIGEAMMA, nov.
Type, S. steniptera.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, smoothly scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd
moderate, upturned ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate with moderate
branches ending in bristles, the apical part serrate ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with small
spreading crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing long and
narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6. 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Stictigramma steniptera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with brown,
the antennas rather browner. Fore wing whitish tinged with
brown and irrorated with a few black scales ; a black point
at base of median nervure and slight curved striga from costa
near base ; antemedial line blackish, sinuous, with slight
diffused spots on it in the cell and at vein 1 ; medial line
indistinct, brownish with some black scales on it, oblique
to middle of discocellulars where there is a minute oblique
black striga, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line indistinct,
brownish with some black scales on it, oblique to vein 6,
incurved at discal fold, excurved at vein 4, then incurved ;
two black points on costa before the subterminal line, which
is whitish defined on each side by more or less distinct black
points, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a series of
small black spots just before termen and a fine dark terminal
line. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, the
cilia paler except at apex ; the underside white tinged with
rufous, a faint brown shade before termen from costa to
vein 4.
Hab. Louisiades, St. Aignan (Meek), 2 type. Exp.
28 millim.
Genus ANACHROSTIS.
1 ype.
Anachrostis, Hmpsn. 111. Hot. B.M. ix. ]>. 98 (18911) . nigripuncta , Hinpsn.
Anachrostis fulvicilia, n. sp.
Head whitish tinged with brown, the antennae brown, the
ANACHROSTIS.
187
palpi black with white tips ; thorax and abdomen dark red-
brown tinged with grey ; fore legs brown, the tarsi ringed
with whitish ; pectus, mid and hind legs and ventral surface
of abdomen rufous. Fore wing red-brown glossed with
purplish grey, the terminal area dark purplish brown ; the
costa with series of ochreous white points with dark brown
between them ; an indistinct Avaved brown medial line ;
a blackish discoidal point ; postmedial line brown, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; two faint pale sinuous subterminal
lines ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia fulvous yellow.
Hind wing very dark reddish broAvn, a fine pale line at base
of cilia. Underside dark greyish broAvn ; fore Aving with
series of Avhite points on terminal half of costa.
Hab. Singapore [Ridley), 1 $ ; Borneo, Pulo Laut
[Doherty), 1 £ type. Exp. 16 millim.
Anachrostis timorensis, n. sp.
o'. Head, thorax, and abdomen white suffused with dark
broAvn, the anal tuft tinged with rufous ; antennse and palpi
dark broAvn. Fore wing grey-white suffused with brown ;
a subbasal black point on costa ; antemedial black bars
from costa and in submedian interspace ; a small round
ochreous discoidal spot defined by dark broAvn, placed on a
broAvn line, oblique toAA’ards costa AAdiere there is a small
dark brown spot ; some slight broAvn spots on costa towards
apex ; a brown subterminal line defined on outer side by
whitish, excurved beloAv \Tein 7 and at middle ; a terminal
series of dark broAvn points. Hind wing white tinged with
broAvn. Underside of fore Aving pale grey-broAvn ; hind wing
white tinged with broAvn.
Hab. Timor [Doherty), 2 $ t3rpe. Exp. 8 millim.
Anachrostis cchracea, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with broAA'n,
the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with
brown, more thickly on terminal area ; a small round black-
broAvn discoidal spot Avith a white point in outer part of
centre and a slight dark mark above it on costa ; traces of a
diffused cuiwed broAvn subterminal line ; a terminal series of
slight brown points. Hind Aving Avhite faintly tinged Avith
broAA-n. Underside of fore Aving pale ochreous irrorated
with broAA-n ; hind Aving Avhite irrorated Avith broAvn, a broAAn
discoidal striga and cuiwed postmedial line from costa to
vein 2.
Hab. New Britain, Kinigunang [Ribbe), 1 £ type. Exp .
12 millim.
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NOCTUID.-E.
Anachrostis rufula, n. sp.
9. Head and tegulae whitish suffused with purplish brown ;
thorax and abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown ;
antennas blackish ; palpi white suffused with dark brown,
except at base and tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen white suffused with red-brown. Fore whig
greyish suffused with red-brown and irrorated with dark
brown, the terminal area suffused with dark brown ; a dark
subbasal point on costa ; traces of a waved brown antemedial
line with dark points on it in the cell and submedian fold
and slight spot at inner margin ; traces of a sinuous medial
line with dark points at costa and submedian fold and small
spot on inner margin just beyond the antemedial spot ; a
minute black discoidal spot ; a faint brown postmedial line
excurved beyond the cell and above inner margin, some
blackish marks beyond it on costa with ochreous between
them ; an indistinct pale waved subterminal line ; a terminal
series of slight dark points ; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous.
Hind wing pale grey-brown. Underside of fore wing greyish
suffused with red-brown ; hind wing whitish tinged with
brown, the costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with
red-brown, a brown discoidal striga and faint postmedial line.
$. Underside of hind wing uniform creamy white.
Hab. Up. Assam (Doherty), 1 <$, 1 $ type, Margherita
(Doherty), 2 $ ; Selangor, Kuala Lumpur (Durham), 1 $ ;
Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos (Baker), 1 $, 13 $, Mt.
Makiling (Baker), 1 6 $. Exp. 12-14 millim.
Anachrostis minima, n. sp.
q. Head and thorax white irrorated with brown ; abdomen
ochreous dorsally suffused with brown ; antenme and palpi
dark brown, the latter white at tips ; pectus, mid and hind
legs ochreous, the fore legs dark brown, the tarsi dark brown
ringed with whitish. Fore wing white irrorated with brown,
the terminal area tinged with ochreous ; a black-brown patch
at base of costa ; a minute black-brown spot below middle of
cell ; an oblique black-brown bar from middle of costa ; a
small dark brown spot on costa beyond the cell with diffused
waved rufous line from it to inner margin and two small
pale rufous annulate marks beyond it on costa ; a diffused
sinuous rufous subterminal line ; a terminal series of brown
points ; cilia ochreous, brown at tips. Hind wing white
tinged with brown. Underside white, the fore wing suffused
with brown except on inner area.
Iiab. Sumbawa (Doherty), I £ type. Exp. 8 millim.
ANACHROSTIS. — MIMEUGOA.
1S9
Anachrostis metaphaea, n. sp.
(J. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with brown ; abdo-
men dark reddish brown ; antennae and palpi dark brown ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen dark brown
mixed with some whitish. Fore whig ochreous white irrorated
with red-brown, the base of costa black-brown ; an inter-
rupted sinuous red -brown antemedial line with a minute
black-brown spot at costa ; a slight red-brown discoidal spot
with a small black-brown spot above it on costa ; postmedial
line red-brown with a small black-brown spot at costa just
beyond the medial spot, oblique to vein 6 and excurved
between veins 4 and 2, then oblique to inner margin near
tornus, a minute black spot beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line red -brown with a small black spot at costa, rather diffused
and interrupted, ending on termen at vein 3 ; a punctiform
dark red-brown terminal line ; cilia dark brown, red -brown
at base. Hind whig dark brown. Underside whitish almost
entirely suffused with dark reddish brown.
Hab. Sierra Leone (Clements), 8 type. Exp. 10 millim.
Genus MIMEUGOA.
Mimeugoa, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 294
Type.
bifasciata, Hmpsn.
Mimeugoa diapera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white slightly
tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown ; antennae red-
brown ; palpi dark brown ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen red-brown. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with
dark brown, the terminal area tinged with red -brown ; sub-
basal line slight, brown, slightly angled outwards below costa,
then incurved and ending at submedian fold ; antemedial line
faint, formed by red-brown scales, incurved in the cell ; a
minute dark brown spot in middle of cell and slight discoidal
lunule on some brown suffusion ; medial line slight, brown,
curved, minutely waved towards costa and oblique below the
cell ; postmedial line faint, minutely waved, excurved beyond
the cell, then incurved ; subterminal line rather diffused,
brown, arising below costa where there is some brown suffusion
beyond it below apex, incurved at discal fold, excurved at
middle, then incurved and ending at tornus ; a terminal
series of brown points. Hind wing white, the terminal area
faintly tinged with red-brown. Underside white ; fore wing
suffused with rufous except on inner area ; hind whig with the
costal area irrorated with rufous, a red-brown discoidal point
and curved postmedial line.
Hab. Borneo, Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp.
14 millim.
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XOCTOin.'E.
Genus TOLPIA. „
Type.
Tolpia, Walk, xxviii. 449 (1863) conscitulana, Walk.
Tolpia brachyptera, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown tinged with
grey, the anal tuft pale reddish brown and the lateral tufts
dark brown ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen dark brown mixed with some whitish. Fore wing
dark brown glossed with purplish grey ; a faint brown ante-
medial line with a black point at costa defined on inner side
by whitish, oblique towards inner margin ; a minute white
discoidal spot defined by black-brown ; an indistinct brown
postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish towards
costa, excurved beyond the cell and oblique below vein 2,
some whitish points beyond it on costa with dark brown
between them ; a faint pale subterminal line, slightly ex-
curved below vein 7 and at middle ; a punctiform dark
terminal line ; cilia pale at base. Hind wing grey-brown,
the submedian fold whitish. Underside dark reddish brown
irrorated with whitish.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), 2 type. Exp.
16 millim.
Tolpia lobifera, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen
dark brown with some grey at base ; palpi black- brown
with a few grey scales. Fore wing dark brown mixed with
grey ; a minute subbasal black spot on costa ; antemedial
line rather diffused black-brown, slightly sinuous ; a small
white discoidal spot defined by black ; postmedial line with
black bar from costa, then less distinct and slightly excurved
just beyond the cell ; subterminal line whitish defined on
inner side by diffused dark brown, slightly sinuous, angled
outwards below vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of black striae. Hind wing uniform dark brown.
Underside dark brown, the fore wing with two dark points
with grey between them on costa towards apex.
The female only differs from T. myops in being rather
larger.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos (Baker), 2 $, 2 $
type. Exp. 14 millim.
Tolpia leucomera, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax creamy white, the prothorax with a
purple-brown band glossed with silver ; abdomen whitish
suffused with rufous ; antennae brown except at base ; palpi
brown, the extremity of 2nd joint and the 3rd joint creamy
TOLPIA. — ALAPADNA.
191
white ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish
suffused with rufous, the fore legs suffused with dark brown,
the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore whig creamy white,
extending on costa to middle and on inner margin to near
tornus, the rest of wing purple-brown suffused with silver
with a large elliptical creamy white patch on costal area
from beyond middle to apex ; a dark purple-brown patch
suffused with silver on basal costal area ; the white area
defined by an oblique sinuous blackish line ; a white discoidal
bar ; a rather diffused and slightly waved dark subterminal
line from the white costal patch to inner margin, defined on
outer side by slight whitish marks and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of blackish points ; cilia whitish at base,
purple-brown at tips. Hind wing pale purplish brown, the
cilia whitish. Underside of fore wing pale reddish brown,
the inner area whitish, some whitish marks on costa towards
apex ; hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown, a small
brown discoidal spot.
Hab. Ceylon, Maskeliya (Pole, de Mowbray), 2 £ type.
Exp. 16 millim.
Tolpia atripuncta, n. sp.
g. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with
some greyish ; antennoe and palpi black-brown ; tarsi slightly
ringed with whitish. Fore wing purplish grey, strongly
suffused and slightly irrorated with dark brown, the costa
black towards base ; a rather diffused blackish antemedial
line with black points on it below costa and on subcostal
nervure ; a small black discoidal spot ; a rather triangular
blackish spot on costa above end of cell, the rather diffused
blackish postmedial line arising from it, oblique to vein 6
and slightly incurved below vein 4, some small blackish spots
beyond it on costa ; a faint diffused dark subterminal line,
excurved below costa and at middle ; a terminal series of
blackish points. Hind wing uniform black-brown. Under-
side dark reddish brown, slightly mixed with greyish ; both
wings with indistinct rather diffused curved dark postmedial
line.
Hab. Be. E. Africa, Uganda Ry., Mile 478 (Betton), 2
type, Kikuyu Escarpment (Doherty), 1 <$. Exp. 14 millim.
Genus ALAPADNA.
Alapadna, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 106
(1902)
Type.
pauropis, Turn.
Alapadna micropis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with red-
brown, the head whiter, the crest at base of abdomen tipped
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N0CTUIDJ2.
with black ; antennae brown ; palpi red-brown, the basal
crest whitish ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
white suffused with red-brown. Fore wing white tinged with
red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, the costal edge
black towards base ; a subbasal black point in the cell ; in-
distinct curved interrupted dark antemedial and medial
lines ; an elliptical white discoidal spot defined by black ;
postmedial line indistinct, formed by diffused brown scales,
excurved below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and
incurved below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line indistinct, whitish defined on inner
side by diffused dark brown, slightly excurved below vein 7
and at middle ; a terminal series of blackish bars. Hind
wing white faintly tinged with red -brown, a slight brown
terminal line. Underside white ; fore wing suffused with
red brown ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with
red-brown, a dark discoidal striga and faint curved brown
postmedial line.
Hab. New Britain, Kinigunang ( Ribbe ), 1 $ type. Exp.
12 millim.
Genus PARAPADNA, nov.
Type, P. zonophora, Turner (Anachrostis). Tr. R. Soc. Austr.
xxxii. p. 71 (1908).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint up-
turned to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd short,
porrect, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with slight ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male serrate
and fasciculate ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with
dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the costa slightly
arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8 and 10
stalked; 9 absent; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8
anastomosing with the cell to near middle.
Genus T0LPI0DES, nov.
Type, T . fasciata, Roths. ( Narasodes ), Nov. Zool. xx. p. 224
(1913).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd short and thickly
scaled ; frons smooth, with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes
TOLPIODES.
193
large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly
scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore
wing with the costa slightly arched towards apex which is
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle ;
7 from angle ; 8 and 10 stalked, 9 absent ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 stalked ; 5 fully developed from below middle of disco -
cellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell to near middle ; the male typically with the costa fringed
with rough hair, the submedian fold on upperside with tufts
of long hah’ above and below it at middle, the median nervure
on underside at extremity with long oblique tuft of hair and
the inner margin with fold containing a fringe of long hair.
Tolpiodes micropis, n. sp.
o . Head and thorax greyish suffused with red-brown ;
abdomen white tinged with red-brown, the basal crest black
at tip ; palpi red-brown, the 3rd joint black, white at tips ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged
with red-brown, the fore tibiae and tarsi black-brown ringed
with white. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with red -brown
and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused
with darker brown ; the costal edge black towards base
with a white subbasal point and a point before the antemedial
line which is represented by a small triangular black spot at
costa, small spots below costa and in cell and a faint sinuous
red-brown line from cell to inner margin ; an elliptical white
discoidal spot defined by black, placed on the inner of two
indistinct waved red-brown medial lines incurved below the
cell, the outer line with a sinuous black bar from costa ; the
terminal part of costa with alternating white and blackish
streaks ; two diffused slightly waved brown subterminal
lines, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal
series of small black spots. Hind wing white faintly tinged
with red-brown. Underside of fore wing greyish suffused
with red-brown, a brown postmedial line from costa to vein 6
and some dark and whitish marks on terminal part of costa ;
hind whig creamy white, the costal half irrorated with red-
brown, a red-brown discoidal striga and sinuous postmedial
line from costa to vein 4.
Hind wing rather browner.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), 2 1 $ type.
Exp. 14 millim.
194
NOCTl'ID.K.
Tolpiodes discipuncta, n. sp.
$. Head whitish tinged with rufous ; thorax and abdomen
rufous slightly mixed with whitish ; palpi red-brown, white
at tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white
suffused with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with
white. Fore wing greyish suffused and irrorated with red-
brown, the terminal area more strongly suffused ; the costal
edge black towards base with a white subbasal point beyond
it ; an antemedial black point on costa with whitish before
and beyond it ; a slight blackish point in the cell and traces
of an oblique brown line from cell to inner margin ; a slight
red -brown point at lower angle of cell ; the terminal half of
costa with whitish points with black-brown between them ;
a paler patch on postmedial area from costa to vein 2 ; an
indistinct slightly waved pale subterminal line, excurved at
middle ; a punctiform brown terminal line and pale line at
base of cilia. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown ;
an indistinct brown terminal line. Underside of fore wing
greyish suffused with red-brown ; hind wing white tinged and
irrorated with red-brown, a faint brown discoidal striga and
postmedial line.
Hab. Louisiade Is., Rossel I. (Meek), 1 $ type. Exp.
14 millim.
Tolpiodes endolasia, n. sp.
J. Head and thorax purple-brown mixed with purplish
grey, the teguke with a silvery line at tips ; abdomen red-
brown tinged with grey ; antennae dark brown with pale
rings towards base ; palpi black-brown, the extremity of
2nd joint and the 3rd joint yellow ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen pale ochreous, the fore legs and mid tibiae
above dark brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white.
Fore wing purplish grey suffused and irrorated with dark
purple-brown ; a dark brown patch suffused with leaden grey
at base of costa ; a dark antemedial point in the cell ; a slightly
curved dark brown medial band suffused with leaden grey ;
a dark discoidal bar ; the postmedial costal area pale con-
joined to a small patch beyond the cell, the costa with
alternating whitish and black-brown marks ; postmedial line
indistinct, pale, excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ;
the terminal area more suffused with dark purple-brown ;
a pale subterminal line slightly excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; a terminal series of black bars defined by ochreous ;
cilia dark brown with an ochreous line at base. Hind wing
pale ochreous suffused with reddish brown. Underside
reddish brown with whitish points on costa towards apex ;
hind wing pale ochreous suffused with reddish brown, a brown
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discoidal bar and curved postmedial line from costa to vein 4.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay {Meek), 4 type. Exp.
16 millim.
Tolpiodes melanoproctis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale purplish grey tinged with
rufous, the lateral anal tufts of male black ; antennae ringed
with dark brown towards base ; palpi ochreous suffused with
red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, the tips white ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous tinged
with rufous, the fore legs brown above, the tarsi ringed with
white. Fore wing pale purplish grey tinged with rufous and
irrorated with red-brown, especially on terminal area ; sub-
basal black points on costa and in the cell ; traces of a sinuous
red-brown antemedial line with a blackish bar from costa
and point in the cell ; a small elliptical black discoidal spot
with some white scales in centre, placed on a faint rufous
medial shade with black point at costa ; traces of a curved
slightly waved red-brown postmedial line, some blackish
points beyond it on costa ; traces of a pale subterminal line
slightly defined on inner side by diffused brown, slightly
incurved at discal fold and excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing greyish tinged with reddish
brown. Underside white tinged with red-brown, the costal
area of both wings irrorated with red-brown ; hind wing
whiter, a brown discoidal lunule and postmedial line excurved
towards costa.
Hab. Queensland, Ivuranda {Dodd), 1 ty 3 $ type. Exp.
14 millim.
Tolpiodes oligolasia, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale grey tinged with red-brown and
irrorated with a few dark scales ; abdomen whitish suffused
wdth rufous ; antennae blackish above towards base ; palpi
dark red-brown, the tips whitish ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white tinged with red-brown. Fore
wing pale violaceous grey, the basal half slightly irrorated
with blackish, the terminal half more thickly with red-brown ;
subbasal black point on costa and in cell, the costa beyond
it with a slight black streak defined on each side by whitish ;
antemedial line with a black striga from costa, then indistinct,
red-brown, oblique below the cell, a black point beyond it in
the cell ; a white discoidal point defined by black and rufous ;
a faint sinuous rufous medial line, closely approximated to
the postmedial line which has a black bar from costa, then
is rufous, excurved below costa, at middle and above inner
margin, incurved at discal and submedian folds, some white
points beyond it on costa ; a faint sinuous red-brown sub-
terminal line ; a terminal series of minute blackish spots.
19(3
NOCTUI D.K.
Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown. Underside
whitish ; fore wing suffused with red-brown except on inner
area ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with red-brown,
a brown discoidal striga and strongly curved postmedial line
from costa to vein 4.
Hab. N. S. Wales {Raynor), 2 type. Exp. 16 millim.
Genus ERASTRIOPIS, nov.
Type, E. lativitta, Moore ( Eudorea ), P. Z. S. 1883, p. 29 ;
Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 539 (1896).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint porrect,
rather broadly scaled below, the scales produced at the
extremity of the joint, and fringed with hair above except
at base, the 3rd moderate, oblique, thickly scaled ; frons
smooth, with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly
scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore
wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10
stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed
from above angle of cell ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Erastriopis anaemica, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with red-
brown ; antennae red-brown ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white suffused with red-brown. Fore
wing white suffused with red -brown and dark brown to the
postmedial line, then slightly mixed with red-brown and dark
brown ; a dark subbasal striga below the cell ; antemedial
line dark brown, excurved below the cell ; a white discoidal
bar, defined at sides by black-brown ; postmedial line in-
distinct, brown, excurved beyond the cell, then strongly
incurved, some white points with* brown between them
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, white with a
brown shade before it to vein 6, a blackish streak at discal
fold and blackish streak across it below vein 7, incurved
below vein 3 ; some dark points on termen. Hind wing
almost pure white. Underside white ; fore wing suffused
with red-brown ; hind wing with the costal and terminal
areas slightly irrorated with red-brown, a small dark discoidal
spot with slight dark mark above it below costa.
Ilab. Sikhim Tibet, Yatong (Hobson), 2 $ type. Exp.
20 millim.
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Genus ASICCIA, nov.
Type, A. lithosiana.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather smoothly scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd
short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely
with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibiae
smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell more than half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near
middle.
Asiccia lithosiana, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white mixed with
red-brown ; antennae ringed with black except towards
tips ; palpi dark red-brown, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd
joints white ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
white tinged with red-brown, the fore tibiae and the tarsi
black-brown, the latter ringed with white. Fore wing white
irrorated with red-brown ; some reel-brown suffusion at base
of costa with a black point at base of cell and small dark
brown subbasal spot on costa ; a red-brown antemedial
band, broadly diffused on outer side, on inner area and with
two small black-brown spots on it in the cell ; a black-brown
discoidal bar with some rufous suffusion beyond it ; post-
medial line black-brown slightly^ defined on outer side by
white, forming a small black spot on costa above end of cell,
bent outwards below costa, then waved, at vein 3 bent
inwards and obsolescent to median nervure before end of
cell, some small black-brown spots beyond it on costa and a
red-brown patch on costal area before the subterminal line,
which is red-brown, waved, diffused on inner side below
the patch and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a
terminal series of black-brown lunules except towards tornus.
Hind wing white tinged with red-brown ; a slight brown
discoidal striga and terminal line. Underside of fore wing
pale red-brown with some whitish and dark marks on terminal
half of costa ; hind wing white tinged with red-brown espe-
cially on costal area and terminal area to vein 2, the costa
irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal spot and faint
curved red-brown postmedial line from costa to vein 4.
Hob. Assam, Kh'sis, 3 $ type. Exp. 20-22 millim.
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NOCTl'IDl.
Genus TRIGONOCHROSTIA, nov.
Type, T. excisa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely
upturned to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
fringed with hair behind except towards base, the 3rd short,
oblique, thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of female with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae
smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of
cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8
stalked, 9 absent ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
termen strongly excised from below apex to vein 2 ; the
cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 coincident ; 5 fully
developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly
stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Trigonoclirostia excisa, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax grey-white mixed with dark brown ;
abdomen pale red-brown ; antennae brown, ringed with white
towards base ; palpi black-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown, the fore
and mid tibiae and tarsi black-brown. Fore wing grey-white
irrorated with reddish brown, the terminal area suffused with
purplish brown ; small rather triangular black subbasal and
antemedial marks on costa and some black scales on medial
part of costa ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line with black striga from costa, then indistinct,
brown, strongly excurved from below costa to vein 4, then
strongly incurved, some black scales beyond it on costa ;
traces of a pale waved subterminal line with slight dark
marks on its outer side, excurved at middle ; a terminal
series of dark points ; cilia reddish brown tinged with grey.
Hind wing purplish brown, paler towards base ; cilia with a
fine pale line at base. Underside red-brown mixed with
some whitish.
Hub. Borneo, Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp.
18 millim.
Genus HYPERBANIANA, nov.
Type, H . costinotata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint
obliquely upturned to vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd short, porrect, thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax
II V PERBANI ANA . BANIAN A .
199
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae
smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from celL
Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from below middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Hyperbaniana costinotata, n. sp.
c?. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with
brown ; antennae brown ; palpi black-brown, the extremities
of 2nd and 3rd joints white ; fore legs black-brown, the tarsi
ringed with white. Fore wing grey- white irrorated with
red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; the
costa black towards base with small subbasal black spots on
costa and in the cell ; traces of an antemedial line formed
by diffused red-brown scales, rather oblique towards costa
where there is a slight black streak ; a small black spot at
lower angle of cell and point at upper angle, a small quadrate
black patch on costa above end of cell ; postmedial line
faint, red-brown, waved, excurved below costa and incurved
below vein 3, some dark brown points beyond it on costa ;
a diffused brown subterminal line, oblique from apex and
excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark points. Hind
wing reddish broivn, paler towards base ; a fine pale line at
base of cilia. Underside pale red-brown ; hind wing with the
inner area whitish towards base, a small brown discoidal
spot and curved postmedial line on costal area.
Hab. Celebes, Sangir I. {Doherty), 1 type. Exp.
22 millim.
Genus BANIANA.
Type.
Baniana, Walk. xv. 1843 (1858) relapsa, Walk.
Baniana chelesema, n. sp.
Head and thorax bright rufous, the tegulae ochreous at
tips with some greyish fuscous behind them ; pectus, legs
and abdomen grey, the last dorsally suffused with red-brown.
Fore wing bright rufous, some whitish and brown irroration
at base of costal area ; a large deep chocolate-red patch
defined by whitish, its inner edge oblique from subcostal
nervure to inner margin, its upper edge downcurved, then
produced upwards to a point at upper angle of cell, its outer
edge formed by the yellowish postmedial line which is slightly
incurved below costa, then excurved, and again incurved
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XOCTUIDJE.
below submedian fold ; an oblique rufous antemedial striga
from costa ; subterminal line blackish defined on inner side
by a band of brown and whitish irroration, except between
veins 3 and 1, on costal area and at inner margin extending
to the postmedial line, the subterminal line dentate, angled
inwards at vein 5 and outwards at 4, then oblique ; a terminal
series of ochreous points with chocolate-brown striae between
them ; cilia dark brown pencilled with grey. Hind wing
dark reddish brown, the cilia grey-brown at base, whitish at
tips. Underside of fore wing grey, the costal half suffused
with rufous and in-orated with whitish ; hind wing grey- white,
thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costal area tinged
with rufous, a brown discoidal point.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 2 1 $ type. Exp. 26-30
millim.
Baniana craterosema, n. sp.
Head and thorax rufous slightly tinged with grey, the thorax
with a few blackish scales ; fore and mid legs fuscous brown,
the tarsi with slight pale rings ; abdomen grey-brown. Fore
wing rufous striated with red-brown ; a minute blackish spot
in the cell near base ; an oblique chocolate-brown antemedial
bar from costa and a crescentic patch edged by black slightly
defined by ochreous, its inner arm rounded above and extend-
ing to subcostal nervure below the oblique bar, its outer arm
pointed and extending to middle of discocellulars, its arc
extending to vein 1 ; a small black spot at upper angle of cell
with oblique chocolate-brown shade above it from costa ;
a whitish mark in submedian fold below end of cell ; slight
blackish subterminal marks above vein 6 and on vein 4,
the latter with rufous shade from it to termen ; a terminal
series of slight red-brown strise with minute ochreous points
between them at the veins. Hind wing red-brown with a
greyish tinge ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown. Underside
of fore wing red-brown with the inner area whitish ; hind wing
whitish irrorated with red-brown, a slight brown discoidal
spot and traces of postmedial line.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 $ type, Rio Janeiro,
Tijuca (Wagner), 1 $. Exp. 32 millim.
Baniana disticta, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with reddish
brown ; ' antennae fuscous brown; legs suffused with fuscous
brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing grey suffused
with reddish brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ;
a minute blackish spot in the cell near base ; antemedial line
dark brown, erect and slightly sinuous ; two small black
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201
discoidal spots slightly defined by whitish, an inwardly oblique
brown striga above them from costa ; postmedial line black-
brown, arising below costa, incurved at discal fold, excurved
at middle, then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa
with blackish between them ; an indistinct diffused dark sub-
terminal line, incurved at discal fold, excurved at middle and
ending at tornus ; a terminal series of small dark brown spots.
Hind wing dark reddish brown with a faint curved postmedial
line slightly defined on outer side by grey from discal fold to
inner margin ; the underside grey suffused with reddish brown,
a slight brown discoidal striga and curved postmedial line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 2 $ type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Baniana smintliochroa, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark brown tinged with grey ; abdomen
pale grey-brown ; palpi white at tips ; tarsi ringed with white.
Fore wing dark brown suffused with blue-grey ; a subbasal
bladk bar from costa ; antemedial line brown slightly waved,
with black bar from costa and small spot in upper part of
cell ; reniform a very narrow lunule defined by dark brown, with
a black bar to it from costa and an incurved dentate brown
line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line black and oblique
to vein 7, then dark brown, dentate, oblique below vein 4 ;
a waved black subterminal line from costa to vein 7. Hind
wing brown suffused with blue-grey ; a faint brown discoidal
annulus with a faint brown line from it to inner margin, oblique
below submedian fold ; a fine black-brown postmedial line,
slightly waved to vein 6, then strongly dentate and angled
inwards at vein 3 to the discoidal annulus, with some brown
irroration and another slight dentate line angled outwards
to minute white points beyond it from above vein 6 to inner
margin. Underside uniform blue-grey tinged with brown.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
Baniana ochracea, n. sp.
$. Head pale yellow ; the antennse rufous, the palpi tinged
with rufous except towards tips ; tegulse rufous ; thorax and
abdomen ochreous white, the latter irrorated with red-brown ;
legs suffused with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous white
slightly irrorated with red-brown ; faint traces of a waved
red- brown antemedial line ; a slight discoidal spot formed
by red-brown scales ; postmedial line slight, red-brown,
oblique to vein 6, then dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; a very
faint waved brown subterminal line, excurved and rather
diffused below vein 7 and at middle ; the terminal area tinged
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with red-brown ; a terminal series of brown strife ; cilia red-
brown. Hind wing ochreous whitish tinged and irrorated
with red-brown ; a faint brown postmedial line, obsolete
towards costa and excurved beyond lower angle of cell ; a line
brown terminal line. Underside of fore wing rufous, irrorated
with red-brown, the inner area whitish, an oblique brown
postmedial line from costa to vein 6 ; hind wing white tinged
with rufous and irrorated with brown, a slight brown discoidal
spot and postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 $ type- Exp. 30 millim.
Baniana pulverulenta. n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with red-brown
and irrorated with a few black scales, the antennae ringed
with blackish towards base, palpi, pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen reddish brown mixed with white. Fore
wing grey tinged with reddish brown and irrorated with black,
the costal edge pale rufous ; antemedial line black and angled
outwards below costa, then represented by black points on
the veins ; a slight blackish medial shade ; an inverted comma-
shaped black discoidal mark, somewhat interrupted at discal
fold ; an oblique black postmedial striga from costa, then a
series of black points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved, faintly defined on outer side by rufous, some white
points with fuscous between them beyond it on costa ; a sub-
terminal series of slight somewhat wedge-shaped black marks,
incurved at discal fold ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with blackish ;
a postmedial series of black points from vein 5 to inner margin,
faintly defined on outer side by rufous ; traces of a sinuous
dark subterminal line ; a slight waved dark terminal line.
Underside of fore wing grey suffused with fuscous brown, the
costal area pale rufous irrorated with fuscous, a blackish
postmedial bar from costa ; hind wing whitish thickly irrorated
with reddish brown, a small blackish discoidal spot and in-
distinct diffused curved postmedial line. The palpi with the
3rd joint rather long.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 $ type. Exp. 32
millim.
Baniana retrorsa, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown tinged with
purplish grey, the antennae blackish ; palpi and legs red-brown
irrorated with white, the pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
red-brown. Fore wing red-brown strongly suffused with
purple-grey and slightly irrorated with dark brown except on
terminal area which is suffused with darker brown ; antemedial
line slight, red-brown, somewhat angled outwards below costa,
liAMAXA. DUEP.VXOFODA.
203
then sinuous ; a minute dark spot in the cell towards extremity
and discoidal bar somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial
line dark red-brown, oblique to vein 6 where it is angled out-
wards, then oblique to middle of inner margin, some white
points beyond it on costa ; an oblique dark shade from apex
to vein 7, then a faint double slightly waved dark subterminal
line ; cilia with a slight whitish line at base. Hind wing grey
suffused with reddish brown ; a slight dark terminal line and
fine whitish line at base of cilia. Underside uniform whitish
tinged with pale red-brown and irrorated with darker brown.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 $ type. Exp. 36
millim.
Genus MICRANTHOPS, nor.
Tvpe, M. alceste, Druce ( Capnodes ), Biol. Centr.-Am., Het..
i. p.“ 417, pi. 33. f. 24 (1890).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hah1 behind towards extremity,
the 3rd rather long, porrect and thickly scaled ; frons smooth,
with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of
female ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base onlv.
Genus DREPAN0F0DA, nov.
Type, D. juncta, Hmpsn. ( Fodina ), Moths Ind. ii. p. 530
(1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to far above vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the
3rd very long and acuminate at extremity ; frons smooth ;
eyes large, round ; antennse of male with bristles and cilia ;
thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests ; tibiae
smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only.
Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved
and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from
well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
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Genus PARAFODINA, nov.
Type, P. conjungens, Walk. (Grammodes), xiv. 1446 (1858).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to just above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd short, porrect, thickly scaled ; Irons smooth, with tuft
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex some-
what produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above
angle : 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Parafodina ectrogia, n. sp.
Head and thorax deep chocolate- brown, the antennae above
towards base and a line between their bases white ; a slight
white line behind the teguke ; pectus and base of legs whitish
tinged with red-brown ; abdomen greyish brown, the ventral
surface whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing red-brown,
with a slight purple tinge ; a deep chocolate-brown patch edged
with whitish from inner margin near base, obliquely curved
to subcostal nervure at end of cell, then obliquely incurved
to submedian fold towards termen where it is acutely angled,
then oblique to inner margin ; a whitish line before the dark
terminal line with a dark brown shade before it from costa to
vein 2 ; cilia whitish tinged with brown. Hind wing greyish
brown with a fine dark terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged
with brown. Underside whitish suffused and irrorated with
red-brown.
Hob. Sierra Leone {Dudgeon), I <$, 2 $, Robalangdugu
{Simpson), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria, Onitsha, 1 £ type. Exp. 32-36
millim.
Parafodina goniosema, n. sp.
9. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with fiery red ;
palpi deep red, whitish at tips ; abdomen red-brown. Fore
wing deep chocolate-red thickly irrorated with silvery purplish
white ; a deep chocolate-red patch edged by yellowish white
lines, its inner edge running obliquely from discal fold at middle
of cell to inner margin beyond middle, its upper edge running
along the discal fold to end of cell, then curved downwards to
lower angle of cell, then upwards to below the costa, its outer
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edge oblique to vein 4 near termen where it is angled, then
strongly incurved to inner margin ; a subterminal series of
irregular deep chocolate-red marks ; cilia deep chocolate-red
with series of white spots. Hind wing greyish suffused with
red-brown. Underside greyish suffused with red-brown.
Hab. Sikhim, 9,000' (Pilcher), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Genus CALYMNIOPS, uov.
Type, C. trapezata, Moore ( Elydna ), Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 547,
pi. 214. f. 9 (1887) ; Hmpsn., Moths Ind. ii. p. 360 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed, palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long ;
frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with
hair and scales mixed and without crests ; mid and hind tibiae
fringed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base
only. Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole,
6 from the areole ; 11 from cell ; the inner margin lobed and
slightly fringed with hair in male. Hind wing with vein 3
from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only, the inner margin
fringed with long hair in male.
Genus ANANEPA, nor.
Type, A. doda, Swinh. ( Hypena ), A. M. N. H. (7) ix. p. 180
(1902).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd long
and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with pointed tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and with ridge -like dorsal
crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal
crests on three basal segments. Fore wing with the apex
somewhat produced, the termen oblique below vein 3, hardly
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
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Genus G0N0GLASA.
Gonoglasa, Hmpsn. Journ. N. H. Soe. Siam, vi. Type.
p. 250 (1924) camptogramma, Hmpsn.
Gonogiasa sinuilinea, n. sp.
O. Head and thorax white irrorated with a few dark brown
scales ; antennae, frons, palpi and legs red-brown ; abdomen
whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing whitish tinged
with reddish brown and irrorated with dark brown ; ante-
medial line brown, much interrupted, erect and waved ;
postmedial line white defined on inner side by brown, excurved
below costa, then erect and slightly bent outwards to inner
margin. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown and slightly
irrorated with brown ; an indistinct diffused oblique brown
postmedial line from below the costa to tornus. Underside
of fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown ; hind wing
whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with brown,
a slight discoidal striga and faint postmedial line.
Hub. Ceylon, Kandy (Green), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Genus PRISTANEPA, nov.
Type, P. plait i.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi downcurved, extending
about twice the length of head and thickly scaled ; frons smooth,
with pointed tuft of hair ; eyes large, round ; antennas of male
ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without
crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and
without crests. Fore wing with the costa arched, the apex
somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved ; vein 3 from
well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Pristanepa platti, n. sp.
Head and thorax purplish grey tinged with red-brown, the
antennae blackish, ringed with white towards base, the frons
and palpi black-brown ; abdomen fuscous brown with some
whitish towards base ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
white mixed with black-brown ; legs black-brown. Fore
wing purple-grey suffused wit h red-brown and slightly irrorated
with blackish ; antemedial line almost medial, yellow defined
on outer side by a strong black-brown line, angled outwards
below costa, then obliquely curved with a slight curve inwards
in the cell ; a black discoidal bar almost obliterated by the
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strong black-brown suffusion before the postmedial line which
is yellow, very slightly excurved to discal fold, then oblique ;
a subterminal series of small blackish spots defined on outer
side by some whitish scales ; a series of slight whitish points
before termen. Hind wing whitish strongly suffused with
brown, a faint dark discoidal striga, traces of an inwardly
oblique postmedial line, and a black terminal line. Underside
of fore wing grey-brown, the costal area irrorated with ochreous
white, the postmedial line as above but less distinct ; hind
wing white thickly irrorated with dark brown, the terminal
area more suffused with dark brown, a black discoidal lunule
and curved black-brown postmedial line.
Hab. Natal, Durban {Platt), 1 3 $type. Exp. 26 millim.
Genus EUSTR0TI0PIS, nov.
Type, E. chlorota.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching about to vertex of head, moderate^ fringed with
hair in front and slightly behind at extremity ; frons smooth,
with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax
with large divided crest ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about half length of wing ; veins 3 and 4
from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Eustrotiopis chlorota, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous, the tips of tegulse and
prothoracic crest dark brown, the scales with pale tips ;
antennae ringed with dark brown ; sides of frons and palpi
black-brown ; legs with black-brown mixed, the tarsi black-
brown with pale rings ; abdomen ochreous suffused with
brown, the basal crest darker. Fore wing greenish yellow
irrorated with a few black scales ; a black point at base and
some dark brown at base of costa ; rather irregularly conical
dark brown and red-brown antemedial and medial patches on
costa edged with black ; a slight much interrupted sinuous
black postmedial line with point at costa, some white points
beyond it on costa with blackish between them ; subterminal
line slight, black, interrupted, placed on a slight rufous shade
between veins 6 and 2, slightly excurved to vein 6, then
oblique and minutely waved ; a series of slight aggregations
of black scales before termen ; a lunulate black terminal line ;
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cilia red-brown and black- brown with a dark line through
them. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish brown ; a
fine dark terminal line. Underside of fore wing suffused with
brown, the terminal area suffused with red, the costa irrorated
with blackish ; hind wing white irrorated with brown, the
termen tinged with red towards apex, a terminal series of
minute black lunules to vein 2.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Nairobi ( Crawshay ), 1 q type. Exp.
30 millim.
Genus BANIOPIS, nov.
Type, B. pulverea.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, moderately fringed with hair
in front and slightly behind at extremity, the 3rd short,
thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with slight ridge of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ; tibiae smoothly
scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing
with the apex slightly produced and acute, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 shortly stalked with 8 ;
9 absent ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Baniopis pulverea, n. sp.
$. Head and tegulae red-brown ; thorax creamy white
tinged with brown ; abdomen whitish, dorsally suffused with
brown except at base. Fore wing brownish white irrorated
with dark brown, the costal edge dark brown towards base ;
a small black spot in the cell towards base ; traces of a brown
antemedial line ; two black discoidal points ; postmedial line
very indistinct, oblique to vein 6 and below vein 4 ; a very
indistinct slightly waved brown subterminal line ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing whitish suffused with
reddish brown ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown,
a small brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and
terminal series of fuscous striae.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrdl ), 1 $ type- Exp.
28 millim.
Genus BRADUNIA.
Type.
Bradunia, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1. p. 297 (1916)... irnproba, Schaus.
Bradunia basistriga, n. sp.
3. Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly tinged with
red-brown, the antennae more strongly tinged with red-
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209
brown, the palpi black behind to extremity of 2nd joint ;
fore legs suffused with red-brown. Fore wing white, slightly
tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ; a
black streak above subcostal nervure from base to above
middle of cell ; a dark brown medial shade, oblique towards
costa and angled outwards at lower angle of cell and sub-
median fold ; a slight black striga on upper discocellular ;
postmedial line dark brown, diffused and interrupted, angled
outwards beyond the angles of cell, then incurved to the
medial shade ; a subterminal series of slight dark marks in
the interspaces from vein 5 to inner margin, incurved below
vein 3. Hind wing white faintly tinged with red-brown.
Underside uniform white tinged with red-brown.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons (Leech), 1 $ type. Exp. 22
millim.
Genus OGLASODES, nov.
Type, 0. atrisignata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, moderately fringed with
hair in front and slightly behind at extremity, the 3rd short
and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax
clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax with small spreading
crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal
crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rectangular,
the termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and
5 from near angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8, 9, 10
stalked from before angle ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ;
5 fully developed from angle ; 6, 7 from angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Oglasodes atrisignata, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white irrorated
with dark brown ; palpi black at sides except at base and
the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints ; fore and mid tibiae
banded with brown , the tarsi dark brown ringed with white.
Fore wing brownish white irrorated with dark brown ; sub-
basal blackish points on costa and in cell ; antemedial line
blackish, waved, indistinct except towards costa ; a blackish
point in middle of cell ; two small black discoidal spots with
another just beyond them in discal fold ; medial line blackish,
oblique to the lower discoidal spot, then inwardly oblique and
indistinct ; a small postmedial blackish spot on costa, the
postmedial line hardly traceable, oblique to vein 6, incurved at
discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique and
p
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slightly waved ; three blackish spots on costa towards apex
and a patch below costa before the subterminal line which is
very indistinct, slightly waved, incurved below vein 4 ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish suffused
with reddish brown ; a terminal series of fuscous striae ; the
underside whitish irrorated with brown, a small blackish
discoidal spot, waved postmedial line, slight subterminal
shade, and terminal series of small black lunules.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 $ type. Exp.
28 millirn.
Oglasodes nyasica, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white faintly tinged with
brown, the last irrorated with blackish ; antennae fuscous
except towards base ; palpi black except towards extremity ;
legs irrorated with dark brown, the tarsi black ringed with
white. Fore wing white tinged with red-brown and irrorated
with black-brown ; a black point at base of cell and subbasal
point on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, brown, waved ;
medial line rather diffused brown, oblique, somewhat sinuous
below the cell ; reniform incompletely defined by black,
figure-of-eight -shaped with black points in upper and lower
parts ; postmedial line indistinct, brown, waved, excurved
from below costa to vein 4 just beyond the reniform, then
incurved, some black points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line faint, whitish defined on inner side by brown suffusion
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; a series
of black points just before termen. Hind wing pale grey-
brown with a cupreous gloss ; a darker terminal line ; cilia
whitish tinged with red-brown. Underside of fore wing
brown, the costal and terminal areas ochreous irrorated with
blackish, the inner area whitish, a blackish spot at middle
of costa and oblique postmedial bar ; hind wing ochreous
white irrorated with brown, a small dark discoidal spot,
rather diffused postmedial line excurved below costa, and
terminal series of black points.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black
and rounded, no brown suffusion before the subterminal line.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 2 $ type. Exp.
26-30 millirn.
Oglasodes bisinuata, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax grey-brown with a violaceous tinge ;
palpi dark brown, the 3rd joint whitish, irrorated with black
except at tips ; pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown,
the tarsi dark brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey-
brown, whitish at base and suffused with blackish towards
extremity. Fore wing grey-brown with a violaceous tinge and
irrorated with black-brown, slightly on basal half of inner
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area ; an indistinct brown antemcdial line, excurved below
costa and incurved at submedian fold ; a minute blackish
discoidal lunuie ; postmedial line dark brown, double except
towards costa where it is somewhat outwardly oblique,
minutely waved ; subterminal line black-brown, slightly
waved, angled inwards at discal and submedian folds and
excurved at middle ; a series of minute black spots before
termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown. Under-
side whitish ; fore wing tinged with brown and with a series
of small black spots just before termen connected by a crenu-
late terminal line ; hind wing with terminal series of small
black spots except towards tornus.
Hab. Gold Coast, Aburi {.Johnson), 1 $ type. Exp.
30 millim.
Genus GENIASCOTA, nov.
Type, G. trichoptycha.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, rather broadly scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd short with minute triangular tuft of hair in front ;
frons smooth with ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
with hair and scales mixed, the prothorax with small spreading
crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; build slender ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenu-
late ; the male with the cell very long and much contracted
at extremity so that the discocellulars are very short and all
the veins from end of cell arising close together, a fold through
the cell from near base to beyond its extremity where it is
turned downwards, covered by a fringe of scales from above
it ; all the veins from the cell and veins 8, 9 coincident.
Hind wing with the cell more than half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 fully developed from lower angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Geniascota trichoptycha, n. sp.
(J. Head and thorax creamy white, the head and tegulae
irrorated with brown ; antennae brown ; frons with lateral
dark brown bars ; palpi with the 2nd joint brown except at
base and extremity, the 3rd joint with brown stripe ; legs
irrorated with brown, the fore tibiae and tarsi banded with
brown ; abdomen creamy white dorsally irrorated with
reddish brow’n. Fore wing creamy white slightly irrorated
with brown ; traces of waved antemedial, medial and post-
medial lines, with oblique dark striae from costa, the post-
p 2
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medial line excurved beyond the cell ; a conical dark brown
patch from costa towards apex with two white points on
costa ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing
creamy white with terminal series of dark striae except towards
tornus. Underside creamy white irrorated with reddish
brown ; fore wing with minute dark streak at middle of costa,
postmedial line oblique to upper angle of cell then inwardly
oblique, and terminal series of blackish points ; hind wing
with dark discoidal spot, curved sinuous postmedial line,
and terminal series of minute triangular spots to vein 2 and
line in submedian interspace.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Boag), 2 $ type.
Exp. 34 millim.
Geniascota patagiata, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white suffused with
pale red-brown, the abdomen dorsally irrorated with dark
brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint red-brown except at base
and extremity ; fore tibiae and the tarsi dark brown ringed
with white. Fore wing creamy white tinged with pale
red-brown and irrorated with brown ; traces of sinuous
antemedial, medial and postmedial lines with small blackish
spots at costa ; the postmedial line excurved beyond the cell ;
some black points beyond it on costa ; traces of a pale sub-
terminal line, incurved between vein 4 and submedian fold ;
a series of black points before termen. Hind wing ochrcous
white suffused with red-brown ; a faint dark discoidal spot
and rather punctiform terminal line. Underside creamy white
irrorated with brown ; fore wing tinged with rufous, a dark
postmedial line angled outwards below costa, then retracted
to upper angle of cell, then oblique ; hind wing with small
blackish discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and terminal
series of small triangular spots to vein 2 and line in submedian
interspace.
Ab. 1. Darker and greyer brown.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 4 type. Exp.
30 millim.
Geniascota lacteata, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the head and
tegulae slightly irrorated with brown ; antennae tinged with
red-brown ; legs tinged with red-brown. Fore wing creamy
white, the costal area slightly irrorated with reddish brown ;
some slight brown marks on postmedial part of costa ; a
series of dark brown points just before termen. Hind wing
uniform creamy white. Underside creamy white, the costal
half of fore wing faintly tinged with rufous.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 £ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
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Genus CODONODES.
Codonodes, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii. Type,
p. 667 (1907) rectigramma, Hmpsn.
Codonodes papuana, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with whitish ;
abdomen whitish suffused with reddish brown ; antennas
dark brown, ringed with white at base ; palpi dark red-
brown, the 3rd joint whitish at base ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown, the tarsi
brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown mixed with
grey- white and irrorated with a few dark scales ; a minute
blackish spot in middle of cell ; the 1st line almost medial,
white defined on each side by red-brown, curved ; reniform
with slight whitish annulus defined on inner side by a blackish
bar ; postmedial line white defined on each side by red-brown,
oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ; subterminal
line whitish defined on outer side by dark brown and with
small blackish spots on its inner side above veins 4 to 1,
oblique to vein 3, then incurved ; a terminal series of minute
rather triangular black spots. Hind wing whitish suffused
with red-brown, the cilia rather paler. Underside of fore
wing reddish brown, the costa with some pale irroration,
traces of a pale postmedial line with a slight blackish mark
on its inner side at costa ; hind wing whitish slightly irrorated
with red-brown, a dark discoidal spot, slightly waved post-
medial line, and terminal series of striae.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 2 $ type. Exp.
32-34 millim.
Codonodes louisiada, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with pale
red -brown ; antennae red -brown ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white. Fore wing whitish suffused with
pale red-brown ; the costa more variegated with red -brown
to end of cell ; a dark point in the cell before the antemedial
line which is very indistinct, double, brown, obliquely curved
and slightly sinuous ; a diffused dark discoidal spot ; two very
indistinct brown postmedial lines, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by
brown, with small blackish spots on it above veins 4 and 3,
then more strongly defined on inner side by brown to vein 1,
slightly sinuous, incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of
minute brown spots. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale
red-brown. Underside of fore wing pale red-brown ; hind
wing whitish tinged with red-brown, a small dark discoidal
spot, and rather diffused curved brown postmedial line.
Hab. Louisiades, St. Aignan {Meek), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
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Genus PSEUDOGYRTONA.
lype.
Pseud ogyrbona, B.-Bkr. Nov. Zool. xv. p. 218 (1908) fulvana, B.-Bkr.
Pseudogyrtona mesoscia, n. sp.
cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red-
brown and slightly irrorated with blackish ; antennae blackish
except towards base ; fore femora blackish above, the fore
and mid tibiae banded with black. Fore wing whitish tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with black, the medial area, post-
medial costal area and the terminal area darker ; an oblique
black bar from costa near base to base of submedian fold ;
antemedial line black defined on inner side by white, slightly
waved, excurved to discal fold then oblique, a diffused black
fascia beyond it in submedian fold to the postmedial line ;
a small black discoidal spot ; postmedial line black defined
on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa, slightly
incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white defined
on outer side by diffused black, incurved at discal fold and
below vein 2 ; a maculate black terminal line ; cilia chequered
with black at tips. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous ;
an indistinct fuscous postmedial line slightly excurved beyond
the cell ; cilia white at base, tinged with black at tips. Under-
side white suffused with fuscous ; fore wing with pale post-
medial line, oblique to vein 4 and incurved below vein 2 ;
hind wing whiter, a blackish discoidal lunule, diffused curved
postmedial line and subterminal shade.
Iiab. Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos {Baker), 1 £ type.
Exp. 18 millim.
Pseudogyrtona tricliocera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed with
some whitish. Fore wing greyish suffused with red-brown
and irrorated with black-brown ; a slight blackish subbasal
striga from costa ; antemedial line indistinct, blackish,
angled outwards below costa and at submedian fold, incurved
in the cell and above inner margin ; an oblong dark patch
on medial part of costa ; two dark streaks in end of cell,
meeting at a point on the discoeellulars ; postmedial line
fine, blackish defined on outer side by whitish, bent outwards
below costa, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series
of small blackish spots, slightly incurved at discal fold ; a
terminal series of minute black spots. Hind wing uniform
dark reddish brown . Underside of fore wing reddish brown
with oblique postmedial dark striga from costa followed by
alternating whitish and blackish marks ; hind wing whitish
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suffused with reddish brown, the submedian interspace
darker, a dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line and
subterminal series of obscure spots.
Hctb. Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos {Baker), 2 1 $
type. Exp. 20 millim.
Pseudogyrtona nigrivitta, n. sp.
Head and thorax whitish mixed with some brown ; antennae
brown ; palpi red-brown mixed with some whitish and black ;
abdomen grey suffused with brown ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown, the tarsi
black ringed with white. Fore wing whitish mixed with
some red-brown and irrorated with a few black scales, the
costa browner, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ;
an oblique red-brown shade from costa before middle to the
postmedial line above vein 1 ; a small wedge-shaped black
mark in upper angle of cell with a dark brown mark above it
on costa, a yellowish white discoidal spot and black point in
lower angle of cell ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner
side by minute black points, excurved from below costa to
vein 4, then oblique, some white points with dark brown
between them beyond it on costa ; an indistinct dark sub-
terminal line with two obliquely placed whitish spots beyond
it from apex and blackish marks on termen above and below
vein 7 ; a terminal series of black striae defined on inner
side by white striae ; cilia red-brown and black. Hind wing
grey suffused with brown ; a fine black terminal line slightly
defined on inner side by white. Underside of fore wing red-
brown ; hind wing white irrorated with red-brown, a small
dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 1 $ tjqie ;
Portuguese E. Africa, Mt. Chiperone {Neave), 1 <$. Exp.
22 millim.
Pseudogyrtona albicornea, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish
and dark brown ; pectus whitish ; tarsi black-brown ringed
with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the basal crest and anal
tuft red-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing
red-brown irrorated with blackish ; antemedial line indistinct,
blackish, rather diffused, oblique to submedian fold, then
inwardly oblique, some black scales beyond it in lower part
of cell ; a blackish spot in end of cell with a round white
spot before its upper part, a wedge-shaped mark before its
lower part, and white bar on its outer edge ; postmedial line
indistinct, brown with some black scales on it, bent outwards
below costa, angled inwards at cliscal fold and outwards at
vein 4, obsolete below vein 2, some whitish points beyond it
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on costa ; subterminal line represented by slight blackish
marks faintly defined on outer side by whitish and with a
distinct black spot below costa defined on outer side by white,
oblique and slightly sinuous, a black streak beyond it below
vein 7 ; a terminal series of black points slightly defined on
inner side by whitish ; a fine whitish line at base of cilia.
Hind wing pale reddish brown ; the underside white tinged
with red-brown, a brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial
line and slight subterminal shade.
Hcib. Goodenough I. (Meek), 1 g type. Exp. 30 millim.
Pseudogyrtona hemicyclopis, n. sp.
cj. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white ; pectus
whitish ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white ; abdomen whitish
suffused with pale brown. Fore wing with the inner area
whitish tinged with red-brown from costa near base to termen
below vein 3, the rest of wing red-brown with a greyish tinge
and slight black irroration ; a subbasal blackish striga from
costa and slight blackish streak below base of cell ; a very
oblique white streak from costa near base to median nervure
defining the upper edge of the pale area ; a greyish spot in
end of cell defined on inner side by a black striga ; reniform
with pale annulus slightly defined by brown, its centre defined
by brown and with a black lunule in its lower part ; post-
medial line oblique and white to vein 7, then indistinct,
double, brown, sinuous, a yellow patch beyond it above and
below vein 6 connected with the apex by an oblique white
bar and with slight white marks on its outer edge ; a faint
dark subterminal line below vein 6 ; some white points on
costa towards apex and two blackish streaks below costa ;
some black marks before termen towards apex and a streak
in discal fold ; a series of white striae just before termen.
Hind wing pale reddish brown ; the underside white tinged
with red-brown.
Hob. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 d type. Exp. 24
millim.
Pseudogyrtona octosema, n. sp.
d- Head and thorax white mixed with rufous ; antennae
red-brown ; palpi rufous, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd
joints white ; abdomen rufous with white segmental lines,
the ventral surface white. Fore wing rufous mixed with
white and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; subbasal line
brown, from costa to submedian fold, emitting a short streak
on subcostal nervure ; antemedial line whitish, faint, oblique
towards costa, where there is a rufous spot on its outer side,
then erect ; a small whitish discoidal spot with some dark
points round it, some yellowish in its upper part, a short
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yellowish streak before it in the cell and a dark point in its
lower part ; a triangular rufous patch from costa to upper
angle of cell, defined on outer side by the faint whitish post-
medial line, which is bent outwards and slightly waved
between veins 6 and 3, then retracted to below end of cell
and sinuous to inner margin, some white points beyond it
on costa ; subterminal fine whitish, waved, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle, defined on inner side by slight dark
marks and with dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces
except towards costa and inner margin, the dark streaks
interrupted by Avhite striae before termen ; cilia with a fine
white line at base and series of dark spots at tips. Hind
wing red-brown, the cilia whitish at tips. Underside of fore
wing rufous, the inner margin whitish, a small white sub-
terminal spot below apex ; hind wing white tinged with
rufous, a rufous discoiclal lunule, curved postmedial line and
subterminal shade.
Ah. 1. Fore wing without yellowish marks in the cell, a
distinct fuscous spot before the subterminal line below costa,
and confluent spots above and below veins 5 and 2.
Hcib. Borneo, Sandakan (Fryer), 2 $ type. Exp. 20
millim .
Genus OGLASA.
Oglasa, Walk. xvi. 194 (1858) lagusctlis, Walk.
Barbesola, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 187 (1862), defixn, Walk.
Chorsia, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 59 (1864) . maculosa, Walk.
Dorsippa, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 81 (1864) . lagusalis, Walk.
Hiaspis, Walk, xxxiv. 1188 (1865) closteroides, Walk.
Brevipeden, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 361 (1 894) captata, Birtl.
Oglasa diasticta, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with
brown, the palpi at sides, legs and dorsal surface of abdomen
rather browner. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with brown
and irrorated with dark brown ; a blackish point hi the cell
near base ; a small blackish antemedial point on costa with
traces of a punctiform sinuous line from it to inner margin ;
traces of an obliquely curved brown medial line ; a faint
brown postmedial bar from costa and series of black points
on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an oblique
subterminal series of black-brown marks in the interspaces
from below vein 7 to below 3 ; a terminal series of small
black spots. Hind wing ochreous whitish suffused with
brown except on costal area, the cilia paler ; the underside
ochreous white irrorated With brown, a small black discoidal
spot and terminal series of points from apex to vein 2.
Hab. Borneo, Kuching ( Shelf ord ), 1 $ type. Exp. 34
millim.
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Oglasa opalescens, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous ; abdomen
brown, whitish towards base ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white, the legs irrorated with brown,
the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing pale rufous
mixed with opalescent white and irrorated and striated with
brown ; a sinuous rufous antemedial line ; a black point in
middle of cell ; a curved rufous striga from middle of costa ;
post medial line fine, white defined on inner side by rufous,
with some dark scales on it, angled outwards below costa,
then inwardly oblique and very slightly waved to middle
of inner margin with minute black-brown spots on its outer
edge between veins 7 and 3, some white points beyond it on
costa with dark brown between them ; a subterminal series
of minute black streaks from below costa to above vein 3 ;
a white mark at apex and terminal series of black s trice
defined on inner side by white ; cilia rufous. Hind wing
red-brown, the cilia whitish at tips. Underside whitish
tinged with rufous.
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $ type. Exp. 22
millim.
Oglasa aulota, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white ; palpi,
pectus and legs rufous, the tarsi dark brown slightly ringed
with white ; abdomen pale grey-brown, dorsally slightly
tinged with rufous. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous
and irrorated with red-brown ; antemedial line indistinct,
red-brown, oblique, waved ; a slight brown spot in middle
of cell ; reniform faintly defined by brown scales, figure-of-
eight-shaped with brown points in its upper and lower parts ;
postmedial line slight, brown, bent outwards below costa,
angled inwards at discal fold, then slightly dentate and bent
inwards at vein 3 ; subterminal line represented by a series
of slight whitish marks in the interspaces defined on inner
side by slight dentate brown marks, angled outwards at
veins 7, 4, 3 ; a terminal series of minute blackish spots
slightly defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing pale
reddish brown ; the underside whitish tinged and irrorated
with red-brown, a slight discoidal spot, postmedial line bent
outwards below costa then sinuous, and faint subterminal
shade.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria,
Sapele (Sampson), 1 rf type. Exp. 32 millim.
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Oglasa diagonalis, n. sp.
Head and tegulse rufous ; thorax brownish grey, with
patch on prothorax and some scales on patagia chocolate-
brown ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with red-brown,
the tarsi dark brown ringed with white ; abdomen pale grey-
brown. Fore wing grey- white suffused with, brown and
slightly irrorated with dark brown ; some red-brown on
costa towards base ; antemedial line with chocolate-brown
patch at costa, then slight and excurved to vein 1 ; a black
point in middle of cell ; reniform defined by black-brown,
very narrow' and oblique, produced at lower extremity and
giving off a black streak above vein 4 to the postmedial
line, placed on the inner edge of an oblique chocolate-brown
shade, extending on costa to just before the lobe to the post-
medial line and down to vein 4 ; postmedial line whitish,
oblique and slightly sinuous to below' vein 5, then inwardly
oblique and waved, the area beyond it suffused with chocolate-
brown dowm to vein 4 and with two white points on costa ;
subterminal line whitish, incurved from costa to vein 4
where it is angled outwards, then faint ; the termen chocolate-
brown with a white line just before it, angled inwards at
vein 5 to near the subterminal line, then slightly waved.
Hind wing greyish brown with a fine dark terminal line
defined on inner side by whitish striae ; the underside whitish
suffused and irrorated with red-browm, a chocolate-brown
discoidal lunule defined by white and series of white striae
before termen.
Ab. 1. Fore wing paler and slightly tinged with purplish,
the chocolate-brown shades beyond the cell and on apical
part of terminal area more restricted.
Hab. Gold Coast, Ivumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type ; S. Nigekla,
Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 $, Sapele (Sampson), 1 q, 1 $.
Exp. S 36, $ 32 millim.
Oglasa confluens, n. sp.
2. Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with chocolate-
brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi chocolate-brown,
whitish at tips ; fore and mid tibiae suffused with chocolate-
brown, the tarsi chocolate-brown ringed with white ; abdomen
whitish irrorated with chocolate-brown and dorsally tinged
with red-browm. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated
with chocolate-brown, the veins of terminal half streaked with
chocolate-browm ; an oblique chocolate-brown subbasal striga
from costa with a striga just beyond it from subcostal nervure
to vein 1 ; antemedial line deep chocolate-brown, oblique,
sinuous ; a quadrate chocolate-browm patch in end of cell
confluent with a patch on costa, its outer edge defined by
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whitish before the reniform, which is defined by chocolate-
brown, narrow and rather oblique ; a deep chocolate-brown
obliquely incurved line from origin of vein 2 to inner margin
at the postmedial line, which is deep chocolate-brown, bent
outwards below costa, excurved from discal fold to vein 4,
then oblique, sinuous, and incurved in submedian interspace ;
a conical deep chocolate-brown subterminal patch on costa,
the faint diffused subterminal line arising from it, slightly
waved, excurved at middle, then incurved and ending at
tornus ; a waved chocolate-brown terminal line ; cilia
suffused with chocolate-brown. Hind wing whitish suffused
with red-brown, the terminal area rather darker, a chocolate-
brown terminal line ; cilia red-brown with some white at
base and tips to vein 2, then white with a slight brown line
through them. Underside whitish ; fore wing suffused with
red-brown and with curved postmedial line from costa to
vein 5 ; hind wing irrorated with red-brown, except the inner
area to beyond middle, a brown discoidal point and curved
punctiform postmedial line from costa to vein 2.
Ab. 1. Fore wing without small black spot below lower angle
of cell.
Hab. N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 1 $ ; Transvaal,
Waterberg (Zutrencka), 2 $ type. Exp. 24-34 millim.
Oglasa phseonephele, n. sp.
Head and thorax rufous ; antennae ringed with brown and
whitish towards base ; pectus and legs pale rufous, the tarsi
grey- brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the
ventral surface whitish. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous
and suffused in parts with red-brown ; an obscure dark brown
mark in the cell near base ; antemedial line indistinct, double,
brown, sinuous, excurved above inner margin ; a black point
in middle of cell and slight whitish discoidal lunule ; two
oblique dark striae from costa above end of cell, the area
beyond them and before the postmedial line suffused with
dark brown down to vein 3 ; postmedial line dark brown,
slightly sinuous, angled outwards at veins 0 and 4, then in-
curved ; the costal area pale towards apex ; an indistinct
waved dark subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle; a terminal series of small blackish spots. Hind
wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge ; a terminal
series of blackish strife ; the underside whitish irrorated with
red-brown except on inner area, a small brown discoidal spot,
and slightly sinuous postmedial and subterminal lines.
Hab. Gold Coast {Johnston), 1 §, Kumasi ( Whiteside),
1 $ ; S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Sampson), 1 $ type, Sapele
(Sampson), 2 $. Exp. 30-32 millim.
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Oglasa holophaea, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with greyish ;
tarsi brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey suffused with
brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing red-brown
slightly irrorated with grey ; antemcdial line whitish and
oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique and tinged with
reddish ; postmedial line whitish and oblique to vein 3,
where it is angled outwards, then less distinct, bent inwards
to submedian fold and slightly angled outwards at vein 2 ;
subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a terminal
series of blackish points. Hind wing greyish suffused with
red -brown. Underside whitish tinged with red -brown.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Port Lokko {Penny), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria,
Mama {Dudgeon), 2 9 type. Exp. 36 millim.
Oglasa connectens, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous whitish mixed
with some dark brown ; tarsi fuscous ringed with whitish.
Fore wing ochreous whitish irrorated with dark red-brown;
subbasal dark points on and below costa ; a small triangular
dark antemedial patch on costa and double points on median
nervure and vein 1 ; two obliquely placed black discoidal
striae and a point beyond upper angle of cell surrounded by
whitish confluent with an oblique triangular dark patch from
middle of costa ; a faint whitish postmedial line with black
points at the veins, oblique to vein 6, then incurved, some
whitish and black points beyond it on costa ; veins 4, 3
streaked with whitish ; an indistinct slightly sinuous whitish
subterminal line confluent with a semicircular dark patch on
termen from below apex to vein 4 ; a terminal series of black
points defined on inner side by whitish. Hind wing whitish
suffused with brown ; a terminal series of blackish striae ;
the underside whitish tinged with red-brown, a small blackish
discoidal spot.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Makaling {Baker), 1 $ type.
Exp . 26 millim.
Oglasa pachycnemis, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red-
brown ; frons at sides and palpi red-brown. Fore wing
whitish tinged with reddish brown and slightly irrorated
with dark brown, the costal edge white ; traces of a sinuous
brown antemedial line with a slight black mark at costa ;
two minute black discoidal points ; traces of a brown post-
medial line with a slight black mark at costa, excurved
beyond the cell ; some small black spots on costa towards
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apex ; a subterminal series of small dark brown spots in the
interspaces ; a terminal series of dark brown striae. Hind
wing pale reddish brown with a slight dark terminal line.
Underside of fore wing red -brown ; hind wing whitish, the
costal area suffused with red-brown and irrorated with darker
brown.
Hah. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 2 $ type. Exp. 22-24
millim.
Oglasa costisignata, n. sp.
$. Head and tegulae creamy white mixed with deep red-
brown ; thorax creamy white ; antennae dark brown, ringed
with white towards base ; palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints
dark brown at sides except at tips ; pectus and legs creamy
white mixed with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with
white ; abdomen red-brown, the extremity and ventral
surface creamy white tinged with rufous. Fore wing creamy
white, the postmedial area suffused with bright rufous, the
terminal area chocolate-brown from apex to vein 4 ; small
chocolate-brown spots at base of costa and cell ; antemedial
and medial triangular chocolate-brown patches on costa with
traces of brownish lines from them, the medial line angled
outwards beyond lower angle of cell ; a small very oblique
chocolate-brown discoidal lunuie defined by whitish and with
brown point before its upper extremity ; the terminal half
of costa with alternating chocolate-brown and creamy white
marks ; faint traces of a waved postmedial line excurved to
vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line white, slightly
excurved below vein 7, excurved at middle to near termen,
then incurved and ending at tornus ; a terminal series of
small chocolate-brown spots slightly defined on inner side
by white ; cilia chocolate-brown to vein 4. Hind wing
ochreous suffused with red -brown. Underside of fore wing
suffused with red-brown ; hind wing ochreous white irrorated
with red-brown, a slight discoidal spot, traces of sinuous
medial and postmedial lines, and a terminal series of small
dark brown spots from apex to vein 2.
Hab. Borneo, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.
Oglasa obliquisigna, n. sp.
d'. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with red-
brown ; tarsi brown ringed with whitish. Fore wing grey-
white tinged and irrorated with reddish brown ; a slight
dark mark at base of costa ; an indistinct diffused oblique
brown antemedial line from costa to submedian fold and a
point on vein 1 ; a conical brown patch at middle of costa,
defined on outer side by whitish and with black point at its
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lower extremity, and an obliquely curved black striga on
lower discocellular ; the apical part of costa with series of
short black streaks ; postmedial line blackish and oblique
from vein 6 to vein 3 near lower angle of cell, then represented
by slight dark points ; a faint diffused brown subterminal
line, incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of minute
black spots defined on inner side by whitish points. Hind
wing pale brown. Underside whitish ; fore wing suffused
with reddish brown ; hind wing irrorated with reddish brown,
a brown discoidal point, postmedial series of points excurved
below costa, and terminal series of small black spots.
Iiab. Burma, Maymyo ( Mackwood ), 1 J type. Exp .
30 millim.
Oglasa microsema, n. >p.
Head and tegulse red-broAvn ; thorax grey tinged with
red-brown ; abdomen grey -brown ; pectus and ventral surface
of abdomen whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing grey
tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown ; a small
black-brown antemedial spot on costa with indistinct sinuous
line arising from it with a point on it at submedian fold ;
a small triangular black-brown spot at middle of costa and
blackish discoidal striga ; postmedial line indistinct, dark,
sinuous, arising at vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, the costa
beyond it with alternating black-brown and whitish marks ;
a faint diffused brownish subterminal line, excurved below
costa and at middle and incurved at discal fold and below
vein 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing grey-
brown ; the underside whitish thickly irrorated with brown,
a small dark discoidal spot, curved postmedial line and terminal
series of striae.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
Oglasa rufiniedia, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax white mixed with some red-brown ;
palpi, pectus, legs and abdomen whitish thickly irrorated
with brown, the last with the basal crest black. Fore wing
grey-white irrorated with some red-brown scales, the costal
area to the postmedial fine and the medial area below the cell
suffused with bright rufous ; antemedial line deep rufous,
incurved in the cell and at vein 1 and strongly angled outwards
just below the cell ; orbicular and reniform defined by deep
rufous, the former small, round, the latter narrow and con-
stricted at middle ; postmedial line deep rufous, slight and
lunulate to vein 3, excurved below costa and incurved at discal
fold, below vein 3 curved inwards to below end of cell and
excurved at vein 1 ; subterminal line deep rufous, waved,
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excurved at middle and incurved at discal fold and below
vein 3, the area beyond it suffused with deep rufous to vein 4
and from vein 3 to submedian fold ; a deep rufous terminal
line ; cilia grey-brown chequered with fuscous. Hind wing
grey suffused with pale red-brown ; a fine dark terminal line.
Underside whitish ; fore wing suffused with brown except
the inner area and with the lines indistinct ; hind wing
irrorated with brown except the inner area, a brown discoidal
lunule, postmedial line excurved below costa, and rather
maculate subterminal line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type. Exp.
30 millim.
Oglasa tessellata, n. sp.
§. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with some
whitish, the patagia whitish with some red-brown scales.
Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with red-
brown ; a minute red-brown spot in the cell near base ; ante-
medial line red- brown, slight and interrupted, angled inwards
in the cell, then oblique to just above inner margin, where it
is slightly bent outwards ; a minute red-brown annulus in
middle of cell with dark point in centre ; a pale discoidal
bar defined at sides by red-brown ; a shade formed by red-
brown irroration before the postmedial line, which is red-
brown, bent outwards below costa, then punctiform, incurved
at discal fold and strongly below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa with dark streaks between them ; the
terminal area more strongly irrorated with red-brown ; sub-
terminal line white, defined on each side by black-brown
marks in the interspaces except at costa, strongly towards
inner margin, angled outwards below vein 4 to near termen ;
a series of black-brown lunules defined by whitish just before
termen ; cilia chequered pale and dark red-brown. Hind
wing pale red-brown with series of slight pale marks at base
of cilia. Underside of fore wing pale red-brown with oblique
dark postmedial striga from costa, subterminal line whitish
defined on inner side by brown and excurved at middle ;
hind wing whitish irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal
striga and curved postmedial and subterminal lines.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 2 $ type.
Exp. 30 millim.
Oglasa atristipata, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish mixed with red-brown;
antennae brown ; palpi red-brown. Fore wing greyish tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with black-brown ; subbasal
line red-brown, sinuous, from costa to vein 1 ; antemcdial
line double, chocolate-brown, interrupted, oblique towards
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costa, then inwardly oblique, the outer line forming a spot in
the cell ; two dark brown discoidal points ; postmedial line
dark brown, punctiform, arising below costa, incurved at
discal fold, at vein 3 retracted to lower angle of cell, then
incurved and with some chocolate -brown scales before it on
inner area ; subterminal line defined on each side by black-
brown marks in the interspaces except on outer side towards
costa, the marks stronger towards inner margin, excurved at
middle ; a fine waved black-brown terminal line forming small
black spots at the interspaces defined on inner side by whitish
points. Hind wing pale reddish brown with a fine waved
dark terminal line. Underside of fore wing reddish brown, the
costal area irrorated with whitish ; hind wing whitish irrorated
with red-brown, a brown discoidal striga and slight waved
postmedial and subterminal lines.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 $ type ; S.
Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $. Exp. 34, $ 28 millim.
Oglasa annulisigna, n. sp.
<$. Head and tegulse red-brown ; thorax pale red-brown ;
abdomen grey- brown ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown
irrorated with chocolate-brown, the costal edge whitish to
beyond middle ; a blackish point in cell near base ; antemedial
fine with small blackish spot at costa, then chocolate-brown,
waved and interrupted ; a small black-brown discoidal annulus
with some black- brown irroration in centre ; postmedial fine
slight, chocolate-brown, angled outwards at vein 7, incurved
at discal fold to the discoidal annulus, angled outwards above
vein 4, then incurved and waved, some white points beyond it
on costa with blackish streaks between them ; subterminal
line represented by a series of slight blackish marks in the
interspaces, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a ter-
minal series of small black spots slightly defined on inner side
by whitish. Hind whig reddish brown tinged with grey ;
the underside grey, the costal area irrorated -with brown, a
small blackish discoidal lunule, postmedial line excurved
beyond the cell, and faint subterminal shade.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 type. Exp.
32 millim.
Oglasa griselda, n. sp.
$. Head and tegulse red-brown mixed with some whitish ;
antennae dark brown ; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged
with brown ; tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing
whitish tinged with reddish brown and irrorated with dark
brown ; a dark brown antemedial striga from costa, then traces
of a sinuous line ; a slight reddish brown discoidal striga with
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some blacldsh scales on it, defined on inner side by whitish ;
postmedial line slight, brown, excurved from below costa to
vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond it on costa
with blackish between them ; subterminal line whitish defined
on inner side by diffused brown, slightly waved, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal fold and below
vein 3 ; a terminal series of minute black spots defined on inner
side by whitish. Hind wing grey-brown ; the underside grey
tinged and irrorated with brown, a small blackish discoidal
spot and faint subterminal shade.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
Oglasa junctisigna, n. sp.
Head and thorax whitish mixed with bright rufous ;
antennae brown, ringed with white towards base ; pectus and
legs whitish tinged with rufous, the fore legs dark brown, the
tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen whitish, dorsally irrorated
with brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous ; a minute
oblique blackish striga from base of costa ; antemedial line
faint, red- brown, waved ; claviform defined by white and dark
brown at extremity ; orbicular with white annulus defined at
sides by black scales, rounded, connected by a white streak
on median nervure with the reniform, which has a white
annulus except on outer side of lower part incompletely defined
by blackish mark, constricted at middle and curved inwards
on median nervure ; an oblique dark brown shade from middle
of costa to between the orbicular and reniform, and an oblique
red- brown shade from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line double, brown, sinuous, oblique to vein 6, then
inwardly oblique ; some brown points on costa towards apex
and a white shade before the subterminal series of slight dark
striae with minute black spot at inner margin ; a terminal series
of black striae ; cilia with a faint brown line through them.
Hind wing white suffused with purplish pink ; some dark striae
on termen towards apex ; cilia white with a pale red -brown
line through them. Underside of fore wing blood-red, a dark
postmedial bar from costa defined on outer side by white and
with white points beyond it ; hind wing white tinged with red,
the costal area and terminal area except towards tornus irrora-
ted with red, a red discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hab. Goodenough I. (Meek), 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim.
Oglasa obliquilinea, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some
whitish. Fore wing red-brown mixed with whitish, the terminal
area bright red-brown, narrowing to a point at apex and ex-
tending at middle to the postmedial line ; antemedial line
OGLASA. — BOCULA.
rather diffused, red-brown, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly
oblique ; some diffused red- brown in end of cell ; postmedial
line red-brown defined on outer side by white except at cos a,
oblique and slightly curved ; traces of an oblique subterminal
series of dark marks in the interspaces slightly defined on outer
side by whitish ; some blackish points before termen towards
apex. Hind wing pale red-brown. Underside of fore wing
fuscous brown, the costal and terminal areas blood-red irrorated
with brown ; hind wing blood-red, the costal and terminal areas
thickly irrorated with brown.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with hardly any white on the outer edge
of the postmedial line, the subterminal series of spot's more
distinct and the terminal series of points complete.
Hob. Dutch N. Guinea, Wataikwa R. (Wollaston), 2 $
type. Exp. 30 millini.
Oglasa paralleia, n. sp.
U- Head and thorax pale purplish grey mixed with brown ;
abdomen white tinged with brown ; antennae pale brown ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs
slightly tinged with brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey
suffused with brown ; very oblique straight brown ante- and
postmedial lines defined on outer side by whitish, the former
ending at middle of inner margin, the latter at tornus ; a slight
whitish discoiclal spot ; some whitish points on costa towards
apex ; a dark brown terminal line and whitish line at base of
cilia. Hind wing white tinged 'with brown ; a dark brown
terminal line. Underside white ; fore wing tinged with brown
except on inner area, a rather oblique brown postmedial line
from costa to submedian fold ; hind wing with the costal area
faintly irrorated with red-brown, a curved brown postmedial
line.
Hctb. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 $ ; Br. C.
Africa, Ruo Valley ( Neave ), 1 Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 3 $ type.
Exp. 18-20 millim.
Genus BOCULA.
Type.
Bocula, Gueu. Noct. iii. p. 295 (1852) caradrinoides , Guen.
Bor&ippa, Walk. xv. 1756 (1858) quadrilineatn, Walk.
Lacibisa, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc.. Zool. vii. p. 82
(1864) quadrilineata. Walk.
Aramuna, Moore, Lep. Ccyl. iii. p. 35 (1884) marginata, Moore.
Eudragana, Butl. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 545 limbata, Butl.
Trichoptya, Warr. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 53 (1912) a ejnncta, Walk.
Sillophora, Warr. Nov. Zool. xix. p. 54 (1912) bimaculata, Snell.
Bocula xauthostola, n. n.
Aramuna marginata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 36, pi. 149. f. 6 (1884), nec
Moore, 1882 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 517 (1894).
Q 2
22S
X0CTUID2E.
Bocula heliotliina, n. sp.
Head and thorax yellow ; antennae tinged with brown except
towards base ; palpi chocolate-brown, the terminal half whitish ;
abdomen pale yellow ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish ; legs ochreous. Fore wing pale orange-yellow, the
terminal area broadly rufous ; a whitish point defined by dark
brown scales in middle of cell and faint minute discoidal lunule ;
some slight dark points and striae on the inner edge of the rufous
terminal area ; faint traces of a sinuous subterminal line with
a brownish bar between veins 8 and 6 ; a series of slight dark
points just before termen. Hind wing pale yellow, the
terminal area rufous, narrowing to a point at tornus and with
its inner edge slightly waved. Underside pale orange-yellow ;
bind wing with the cell and inner area whitish ; fore wing with
two brown discoidal points, the hind wing with one.
Hab. Bengal, 1 $ ; Bombay, 1 $ ; Madras, Cuddapah,
Horsleykonda (Campbell), 1 $ type. Exp. 28-34 millim.
Bocula ichthyuropis u. sp.
d*. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with greyish ; palpi
and fore and mid legs dark reddish brown ; abdomen dark
reddish brown, greyer at sides. Fore wing greyish tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ; antemedial
line brown, slightly excurved below costa, then oblique ;
a white point on middle of cell defined by brown and a small
elliptical white discoidal spot with black point in its upper part ;
a double brown medial line, slightly excurved below costa,
then incurved, the outer line indistinct ; postmedial line brown,
rather oblique and very slightly incurved ; the terminal area
deep chocolate-brown from costa to submedian fold, its inner
edge strongly incurved and defined by whitish ; a punctiform
dark brown terminal line defined on inner side by whitish ; cilia
grey-brown except towards tornus. Hind wing dark brown
with a cupreous tinge ; a slight dark terminal line ; cilia whitish
at tips. Underside grey ; fore wing suffused with red-brown
except marginal areas ; hind wing irrorated with brown, a
dark discoidal spot and curved postmedial line ; both wings
with terminal series of black striae.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Yaba (Macfie), 1 type. Exp. 30 millim.
Bocula sticticraspis, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed wit h whitish ;
antennae ringed with dark brown ; palpi and fore legs brown,
the tarsi ringed with white ; pectus, mid and hind legs and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore
wing whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; waved
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229
brown antemedial and medial lines ; postmedial line indistinct,
brown, waved, incurved to discal fold and excurved at middle ;
the terminal area suffused with dark brown to submedian fold,
its inner edge defined by an incurved maculate rather sinuous
black-brown line ; a series of small black- brown spots defined
by whitish on costa towards apex and terrnen. Hind wing
grey-brown with a reddish tinge. Underside whitish ; fore wing
suffused with reddish brown except the inner area ; hind wing
irrorated with brown, a brown discoidal spot and curved post-
medial line.
Hah. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 $ type.
Exp. 22 millim.
Bocula metochrea, n. sp.
Head and thorax purplish grey mixed with some rufous
and irrorated with a few fuscous scales ; antennae fuscous ;
palpi red-brown ; tarsi red-brown with slight pale rings ;
abdomen ochreous white tinged with rufous and slightly irro-
rated with brown. Fore whig purplish grey tinged with rufous
and irrorated with brown, the inner area paler ; an indistinct
oblique sinuous fuscous antemedial line ; a blackish point in
middle of cell ; an indistinct double fuscous medial line,
inwardly oblique to discal fold, excurved at lower angle of cell
and outwardly oblique from submedian fold to inner margin,
a black point beyond it on vein 6 ; an indistinct slightly incurved
fuscous postmedial line, a large semicircular chocolate-brown
terminal patch from apex to just above vein 1, tinged with
rufous towards terrnen, its inner edge defined by white from
below costa to vein 4 ; a terminal series of dark points and a
striga slightly defined on inner side by white between veins
3 and 1. Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous. Underside
ochreous wrhite ; fore wing with the costal area tinged with
rufous to the faint curved brown postmedial line, the postmedial
area tinged with brown from below costa to vein 3 ; hind wing
with the costal area slightly irrorated with brown, a small
brown discoidal spot.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 2 type. Exp.
32 millim.
Bocula ochrigramma, n. sp.
C- Head and thorax pale red-brown, the antennae whitish ;
palpi dark brown, whitish at tips ; fore and mid legs dark-brown,
the pectus and hind legs whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen
whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown ;
a blackish point in the cell near base ; antemedial line indistinct,
red -brown inwardly oblique to vein 1 and excurved above inner
margin ; a minute black point defined by ochreous in middle of
cell and black and ochreous points on and just beyond the
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discocellulars, the former placed on an oblique diffused sinuous
red-brown medial line ; postmedial line faint, red-brown,
inwardly oblique, incurved at discal and submedian folds ;
subterminal line ochreous white slightly defined on outer side
by dark brown, oblique to vein 6, then slightly excurved ;
a series of black points just before termen defined on inner side
by ochreous. Hind wing greyish suffused with reddish brown,
the cilia whitish tinged with rufous. Underside of fore wing
suffused with red-brown : hind wing ochreous white, the costal
and terminal areas irrorated with red-brown, a brown discoidal
spot and curved postmedial line.
$. Head, thorax, and fore wing greyish suffused and irrorated
with red-brown, the last with the lines more distinct.
Hab. Ceylon, PuttaJam (Pole), I <$, 1 $ type. Exp.
millim.
G-emis CARYONOPERA, nov.
Type, C. triangularis, B.-Bkr. ( Deinypena ), A. M.N.H. (8)
viii. p. 539 (1911).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to far above vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
and slightly angled with scales above near base, the 3rd long,
somewhat acuminate at tip and with triangular tuft of scales
behind ; frons smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male typically bipectinate with long
branches, the apical part with bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed, the metathorax with
spreading crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair, the pectus in
male clothed with woolly hair ; abdomen with crests on two
basal segments. Fore wing with the costa arched towards
apex which is rounded, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just
above angle ; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell ; the male with a large
costal fold on underside extending to middle. Hind wing
with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; (5, 7 from upper
angle : 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Caryonopera conifera, n. sp.
Head and thorax chocolate-brown mixed with purplish grey ;
abdomen purplish grey with the crests on basal segments
chocolate-brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi red-brown
mixed with white, the 3rd joint white at base and tips ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs white suffused
with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white.
C'A KVONOPKJiA.
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Fore wing red- brown suffused with purple ; a deep chocolate-
brown lunule in submedian interspace before the antemedial
line, which is indistinctly double, chocolate-brown, obliquely
excurved to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique ; a rather
diffused and slightly curved chocolate-brown medial line
with the slight discoidal mark on its outer edge, whitish defined
on inner side by deep chocolate-brown and forking below ;
postmedial line chocolate-brown, oblique to vein 6, then
inwardly oblique and excurved at submedian fold, a white point
on its outer side at costa ; an oblique wedge-shaped deep
chocolate-brown patch from costa to discal fold before the
subterminal line, which is white to vein 6 then represented by
a series of deep chocolate-brown points ; a triangular deep
chocolate-brown patch on terminal area from apex to vein 5
and a deep chocolate-brown terminal line defined on inner side
by white. Hind wing red-brown suffused with purplish grey,
the costal area whitish ; a diffused chocolate-brown line from
lower angle of cell to vein 1 ; a slightly waved brown postmedial
line defined on outer side by white scales from vein 0 to inner
margin ; a rather punctiform brown subterminal fine defined
on outer side by white, obsolescent towards costa ; three
chocolate-brown spots between veins 5 and 2 before the
chocolate-brown terminal line defined on inner side by white.
Underside bluish white tinged with brown ; fore whig with
indistinct diffused brown postmedial line and subterminal
shade ; hind wing with diffused brown medial line, curved
postmedial line, and subterminal shade.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Port Lokko {Penny), 1 $ ; Gold
Coast, Kumasi {Sanders), 1 $ type ; S. Nigeria, Sapele
{Sampson), 1 Exp. 34-40 millim.
Caryonopera breviramia, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen silvery grey-white mixed
with reddish brown, the last with the crests on basal segments
dark brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi brown mixed with
whitish, the 3rd joint white at base and tips ; pectus and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the legs whitish suffused
with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing
silvery blue-grev mixed with some brown, the costal area
browner to the postmedial line ; a subbasal black-brown
patch from belowr the cell to above inner margin ; antemedial
line indistinctly double, dark brown, rather obliquely curved ;
reniform represented by an oblique white striga defined on
inner side by black- brown before end of cell and a small
white spot beyond the discocellulars with a triangular black-
brown mark above it ; a rather obliquely curved black-brown
band from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial
232
V0CTU1D.E.
line dark brown, very oblique from costa to discal fold, in-
curved from below vein 5 to vein 2, then slightly excurved ;
an oblique wedge-shaped dark brown subterminal patch from
costa to discal fold, defined on inner side by fulvous, except
at costa, then traces of an incurved line to vein 3, then a
sinuous dark line to tornus ; a conical dark brown patch on
terminal area from just below apex to vein 4, traversed by
faint fulvous streaks on the veins and with some fulvous on
lower part of its inner edge ; a black-brown terminal line
defined on inner side by a fine white line, slightly angled
inwards at submedian fold ; cilia grey-brown. Hind wing
grey-brown, the postmedial and terminal areas suffused with
silvery blue-grey below discal fold ; an indistinct oblique
dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; an oblique
brown postmedial line slightly excurved at discal fold ; a
rather diffused slightly sinuous brown subterminal line from
discal fold to inner margin ; a black-brown terminal line
defined on inner side by a fine white line with some black-brown
before its medial part : cilia brown tinged with blue-grey.
Underside silvery blue-grey tinged with brown ; both wings
with indistinct sinuous brown medial, postmedial, and sub-
terminal lines.
Hob. Cam kroons, Ja K.. Bitje (Bales). I g type. Exp .
30 millim.
Genus TRICHOPALPINA, nm.
Type, T. gabunalis, Ho]]. ( Elyra ). Psyche, vii. p. 120. pi. iv.
f. 17 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and slightly angled with scales above near base, then
typically fringed with rough hair above in male and slightly
fringed with hair behind towards extremity in female, the
3rd rather long, typically strongly tufted with hair behind
and in female somewhat acuminate at extremity ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenna?
of male bipectinate with long branches ending in bristles,
with a large tuft of hair on inner side towards extremity,
then with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and
scales mixed and without crests ; pectus and coxa' of male
typically clothed with rough hair and with tuft of long hair
from below origin of fore wing, the fore tibiae with fringe of
large scales on outer side, the mid and hind tibiae moderately
fringed with scales ; abdomen with slight rough hair at base
of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing typically with the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate :
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vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above
angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell ; the male with large costal
fold on underside extending to near middle of costa. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Trichopalpina zethesia, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brown suffused with purplish
grey, the last with white segmental lines, the basal segment
whitish, the 2nd blackish ; palpi, pectus, legs, and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi
dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing purple-grey tinged
with brown ; a diffused brown antemedial line, oblique below
the cell ; a diffused brown medial line, angled outwards
below costa, then oblique ; an oblique black-brown discoidal
lunule ; postmedial line brown, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved to submedian fold, then erect and slightly excurved
at vein 1 ; the terminal area suffused with darker brown
below discal fold, the apical area suffused with white ; sub-
terminal line rather diffused brown defined on outer side bj?
some white, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, met at vein 6
by an oblique blackish shade from apex ; a black-brown
terminal line defined on inner side by white ; cilia dark brown
with a fine whitish line at base, the tips pure white below vein 3.
Hind wing purplish grey, the costal area whitish to beyond
middle and to discal fold, the area below the cell suffused
with chocolate-brown to above inner margin ; postmedial line
dark brown on a purple-grey band, from discal fold to inner
margin, oblique ; the terminal area brown with a broad deep
chocolate-brown shade before the slightly waved whitish
subterminal line almost obsolete towards costa, the area
beyond it with a deep chocolate-brown patch at middle,
then suffused with bluish white to tornus ; a black- brown
terminal line defined on inner side bj^ white ; cilia dark brown
with a fine whitish line at base and pure white tips. Under-
side grey suffused with red-brown, the inner areas white ;
fore wing with indistinct curved slightly waved brownish
postmedial and subterminal lines ; hind wing with minute
black discoidal spot, two slightly waved brown postmedial
lines, and a slightly waved whitish subterminal line defined
on inner side by diffused brown, and by a blackish patch in
submedian interspace.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 <$, 1 2 type ; Congo
Forest (Wollaston), 1 <$. Exp. 28-30 millim.
NOCTUTl) K.
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Genus LEUCOTELIA, iiov.
Type, L. ochreoplagata, Kenrick ( Eutelia ), Trans. Ent. Soc.
1917, p. 91, pi. ii.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with fasciculate cilia, the shaft with tuft of hair above
just before middle ; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales ; abdomen with some rough scales at base but without
crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair. Fore wing
with the apex rounded and somewhat falcate, the termen
excised below apex and strongly excurved at middle, not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; the male with very broad costal lobe on underside
to beyond middle, arched below and extending to median
nervure. Hind wing with the termen slightly excised at
diseal fold and excurved at middle ; the cell about half the
length of wing : veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus GNATH0G0NIA, nov.
Type, G. plecopteridia, Hmpsn. (Bocula), J. Bomb. Nat.
Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 661 (1907).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique,
extending about the length of head and angled with scales
above at middle, the 3rd rather long, somewhat acuminate at
extremity and upturned ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
II from cell. Hind wing with the cell nearly half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle : 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Genus MEC0D0PSIS. now
Type, M. conisema.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
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slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd rather
long and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with slight
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales,
the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with crests on two
basal segments, the crest on 2nd segment large. Fore wing
with the apex slightly produced, the termen evenly curved
and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell nearly
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully de-
veloped from well above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Mecodopsis conisema, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey, the
prothoracic crest tipped with whitish and black ; abdomen
grey- brown, the crest on 2nd segment tipped with black-
brown and whitish. Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey
and irrorated with a few black scales ; a subbasal black
point in the cell ; antemedial line red-brown, at costa black
defined on inner side by white, angled outwards below costa,
incurved in the cell and at vein 1 and excurved below the
cell and above inner margin ; a minute brown spot in middle
of cell ; medial line brown, excurved in the cell, then waved ;
postmedial line fine, brown, defined on outer side by white,
blackish at costa, oblique to vein 6, where it is acutely angled
outwards, then incurved and slightly waved to vein 3, a
truncate conical chocolate-brown patch beyond it on costal
area, extending to apex and with some white points at costa ;
an indistinct rather interrupted brown subterminal line,
slightly incurved at submedian fold ; a series of black points
just before termen and a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind
wing grey-brown ; an indistinct brown postmedial line,
slightly defined on outer side by whitish and somewhat in-
curved below vein 3 ; the terminal area greyer except towards
apex ; a series of black points just before termen and a fine
pale line at base of cilia. Underside of fore wing grey-brown,
a slight dark discoidal striga and faint postmedial line ex-
curved below costa ; hind wing whitish irrorated with brown,
a slight dark discoidal point, and faint waved postmedial
line ; both wings with series of black points before termen.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 $ type ; N.
Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 1 $. Exp. 38 millim.
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NOCTULDUS.
Genus C0N0SEMA, iiov.
Type, C. pratti, B.-Bkr. (Zethes), Nov. Zool. xv. p. 202
(1908).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately fringed with scales in
front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and
cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the meta-
thorax with depressed crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with
hair; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore
wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Genus PAEACCERIA, now
Type, P. orobena , Druce ( Rivula ), Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.
i. p. 444, pi. 36. f. 8 (1891).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely
upturned to above vertex of bead, angled with scales in
front at extremity and strongly fringed with hair behind
towards extremity, the 3rd moderate, porrect, with tuft of
scales in front ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests,
the tegulae forming a rather raised hood with large scales
below ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair, the throat and fore
coxae of male with tufts of rough hair ; build slender ;
abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing
rather narrow, the apex somewhat produced, the termen
evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10 strongly anastomosing
with 8 to form a minute areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly
stalked or from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle
of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
to near middle ; the male with the inner area clothed with
rough scales on underside.
Paracceria atridisca, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some
whitish ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish
tinged with brown ; tarsi fuscous brown ringed with white.
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Fore wing red-brown mixed with some Avhitish and slightly
irrorated with dark brown ; a minute black spot on subcostal
nervure near base ; an indistinct dark broAvn antemedial
line, oblique on costal area, incurved in cell, then waved ;
a minute black- brown spot in middle of cell ; a whitish
discoidal striga with slight dark brown mark before it in the
cell and streak on median nervure ; a large conical chocolate-
broAvn patch beyond the cell before the white postmedial
line where it extends to the costa, the line oblique to above
vein 4 strongly bent inwards with a slight downwards curve
from below vein 4 to below vein 3, then oblique to middle of
inner margin, some whitish points beyond it on costa with
dark brown between them ; subterminal line whitish defined
on inner side by diffused dark brown and slightly Avaved
towards costa, then represented by a series of dark red-broAvn
marks irrorated with blue-white in the interspaces, oblique
beloAV vein 3 ; a terminal series of small dark brown terminal
lunules with a rather triangular mark defined on inner side
by white at submedian interspace ; cilia chequered red-brown
and dark brown. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia whitish
chequered with red-brown to submedian fold. Underside of
fore wing grey-brown ; hind wing whitish suffused with
grey-brown, a small dark brown discoidal lunule, faint curved
slightly waved postmedial line, and faint subterminal shade.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro ( Wilson), 1 $ type. Exp. 30
millim.
Genus PROCCERIA , nov.
Type, P. mesoneura.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short, porrect, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with rough scales,
the metathorax ivith large crest of upcurled scales ; a tuft of
long hair from beloAV the shoulders, the coxae, femora, and
tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; build slender ; abdomen
with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing narrow, the apex
rectangular, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing Avith 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing Avith the cell half the length of Aving ; veins 3, 4
shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from abo\Te angle of cell ;
6, 7 from upper angle : 8 anastomosing with the cell to near
middle.
23, S
nocti ijj.i;.
Procoeria mesoaeura, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with some
dark brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi dark brown at
sides ; tarsi dark brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen
pale red- brown mixed with some whitish, the ventral surface
whitish irrorated with broAvn. Fore wing bright red-brown
irrorated with black- brown ; a small black spot on costa
near base Avith a striga from it to submedian fold, folloAved
by black points below the costa and cell ; antemedial line
indistinctly double, blackish, Avaved, the outer line with a
black spot at costa ; a black point defined by whitish in
middle of cell and a slight whitish discoidal lunule with a
rather triangular blackish mark before it in the cell ; a rather
quadrate black-brown patch beyond the cell before the
postmedial line, which is whitish Avith a black spot before it
at costa, obliquely downcurved below costa, then slightly
waved and with small black marks before and beyond it in
the interspaces, oblique from vein 4 to vein 2 where it is
slightly angled inwards, then slightly excurved, some dark
brown suffusion beyond it on costal area with alternating
pale rufous and black marks on the costa ; subterminal line
pale defined on inner side by slight black-broAvn marks in
the interspaces with some AArhitish between them and the
black marks beyond the postmedial line, waved and slightly
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, some dark broAvn
suffusion beyond it between veins 0 and 4 ; a terminal series
of small black-brown lunules ; cilia rufous, intersected with
black-broAvn at the veins. Hind Aving pale red-brown with
whitish points at the extremities of the veins ; cilia ochreous
tinged Avith rufous. Underside of fore Aving reddish broAAm,
the costa more ochreous irrorated Avith broAvn to end of cell,
the apex ochreous ; hind wing whitish tinged with broAvn,
the costal area irrorated with broAvn, a black-broAvn discoidal
spot, postmedial line slightly Avaved toAvards costa, rather
diffused subterminal line, and terminal series of small black
lunules.
Hah. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, Tijuca (Wagner), 1 J type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Genus CCERIANA.
type.
Coer tana. Walk. xv. 1852 (1858) clandestina, Walk.
Buphana, Moschl. Verb. zool.-bot. lies. Wien. 1880,
p. 4(52 zopisea, Moschl.
Leptortenist.a, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vii. p. 436 (1801) dubia, Warr.
Bnrdettia, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nut. Mils. I. p. 364 (1016) braz-iliensin, Schaus.
Coeriana dianephelr, ». sp.
($. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with rufous ; the hair
on pectus and legs pale yellow ; abdomen red-brown, the
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ventral surface yellowish white. Fore wing ochreous yellow
irrorated with bright red-brown ; some dark brown above
base of inner margin ; an oblique bright red- brown fascia
from apex to the postmedial line at discal fold and thence
on its inner side to middle of inner margin, broadly diffused
on inner side ; antemedial line bright red-brown, angled
outwards below costa and inwards in the cell, then waved to
inner margin ; black-brown points in middle of cell and on
discocellulars ; postmedial line bright red-brown, obliquely
excurved and somewhat dentate to vein 4, then oblique to
inner margin ; a patch of red-brown on terminal area below
the oblique fascia from apex and a subterminal patch in
submedian interspace ; a terminal series of small deep red-
brown lunules. Hind wing deep red-brown, the cilia whitish
at tips. Underside ochreous yellow tinged with red-brown,
especially on fore wing.
Hcib. Brazil, 1 type. Exp. 32 millim.
Coeriana nyctosia, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown, some whitish at base of
tegulse ; the hair on mid and hind tibiae reddish ochreous ;
abdomen dark red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous
towards extremity. Fore wing red -brown, slightly irrorated
with darker brown, a patch of dark red-brown suffusion on
antemedial area below the cell ; traces of a waved dark brown
antemedial line, oblique to submedian fold, then erect ;
small black-brown spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars,
the former defined on outer side bjr yellowish white, the
latter defined on each side by yellowish white and with small
black-brown spot beyond it ; a curved dark brown line from
costa to vein 6 just beyond the cell ; postmedial line dark
brown, curved, dentate ; a terminal series of rather elongate
dark brown marks in the interspaces, the spot in submedian
interspace defined on inner side by yellowish white. Hind
wing red-brown. Underside grey- white tinged with brown ;
both wings with brown discoidal spot ; hind -wing with traces
of a curved postmedial line.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Bartica (Kaye), 1 £ type. Exp. 40
millim.
Coeriana endophaea, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish ;
abdomen grey-brown ; antennae dark brown, ringed with
whitish towards base ; palpi red- brown, the 3rd joint whitish ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated
with brown, the fore legs darker brown, the tarsi dark brown
ringed with white. Fore wing greyish suffused with brown
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noctuida:.
and irrorated with dark brown, the postmedial area darker
brown ; a dark subbasal bar from costa ; a faint dark ante-
medial line, slightly excurved to median nervure, then in-
curved, the area between it and the postmedial line deep
chocolate-brown below' the cell ; a rather triangular deep
chocolate- brown discoidal spot, placed on the inner edge of
the whitish postmedial hue which is defined on inner side
by brown towards costa, excurved round the discoidal spot,
then incurved, excurved in submedian interspace and approxi-
mated to the antemedial line at inner margin, some whitish
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line only represented
by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal areas,
somewhat angled outwards below veins 7 and 4, then strongly
incurved ; a terminal series of dark brown bars. Hind wing
reddish brown with a slight greyish tinge ; a terminal series
of dark striae ; cilia whitish mixed with brown. Underside
of fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown except on inner
area ; hind whig whitish, the costal area suffused with red-
brown, a slight brown discoidal spot.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, Tijuca ( Wagner), 1 $ type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Cceriana phseobasia, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax and abdomen red-brown mixed with
whitish especially on thorax ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen ochreous wrhite tinged with rufous. Fore
wing ochreous white tinged with rufous and irrorated with
red-brown, the basal area suffused with dark red-brown ;
antemedial line indistinct, dark brown, angled outwards
below costa, in submedian fold, and above inner margin ; a
small round dark brown spot in middle of cell and discoidal
bar ; some dark brown suffusion beyond the cell extending
to costa ; postmedial line dark brown, excurved below costa,
angled outwards below veins 5 and 4, then inwardly oblique
to submedian fold and oblique and sinuous to inner margin ;
an indistinct dark subterminal line, excurved below vein 7,
excurved and waved at middle ; a terminal series of small
rather triangular dark brown spots. Hind wing dark red-
brown. Underside whitish tinged with brown ; both wings
with brown discoidal spots.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R., 1 <$ type. Exp. 40 millim.
Cceriana crenulata, n. sp.
CJ. Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown and with
a few dark brown scales ; palpi red-brown, the extremity
of 3rd joint whitish ; legs red-brown, the tarsi slightly ringed
with whitish ; abdomen dark red- brown, the ventral surface
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241
whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing greyish suffused
with rufous and irrorated with dark red-brown ; a small
black spot in the cell near base ; traces of a brown antemedial
line, oblique to submedian fold where there is a dark point
on it, then inwardly oblique ; a black point in middle of cell
and slight discoidal striga ; postmedial line black-brown
defined on outer side by grey, strongly crenulate, excurved
to vein 4, then oblique ; a patch of blackish scales before
middle of termen ; a terminal series of slight black lunules.
Hind wing dark red-brown. Underside of both wings uniform
dark red- brown.
Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby -Tyler),
38 millim.
Genus ARUGISA.
Arugisa, Walk, xxxiii. 1023 (1865)
Poena, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 483(1891)...
Diallagma , Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 483 (1900)
Arugisa rubiginusa, n. sp.
Head and thorax deep red-brown ; antennae black-brown,
ringed with whitish towards base ; abdomen dark brown
tinged with grey ; fore and mid legs pale rufous, the hind
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with rufous.
Fore wing deep red-brown, slightly irrorated with dark
brown ; antemedial line blackish, incurved in the cell and
excurved above inner margin ; a black point in middle of
cell and slight white discoidal striga ; postmedial line blackish
defined on outer side by pale rufous, very minutely dentate,
bent outwards beyond the cell, then incurved to below end
of cell and excurved in submedian interspace, some whitish
points with dark brown between them beyond it on costa ;
the postmedial area with diffused pale rufous patches below
costa and between vein 4 and submedian fold ; subterminal
line indistinct, pale rufous, somewhat dentate, incurved at
discal fold ; a terminal series of slight dark brown spots and
a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing uniform dark
reddish brown. Underside whitish tinged with reddish-
brown ; fore wing with indistinct curved brown postmedial
line and slight dentate whitish subterminal line from costa
to vein 6 ; hind wing with slight brown discoidal spot and
indistinct rather diffused curved postmedial and subterminal
fines.
Hab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby -Tyler), 1 10 2 type ;
Colombia, Don Amo (H. H. Smith), 1 Sierra del Libano
(H. H. Smith), 1 <$, 1 $, Minca ( H . H. Smith), 1 $. Exp.
30-34 millim.
1 S type. Exp.
Type.
aliena, Walk.
porrectalis, Druce.
latiorella. Walk.
R
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NOCTUID,*:.
Arugisa albipuncta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
some dark brown ; antennae ringed whitish and black ; palpi
reddish ochreous irrorated with black and with some red-
brown in front ; tarsi black -brown ringed with white. Fore
wing ochreous suffused with red-brown and irrorated with
black-brown ; a blackish subbasal striga fi’om costa ; ante-
medial line blackish, waved and somewhat oblique ; a minute
black spot in middle of cell, defined by whitish except below ;
a black discoidal point ; postmedial line indistinctly double,
dark brown, obliquely downcurved below costa, then slightly
waved, oblique from vein 4 to submedian fold, then slightly
excurved, some dark points with whitish between them
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale, slightly
defined on inner side by rather diffused dark brown, slightly
angled outwards below vein 7, excurved and slightly waved
at middle, then incurved ; a fine waved blackish terminal line
forming small white spots in the interspaces with slight
dentate white marks before them ; cilia ochreous mixed with
dark brown and with some white at base in the interspaces.
Hind wing pale red-brown ; a fine dark brown terminal line ;
cilia ochreous with a rufous tinge. Underside of fore wing
pale red-brown, the costa ochreous irrorated with red-brown,
the terminal areas ochreous, the inner area whitish, slight
dark spots at middle and end of cell, faint rather diffused
sinuous postmedial and subterminal lines, and a fine waved
black terminal line forming points in the interspaces ; hind
wing ochreous white in-orated with dark brown, a black-brown
discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and terminal series of
small rather triangular spots.
Hab. Jamaica, Cinchona {Kaye), 1 $ type. Exp. 28
millim.
Arugisa subterminata, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with red-brown ;
abdomen grey-brown ; antennae whitish ringed with dark
brown ; frons and palpi black-brown, the latter white at
tips ; fore legs fuscous brown, the hair on lower side rufous ;
mid and hind legs whitish tinged with brown, the tarsi brown
ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish
suffused with brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous
and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area suffused
with reddish brown ; a black point in the cell near base ;
antemedial line faint, brown, rather punctiform, incurved in
the cell and excurved below the cell ; a black point in middle
of cell and slight discoidal lunule defined by brown ; post-
medial line indistinct, brown, slightly waved, oblique to vein
<) and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it
AltUtHSA. — BtJCALYPTRA.
243
on costa ; a subterminal series of faint brown spots with
some white scales on them ; a terminal series of small dark
brown spots defined by greyish. Hind wing dark reddish
brown, the termen tinged with grey ; a faint subterminal
line formed by white scales from vein 4 to tornus ; a terminal
series of slight black-brown lunules. Underside of fore wing
reddish brown mixed with some whitish, the inner and
terminal areas whitish ; hind wing whitish thickly irrorated
with brown, a small reddish brown discoidal spot and faint
postmedial line.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, Tijuca ( Wagner), 1 $ type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Genus PHRODITA, nov.
Type, P. bilinea, Schaus ( Phrodita nom. nud.), J. N.Y.
Ent. Soc., vi. p. 120 (1898).
Proboscis aborted and small ; palpi porrect and downcurved,
projecting about three times length of head and fringed with,
long hair above and below ; frons smooth, with large tuft of
hair ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with bristles and
cilia ; thorax clothed with rough hair and scales mixed
and without crests ; tibia moderately fringed with hair ; build
rather slender ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests.
Fore wing rather narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of
cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near
middle.
Genus EUCALYPTRA.
Eucali/ptra, Morr. Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N.Y. xi.
p. 103 (1875)
Aplosampa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 234
(1894)
Adrocampa, Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 234
(1894)
Strabea. Schaus, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi. p. 235
(1894)
Aretype. Smith. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxix. p. 222
(1903)
Type.
bipuncta, Morr.
fumida, Schaus.
pallescens, Schaus.
punctulaka, Schaus.
russula, Grote.
Eucalyptra perpulverea, n. sp.
Oustiana abditalis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 425 (nec Walk.).
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red-
brown and irrorated with a few black-brown scales ; palpi
at sides and fore and mid legs dark red-brown. Fore wing
whitish tinged with red -brown and thickly irrorated with
r2
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NOOTU1DJE.
black- brown ; a black point below base of cell ; antemedial
line reddish brown, indistinct and rather diffused, bent
outwards at median nervure ; black points in middle of cell
and on discocellulars ; postmedial line rather diffused dark
brown, with dark brown suffusion on its inner side beyond
the cell, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and slightly
excurved below vein 2 ; a diffused brown subterminal line,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a terminal series of
black-brown points ; cilia dark red-brown. Hind wing
whitish suffused with red-brown ; a terminal series of dark
points except towards tornus. Underside whitish ; fore wing
suffused with red-brown, the inner area whiter ; hind wing
tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown, a
slight brown discoidal spot and faint postmedial line from
costa to discal fold.
Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion), 1 $ type,
Godman-Salvin Coll. ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro. Exp. 34 millim.
Eucalyptra discofascia. ». sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the dorsum
of thorax and abdomen with a faint rufous tinge, the vertex
of head with black point ; antennae tinged with rufous ;
frons at sides, palpi, pectus and legs suffused with rufous ;
ventral surface of abdomen suffused with rufous and irrorated
with red- brown. Fore wing creamy white slightly tinged
with rufous and irrorated with black- brown ; minute black
spots in the cell near base and at middle, and a point on
discocellulars ; a small rather diffused antemedial black spot
below the cell ; a black-brown streak in discal fold from just
beyond the cell to the postmedial line, which is represented
by an obliquely curved series of lunulate black-brown marks
in the interspaces from below vein 7 to vein 1, the mark in
submedian interspat, diffused on inner side ; a terminal
series of black points from below apex to below vein 3. Hind
wing creamy white ; a minute blackish discoidal point and
postmedial brownish spot in discal fold ; the apical area
slightly irrorated with dark scales ; a terminal series of black-
brown points from apex to vein 2. Underside creamy white,
the fore wing and costal area of bind wing tinged with rufous
and irrorated with dark brown ; hind wing with blackish
discoidal point, the terminal area slightly irrorated with dark
brown to vein 2.
Hab. Brazil, Itaparica (Mead#- Waldo), 1 £ type. Exp.
26 millim.
Eucalyptra bisinuata, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white ; palpi pale
rufous ; fori' and mid legs suffused with red-brown. Fore
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wing creamy white sparsely irrorated with dark brown ; a
slight rufous antemedial bar-shaped mark below the cell ;
black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; small
postmedial black -brown spots above and below vein 6, a
slight spot below angle of cell and double spot in submedian
interspace. Hind wing creamy white. Underside creamy
white with a faint rufous tinge ; both wings with the costal
area more strongly tinged with rufous to beyond middle,
and with black discoidal points.
II ab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby -Tyler), 1 type. Exp.
24 millim.
Eucalyptra cremorina. n. sp.
c$. Head and thorax creamy white ; antennae rufous except
' towards base ; sides of frons and palpi glossy black- brown ;
fore legs black- brown hi front, the mid and hind legs suffused
with red-brown ; abdomen creamy white dorsally tinged with
pale red- brown except at base. Fore wing creamy white,
the costa narrowly black-brown with a reddish tinge below
and towards apex ; black points in middle of cell and on
discocellulars ; the termen slightly tinged with rufous on
apical half and the cilia black-brown to near tornus. Hind
wing creamy white, the cilia faintly tinged with rufous towards
apex. Underside creamy white ; fore wing suffused with
rufous except the inner area ; hind wing faintly tinged with
rufous.
$. Abdomen dark red- brown except at base ; fore wing
with the costa and cilia more strongly black-brown with a
reddish tinge, the postmedial area irrorated with a few black
scales ; hind wing dark glossy red-brown, the cilia paler
from vein 2 to tornus. Underside wholly suffused with dark
red-brown except at extreme base.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 1 $ type ; Argen-
tina, Sta Fe, Ocampo ( Wagner), 1 Exp. 32-40 millim.
Eucalyptra fulvitincta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white suffused
with rufous ; palpi and fore legs redder brown. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated with dark brown,
the costal edge dark brown towards base ; a small antemedial
blackish spot in submedian fold ; a minute black spot in
middle of cell and a discoidal point with some whitish scales
on its outer side ; an obliquely curved postmedial series of
small lunulate blackish marks in the interspaces from below
costa to vein 1 with some red-brown suffusion before it ;
traces of a curved brownish subterminal shade ; a series of
black points just before termen. Hind wing creamy white
faintly tinged with rufous ; a terminal series of black points
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from apex to vein 2 and a striga in submedian interspace.
Underside creamy white, tinged with rufous and irrorated
with red-brown except on inner areas ; both wings with
minute black discoidal spots ; fore whig with patch of brown
suffusion beyond the cell ; hind wing with faint brown post-
medial shade from costa to vein 5.
Hub. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 4 £ type. Exp. 28
millim.
Eucalyptra infumata, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax brown with an olive tinge, the frons
whitish, the palpi with some whitish hair in front of 2nd joint
towards extremity and the tip of 3rd joint whitish ; abdomen
brown tinged with grey ; pectus and legs reddish brown
tinged with grey. Fore wing brown with an olive tinge and
mixed with some whitish except on terminal area ; traces
of a brown antemedial line from cell to inner margin, slightly
angled outwards above vein 1 ; a blackish point in middle
of cell ; post medial line very faint, brown, excurved to
vein 4, then oblique ; traces of a sinuous brown subterminal
line. Hind wing grey suffused with brown. Underside grey
suffused with brown ; both wings with traces of curved brown
postmedial line.
Ilab. U.S.A., Arizona, Palmerlee, 1 $ type. Exp. 36
millim.
Eucalyptra lunilineata, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white slightly
tinged with rufous and irrorated with black-brown scales ;
frons at sides, palpi except above, pectus and legs deep
rufous, the ventral surface of abdomen thickly irrorated
with black-brown. Fore wing ochreous white, slightly tinged
with rufous and thickly irrorated with black-brown, the costal
edge rufous ; a small diffused blackish antemedial spot below
the cell with a diffused brown fascia from it to the post medial
line in submedian fold ; a minute black spot in middle of
cell and discoidal point ; postmedial line represented by a
series of small black marks in the interspaces with diffused
brown before them, arising below the costa and oblique from
vein 5 to middle of inner margin ; an obliquely curved
subterminal series of faint diffused dark marks in the inter-
spaces ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia more strongly
tinged with rufous. Hind wing creamy white, the terminal
area sparsely irrorated with black- brown ; a terminal series
of black points from apex to vein 2 and a striga in submedian
interspace ; cilia tinged with red-brown. Underside creamy
white ; fore wing suffused with rufous and irrorated with
dark brown except on inner area ; hind wing with the costal
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area and terminal area to vein 2 faintly tinged with rufous
and thickly irrorated with dark brown, a black discoidal
point.
Hab. Argentina, Sta Fe, Ocampo (Wagner), 1 type.
Exp. 38 milhm.
Eucalyptra mediofasciata, n. sp.
Head and thorax greyish ochreous tinged with rufous
and mixed with red-brown, the thorax with black-brown
dorsal fascia ; sides of frons, palpi except in front and towards
tips and pectus in front dark red-brown ; abdomen black-
brown with a reddish tinge, the anal tuft and ventral surface
ochreous tinged with rufous. Fore wing ochreous white
tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with red-brown
and black-brown, the costal edge black-brown towards base ;
black points at base of median nervure and in the cell near
base ; small black spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars
and a black streak above terminal part of median nervure ;
an oblique postmedial series of black-brown spots between
vein 7 and submedian fold, the spot below vein 5 elongate,
reduced to a faint shade between veins 4 and 2, and the
spot below vein 2 with slight streak before it in submedian
fold ; a black streak on inner margin from before middle to
well beyond middle ; a faint subterminal rather maculate
red-brown shade, obsolete between veins 6 and 4 and oblique
below vein 3 ; a terminal series of minute black spots from
below apex to submedian fold. Hind wing fuscous brown
slightly mixed with whitish ; a terminal series of minute
black spots ; cilia creamy white, tinged with brown at base
and towards apex. Underside whitish ; fore wing suffused
with red-brown except the inner and terminal areas, the costal
area irrorated with dark brown, a dark discoidal spot and a
series of minute black spots before termen from below apex
to vein 2 ; hind wing with the costal area tinged with rufous
and irrorated with red-brown, a blackish discoidal spot,
faint diffused postmedial red-brown spots below costa and at
discal and submedian folds and terminal series of minute
black spots from apex to vein 2 and striga at submedian
fold.
Hab. Peru. Yahuarmayo, 1 £ type. Exp. 46 millim.
Eucalyptra discostriata, n. sp.
y1. Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous and
irrorated with a few blackish scales ; pectus in front and legs
redder brown, the latter irrorated with dark brown ; abdomen
pale red-brown irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated with dark brown ;
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Nocrri h i:.
a diffused rufous streak above median nervure and vein 4
from near base to the postmedial line and another streak
beyond upper angle of cell ; minute black-brown spots at
base of median nervure and in the cell near base ; small
obliquely placed dark red-brown spots in middle of cell and
submediau fold ; small red-brown spots with whitish centres
in middle of cell and on discocellulars with an ochreous fascia
between and beyond them ; an obliquely curved series of
small dark red-brown spots in the interspaces from below
costa to inner margin ; traces of a curved subterminal series
of red- brown points ; a terminal series of small black-brown
spots ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing pale red-brown with a
terminal series of minute dark brown spots ; cilia with some
ochreous mixed. Underside ochreous ; fore wing suffused
with red-brown, the inner and terminal areas more ochreous,
the costal and terminal areas irrorated with dark brown ;
hind wing suffused with rufous and irrorated with brown, a
diffused red -brown discoidal spot with streak before it in
the cell, an indistinct curved postmedial line.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Grand do Sul, 1 $ type. Exp. 52 millim.
Eucalyptra agramma, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white slightly
irrorated with black-brown, the dorsum of thorax tinged with
rufous ; sides of frons and palpi except above towards tips
dark red-brown ; pectus and legs suffused with red-brown ;
ventral surface of abdomen tinged with red-brown. Fore
wing creamy white faintly tinged with rufous and irrorated
with black -brown, the terminal area more strongly tinged with
rufous ; black points in the cell near base, at middle, and on
discocellulars ; cilia dark brown with a whitish line near
tips. Hind wing creamy white, the apical area slightly
irrorated with dark brown, the cilia tinged with red-brown
towards apex. Underside creamy white ; fore M ing suffused
with rufous except the inner area, the costal and terminal
areas sparsely irrorated with dark brown ; hind wing with the
costal area tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown.
Hob. Argentina, Sta Fe, Ocampo (Wagner), I type.
Exp. 40 millim.
Genus ACANTHERMI A . imv.
Type. .4 . dyari.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint up-
turned to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd porrect,
moderate, thickly scaled ; frons with pointed conical promi-
nence ; eyes large, round : antennae of male minutely ciliated ;
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thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without
crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the costa arched
towards apex which is somewhat produced, the termen
evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4, 5
from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Acant ermia dyari, n. sp.
Head and thorax white mixed with some rufous, the
antennae rufous, white above towards base, the palpi red-
brown, the 3rd joint white tinged with rufous ; abdomen
pale red-brown with some whitish at base ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen white suffused with rufous.
Fore wing white tinged with rufous and irroratecl with
blackish ; a blackish point below the cell towards base ;
antemedial line double, blackish, sinuous, almost obsolete
from costa to median nervure, a curved white discoidal
striga, defined at sides by blackish scales ; postmedia] line
double, blackish, interrupted at the veins, oblique towards
costa, angled inwards at discaJ fold, at vein 3 bent inwards to
just below angle of cell, then erect to inner margin ; sub-
terminal line whitish defined on each side by rather diffused
blackish, excurved at middle, then incurved. Hind wing-
white suffused and slightly irrorated with red-brown, the base
and inner area rather whiter. Underside uniform white
suffused with rufous.
Rob. Mexico, Venadio, Sinaloa ( Schaus ), 1 type. Exp.
3b millim.
Genus HERMINODES.
type.
Hermvnodes, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 431 (1852) nigripalpis, Guen.
Chadaca, Walk. xv. 1640 (1858) atrosignata. Walk.
Rhosologia , Walk, xxxiii. 1003 (1865) porrecta, Walk.
Herminod.es tessellata, n. sp.
9- Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and
irrorated with black ; frons at sides, palpi except above,
pectus in front and legs suffused with dark reddish brown ;
abdomen reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous white strongly
irrorated with black ; the costal edge reddish ochreous, the
costal area irrorated with red-brown on medial area, the
median nervure and veins from before the postmedial line
with creamy white streaks ; a small black spot in the cell
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near base ; antemedial line creamy white, slightly angled
outwards below costa and more strongly at submedian fold,
ending at vein 1, a black point on its outer side below costa
and defined on outer side by black from subcostal nervure
to vein 1 except at submedian fold ; orbicular and reniform
velvety black with creamy white annuli, the former round ;
a wedge-shaped velvety black patch defined by creamy
white below middle of cell, its basal side rounded ; a similar
but smaller spot above base of vein 2 ; a series of small
wedge-shaped black spots defined by creamy white just
beyond the cell on veins 8 to 1, followed by a series of similar
but larger spots in the interspaces before the curved creamy
white postmedial line which arises at vein 8 and ends at vein
1 and is defined on outer side by slight patches of black
irroration in the interspaces ; a terminal series of small
black spots from below apex to submedian fold ; cilia
ochreous tinged with rufous. Hind wing ochreous suffused
with fuscous brown with a reddish tinge ; a terminal series
of blackish points from apex to vein 2 and a striga in sub-
median interspace ; cilia ochreous tinged with red-brown.
Underside ochreous suffused and thickly irrorated with dark
reddish brown ; both wings with obscure dark discoidal
spots and diffused rather maculate curved postmedial line.
Hab. YV. Colombia, R. Dagua, Naranjito, J $ type.
Exp. 42 millim.
Herminodes pupillata, n. sp.
(J. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; sides of
frons, palpi except above, pectus and legs chocolate-brown,
the pectus behind and hind legs with some ochreous ;
abdomen pale red-brown irrorated with blackish. Fore wing
ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with black-brown ;
a minute black spot in the cell near base ; a faint rufous
antemedial spot below costa ; a small black-brown spot in
middle of cell ; reniform defined by diffused black-brown
and with black-brown lunule in centre, round : a series of
small black-brown spots on the veins just beyond the cell,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, followed by another series
in the interspaces well before termen ; a series of prominent
black points just before termen from apex to submedian
fold. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous brown
with a reddish tinge ; a terminal series of obscure dark spots
from apex to vein 4 ; cilia ochreous. Underside ochreous ;
fore wing suffused with red-brown except the inner and
terminal areas, the latter irrorated with brown, a dark dis-
coidal spot and curved postmedial series of slight dark spots
in the interspaces ; hind wing irrorated with dark brown,
the costal area tinged with rufous, a large discoidal spot,.
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and a curved postmedial series of slight spots in the inter-
spaces.
Hab. Ecuador, St. Ines {Buckley), 2 £ type. Exp.
46-54 millim.
Henninoies mediana, n. sp.
Head and tegulse white mixed with some pale red-brown ;
thorax and abdomen pale red-brown ; frons at sides and palpi
deep red-brown, the latter white towards base ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white slightly tinged
with brown, the fore legs brown with the tarsi ringed with
white. Fore whig whitish suffused and irrorated with pale
red-brown, the costal edge brown to beyond middle ; a faint
diffused red-brown fascia along median nervure ; a black
point in the cell near base, small spot in middle of cell, and
discoidal point ; postmedial line represented by a series of
smah brown spots except towards costa, oblique to vein 5
then inwardly oblique ; a subterminal series of small brown
spots, excurved to vein 5, then oblique ; a terminal series of
small black spots. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia whitish
tinged with red-brown. Underside of fore wing pale red-
brown with slight brown spots in middle of cell and on
discocellulars ; hind wing white tinged with red -brown, a
brown discoidal point.
Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby -Tyler), 1 <$, 1 $ ;
Colombia, Minca {H. H. Smith), 1 $ type, Sta Marta
{Bouchard), 1 $ ; Peru, La Oroya {Ockenden), 1 <$. Exp.
28 millim.
Herminod.es basimochla, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax ochreous strongly tinged with rufous ;
sides of frons and palpi except at tips bright red-brown ;
pectus and legs bright red -brown, the tarsi with shght pale
rings ; abdomen dark red-brown, the ventral surface ochreous
suffused with rufous. Fore wing ochreous suffused with
rufous, the costal area red-brown to discal fold, narrowing to
apex ; a black- brown bar at base from costa to vein 1 ;
traces of a diffused curved brown antemedial line ; minute
black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; a faint
diffused brown line just beyond the cell and a rather more
distinct curved postmedial line ; a series of minute red-
browm spots just before termen from apex to vein 2 and a
small black-brown lunule on termen at submedian fold.
Hind wing dark red-brown, the cilia ochreous white tinged
with rufous. Underside ochreous strongly suffused with
red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing
with small black-brown spots in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars, the terminal area paler, a terminal series of dark
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points ; hind wing with dark brown discoidal lunule and
terminal series of dark points, and a striga in submedian
interspace.
Hcib. Brazil, Bio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 $ type. Exp.
52 millim.
Herminodes infra-alba, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white slightly
tinged with rufous ; antennae brown except towards base ;
palpi with the 2nd joint rufous at sides ; pectus behind the
eyes and fore and mid tibiae at base rufous. Fore wing
creamy w hite sparsely irrorated with rufous ; a red-brown
point in the cell near base ; slight antemedial and medial
points in sub median fold ; a blackish discoidal point ; an
oblique postmedial series of slight red-brown spots in the
interspaces between discal and submedian folds ; slight
subterminal red-brown spots below veins 7 and 4 ; a terminal
series of deep red-brown points. Hind wing creamy white
with a series of slight red-browm points on termen between
veins 7 and 3. Underside creamy white, the fore wing and
costal area of hind wing tinged with rufous.
Hah. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 1 $ type.
Exp . 30 millim.
(Jen us RIVULA.
type.
Riimla, Gueu. Dup. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 206 (1845) aericealis. Scop.
Motina, Walk, xxvii. 12(1863) wqualis, Walk.
Cholimma. Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 60
(1864) . leucanioide*. Walk.
Rhazunda, Walk. xxxv. 1961 (1866) distributa. Walk.
Pasira, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 197 (1882) ocliracea, Moore.
Rivnlnna, B.-Bkr. A. M. N.H. (8) viii. p. 532 (1911). ochrea, B.-Bkr.
Prorivula, Schaus, A. M. N.H. (8) xi. p. 38 (1913) . leucosticta, Schaus.
Eiirhromalia Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1. p. 277
(1916) riolettn. Schaus.
Rivula. lophosoma, n. sp.
cf. Head, thorax, and abdomen red- brown mixed with
some whitish, the genital tufts white ; antenna? brown ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white suffused
with brown, the last tinged with ochreous towards extremity.
Fore wing dark red-brown mixed with some whitish ; a
diffused curved dark brown antemedial line slightly defined
on outer side by whitish, the costa beyond it with series of
minute white spots ; a dark discoidal bar ; postmedial line
indistinct, rather diffused dark brown with a series of whitish
points on it, obliquely exeurved to vein 4, then incurved :
a small dark spot at apex and a terminal series of white
and dark points. Hind wing brown slightly mixed with
whitish. Underside of fore wing reddish brown, the inner
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area white ; hind wing white irrorated with red-brown, a
small brown discoidal spot and faint postmedial line from
costa to vein 2, excurved below costa.
§. Fore wing more uniform reddish brown ; hind wing
purplish brown.
Hob. Br. E. Africa, Kikuyu Escarpment (Doherty), 2 $ ;
Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 2 $ type. Exp. 16-20
millim.
Rivula endotricha, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous ;
abdomen red-brown tinged with greyish ; palpi deep rufous ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged
and irrorated with red-brown, the sublateral tufts of scales
on abdomen black. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous,
deeper on inner half towards the medial line which is dark
brown slightly defined on outer side by whitish, sinuous ; a
curved dark discoidal striga ; a dark sub terminal line with
some whitish scales on it, excurved below costa and at middle,
then incurved and excurved above inner margin ; the termen
brighter rufous. Hind wing red-brown slightly mixed with
rufous, the cilia whiter. Underside of fore wing pale rufous ;
hind wing whitish tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated
with brown, a slight curved red-brown discoidal lunule and
faint diffused curved postmedial line.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 1 g type. Exp.
24 millim.
Kivula costinotata, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax bright rufous ; abdomen red-brown
mixed with some whitish, the anal tuft ochreous white ;
antennae dark brown except at base ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen white, the tibiae tinged with
rufous, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing rufous,
mixed with whitish on disc ; small subbasal, ante- and post-
medial white spots defined by black on costa, then three
white points with black -brown between them and a minute
spot before apex ; an indistinct rather maculate red-brown
antemedial line with slight white points on it, excurved to
submedian fold, then incurved ; a slight brown discoidal
bar with two white points on it ; postmedial line very in-
distinct, red-brown, with series of white points on it, bent
outwards below costa to near apex, then oblique ; a series
of black points before termen defined on inner side by white
points, the white subapical point usually connected with
the point above it on costa ; cilia rufous with an ochreous
line at base. Hind wing reddish brown, the hair on inner
margin white : cilia white tinged with rufous except towards
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tornus. Underside of fore wing red-brown, the inner area
white ; hind wing white slightly irrorated with red-brown,
thickly on costal area, a small red -brown discoidal spot, and
indistinct curved post medial line slightly incurved at discal
fold.
Abdomen darker brown ; fore wing uniform rufous,
the subbasal, ante-, and postmedial spots on costa reduced
to striae, the white points on the ante- and postmedial lines
more distinct ; hind wing uniform dark red -brown, the under-
side suffused with brown.
Hab. Ceylon, Kandy (Green), 1 $ type, Badulla (Alston),
1 $. Exp. 18 millim.
Rivula microcyma, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish suffused with dark
brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi red-brown ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with
red-brown. Fore wing greyish tinged with brown and
irrorated with dark brown ; a dark brown spot in the cell
near base ; antemedial line double, dark brown, rather
maculate, oblique to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique ;
an excurved greyish discoidal bar defined by diffused dark
brown and with diffused dark brown beyond it extending to
costa ; the postmedial costal area suffused with dark brown
and with slight whitish points on costa ; postmedial line
double, dark brown filled in with whitish, arising below
costa, excurved to vein 4. then incurved ; the termen and
cilia suffused with deep red-brown ; a whitish striga from
costa before termen, then a series of whitish points with a
black point beyond the subapical point. Hind wing whitish
suffused with dark reddish brown. Underside of fore wing
red-brown, the inner area white ; hind wing white irrorated
with red-brown especially on costal and terminal areas, a
slight brown discoidal spot and faint curved postmedial
line.
Hab. Upper Assam (Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 18 millim.
Rivula leuconephra, n.sp.
Head white tinged with rufous ; thorax and abdomen
rufous, the metathorax with pure white spot ; antennae red-
brown ; palpi rufous ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white suffused with rufous, the tarsi rufous ringed
with white. Fore wing rufous ; a minute silvery-white
subbasal spot on costa defined by deeper rufous, and a large
elliptical spot below the cell ; an antemedial series of minute
silvery-white spots defined by deep rufous, with a larger
spot at costa, incurved in and below the cell : two round
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silvery-white discoidal spots with four small spots beyond
them, all defined by deep rufous ; a small oblique wedge-
shaped silvery- white postmedial mark from costa, then a
series of points defined by dark brown, strongly excurved
below costa and incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; a small round subapical silvery-white
spot, then a series of slight points before termen defined by
dark brown. Hind wing red -brown. Underside of fore wing
red-brown ; hind wing whitish irrorated with red-brown,
the terminal area more suffused with red-brown, a small
brown discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hab. Singapore (Ridley), 1 1 $ type. Exp. 18 millim.
Rivula microsticta, n. sp.
Head and tegulse yellow mixed with rufous ; thorax
white mixed with red-brown ; abdomen whitish suffused
with red-brown, the terminal half with white segmental
lines ; palpi rufous ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white suffused with red-brown, the fore tibiae darker
brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing
whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the terminal
area more uniform red- brown ; a white point at base of cell ;
subbasal points on costa and below the cell with a point
beyond them on subcostal nervure ; two punctiform white
antemedial lines ; a punctiform band formed by an indistinctly
treble series of points from upper angle of cell to inner margin ;
a postmedial series of rather ill-defined white points, oblique
from costa to above vein 6, then incurved, some white points
with dark brown between them beyond it on costa ; three
obliquely-placed small white spots from apex, then slight
dark subterminal marks in the interspaces to vein 2 with
white scales on them ; a series of white points defined on
each side by blackish before termen. Hind whig pale reddish
brown, the costa white ; a fine dark terminal line. Under-
side of fore wing red- brown, the inner area whitish, a white
subterminal spot below vein 8 ; hind whig whitish tinged
with purple-brown, the costal area irrorated with red-brown,
a small brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial fine, and
diffused subterminal line.
Hab. Bhutan (Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 millim.
Rivula constellata, n. sp.
Head and tegulai pale rufous ; thorax deep rufous, the
metathorax with white patch ; abdomen whitish suffused
with brown ; antennae brownish ; palpi rufous ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white suffused with
brown. Fore wing red-brown ; small subbasal silvery-white
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spots on costa and below the cell ; two obliquely-placed white
antemedial points below costa, a point nearer the base in
upper part of cell, and an incurved series of three points
below the cell ; two round silvery -white spots at end of
cell with four small spots beyond them ; a postmedial series
of white points, strongly bent outwards below costa, incurved
at discal fold and strongly below vein 3, some white points
beyond it on costa ; two obliquely-placed white points from
apex, then a series before termen. Hind wing whitish
suffused with red-brown, a darker terminal line. Underside
of fore wing red-brown, the inner area whitish ; hind wing
white, the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a slight
brown discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and rather
diffused maculate subterminal line.
Hab. Ceylon, Puttalam {Pole), 1 J, W. Haputale (Mack-
wood), l $ type. Exp. 18 millim.
Rivula erebina, n. sp.
§. Head and teguhe red -brown ; thorax and abdomen
dark red-brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi rufous ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white suffused
with red -brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore
wing dark red-brown irrorated with grey ; antemedial line
whitish, oblique towards costa and incurved below the cell ;
a faint whitish striga just beyond the cell ; postmedial line
represented by a series of whitish points with two pure white
points from costa, strongly bent outwards below costa and
oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
a series of white points before termen, slightly excurved
below vein 7 and at middle. Hind wing dark red-brown.
Underside of fore wing reddish brown, the inner area white ;
hind wing white irrorated with brown, a slight brown discoidal
spot and curved postmedial line except towards inner margin.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Whiteside), 1 $ type. Exp.
18 millim.
Rivula polynesiana, n. sp.
§. Head and tegulae white tinged with rufous ; thorax and
abdomen pale rufous ; antennae brown, whitish towards
base ; palpi rufous, white at tips ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white suffused with rufous. Fore wing
pale rufous ; an antemedial dark brown point on subcostal
nervure and another in submedian fold ; a small dark brown
discoidal spot ; an obliquely curved series of slight dark
brown points from below costa towards apex to inner margin
beyond middle ; some whitish points on costa towards apex ;
a terminal series of slight dark points. Hind wing uniform
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red-brown. Underside of fore wing red-brown, the inner
margin white ; hind wing creamy white, the costal half
suffused with rufous, a slight brown discoidal spot and traces
of a curved postmedial line.
Hab. Tonga Is. ( Mathew ), 1 $ type ; Samoa Is., Pago
(< de la Garde), 1 $. Exp. 20 millim.
Rivula ethiopina, n. sp.
(?. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with
reddish brown ; antennae brown ; palpi red-brown, white
above and at tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white irrorated with red- brown, the tarsi brown
ringed with white. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-
brown, the costa black-brown towards base ; antemedial
line white slightly defined on inner side by dark red-brown
and with a black point before it below costa, angled outwards
below costa, then oblique ; two small black discoidal spots
surrounded by grey defined by some red-brown ; postmedial
line white slightly defined on each side by dark red-brown,
bent outwards and almost obsolete below costa to towards
apex, then oblique, some white points with red-brown between
them beyond it on costa ; a series of slight black spots defined
on outer side by white points before termen, slightly excurved
below costa and at middle ; a slight brown terminal fine ;
cilia red-brown mixed with whitish and with whitish fine at
base. Hind wing whitish almost entirely suffused with red-
dish brown ; cilia whitish tinged with brown and with whitish
fine at base. Underside of fore wing pale red-brown with
some rufous on terminal half of costa, the inner area whitish ;
hind wing whitish, the costal half tinged with ochreous and
irrorated with rufous.
$. Fore wing with the dark brown at base of costa less
distinct, the lines not defined by brown, the subterminal
spots almost obsolete.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Shire Valley, Mwanza R. ( Neave ),
1 1 $, Mt. Mlanje {Neave), 7 <$, 6 $ type. Exp. 18-20
millim.
Rivula craspisticta, n. sp.
3. Head and tegulse rufous ; thorax and abdomen pale
ochreous ; antennae tinged with brown ; pectus, hind legs
and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous,
the fore and mid legs suffused with red-brown, the tarsi
dark brown ringed with whitish. Fore wing pale ochreous
sparsely irrorated with red-brown ; an antemedial series of
slight red-brown points ; two red-brown discoidal points ;
the terminal part of costa with whitish points with dark
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brown between them ; a postmedial series of obscure red-
brown points, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; the
terminal area suffused with reddish brown ; a terminal
series of small dark brown spots from apex to submedian
fold ; cilia suffused with red-brown. Hind wing pale ochreous
tinged with brown ; a fine dark terminal line except towards
tornus. Underside pale ochreous suffused with reddish
brown ; hind whig with brown discoidal bar ; both wings
with terminal series of minute dark spots.
Hab. Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 $ type. Exp. 20
millim.
Rivula anaemica, n. sp.
Rivula biatomea, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 17 (nec Moore).
Rivula ochracea, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 336 (nec Moore).
Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white ; antennae
tinged with rufous ; palpi suffused with rufous. Fore wing
yellowish white ; two small black discoidal spots ; the termen
pale rufous with a series of minute black points qn it ; cilia
white tinged with rufous. Hind wing white tinged with
reddish brown. Underside creamy white ; fore wing suffused
with rufous except on inner area ; hind wing with the costal
area tinged with rufous.
Hab. Punjab, Dharmsala ( Hockinq ), 1 $ type, Allahabad,
1 (J, 19. Exp. 16 millim.
Rivula calamina, n. n.
Acantholipes aroa, B.-Bkr. Nov. Zool. xiii. p, 265 (1906), nec p. 211.
Rivula peruvensis, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with dark
brown ; antennae dark brown ; palpi dark brown mixed with
some whitish ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing white thickly
irrorated with dark red-brown, the costal edge dark red-
brown ; a rather diffused curved dark red-brown antemedial
line, with a point well before it below the cell ; a dark red-
brown discoidal lunule on an area more thickly irrorated
with red-brown before the postmedial line, which is dark
red-brown defined on outer side by white, oblique to vein 6,
inwardly oblique and sinuous below vein 4, some white
points with dark red-brown between them beyond it on costa ;
a diffused oblique dark red-brown subterminal line slightly
incurved at submedian fold ; a terminal series of small rather
triangular dark red-brown terminal spots ; cilia dark red-
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brown mixed with white. Hind wing white, the apical area
tinged with red-brown ; a slight brown discoidal spot and
faint postmedial line incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal
series of small dark brown spots ; cilia white mixed with
red-brown and with red-brown line near tips. Underside of
fore wing red-brown mixed with some whitish ; hind wing
white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with red-
brown, a small brown discoidal spot, and faint postmedial
line.
Hab. Peru, La Oroya ( Ockenden ), 1 $ type. Exp. 16
millim.
Genus TATHODELTA.
Type.
Tathodelta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B.M. ix. p. 135 (1893) . purpwnscens, Hmpsn.
Tatho delta malayana, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; abdomen
pale grey suffused with brown ; palpi and fore legs reddish
brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing pale
purplish grey suffused with red- brown especially on medial
and terminal areas and irrorated with black ; an indistinct
brown antemedial line faintly defined on inner side by whitish,
very slightly angled outwards below costa, then inwardly
oblique ; three indistinct inwardly oblique and slightly
sinuous brown medial lines ; two minute black discoidal
points ; postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by
whitish, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish
points with brown between them beyond it on costa ; a faint
pale subterminal line defined on inner side by red-brown,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of
black points defined on inner side by whitish ; cilia dark
brown. Hind wing brown tinged with purplish grey ; a
slight dark terminal line ; the cilia paler. Underside of
fore wing with the disc brown, the costal and terminal areas
white irrorated with brown, the inner area white, a brown
postmedial bar from costa ; hind wing white irrorated with
brown, a black discoidal spot, and indistinct curved brown
postmedial and subterminal lines.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with rounded black discoidal spot.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos {Baker), 4 $, Mt.
Makiling {Baker), 3 9 5 Bali {Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
Tathodelta furvitincta, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with rufous ;
antennae dark brown ringed with ochreous towards base ;
palpi red- brown, the 3rd joint darker ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen pale yellow, the legs irrorated
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with brown. Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous and
irrorated with a few dark brown scales ; a blackish point in
the cell near base ; antemedial line blackish, very inwardly
oblique ; two black discoidal points ; postmedial line blackish,
oblique to vein 6 and inwardly oblique below vein 5 ; sub-
terminal line red-brown, rather diffused, straight ; a terminal
series of dark points ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing pale
yellow ; faint reddish brown postmedial and subterminal
lines and a fine terminal line. Underside yellowish wiiite ;
fore wing suffused and irrorated with reddish brown except on
inner area, a slight dark discoidal striga and curved post-
medial line ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with
red-brown, a brown discoidal striga, curved postmedial line,
and rather punctiform terminal line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 q type. Exp.
20 millim.
Tathodelta undilinea, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous ; antennae
brownish ; abdomen whitish suffused with red-browm ;
pectus and legs whitish suffused with red-brown, the tarsi
darker brow n ringed with white. Fore whig ochreous suffused
with rufous ; an indistinct waved brown antemedial line ;
a slight browm discoidal spot ; postmedial line indistinct,
brown, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
indistinct, brown, rather diffused, excurved below vein 7
and angled outwards at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of black
points defined on inner side by white. Hind wing white
tinged with red-brown, the terminal area more suffused with
red-brown to vein 2. Underside of fore wing red -brown, the
inner area whitish ; hind wing white, the costal area tinged
with rufous.
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 millim.
Genus PARAGABARA. nov.
Type, P. Jlavomacula, Obertli. (Madopa), Ft. Ent. v. p. 87,
pi. iv. f. 5 (1880) ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 255 (1901).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front, the hair produced to a point at extremity and angled
with hair above at middle, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ;
frons smooth with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antenme of male typically with slight bristles and cilia ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
the tibiae smoothly scaled, the fore femora of male with a
tuft of curved hair from extremity, the mid tibiae dilated
with a fold containing a tuft of long hair ; abdomen with a
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dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex somewhat
produced, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 7 from
beyond the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Paragabara biundata, n. sp.
cj. Head and thorax red-brown with a purplish tinge ;
abdomen grey suffused with purplish brown ; antennae
blackish ; palpi, fore and mid legs red-brown ; pectus, hind
legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with
brown, the tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing red-brown
suffused with purple-grey ; a slightly sinuous red-brown
antemedial line, diffused at costa ; a red-brown medial shade
with a rather darker discoidal bar on it defined at sides by
some whitish scales ; postmedial line red-brown, obliquely
incurved to vein 6, then rather oblique to vein 4, then incurved,
some whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
red-brown, diffused on inner side especially towards costa,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal
fold and below vein 3 ; a dark red -brown terminal line ;
cilia with slight pale lines at base and before tips. Hind wing
pale reddish brown with a slight dark terminal fine and pale
line at base of cilia. Underside of fore wing reddish brown,
the inner area whitish ; hind wing whitish suffused and
irrorated with red-brown especially on terminal area, a slight
brown discoidal spot and curved postmedial line.
Hab. W. Chtna, Omei-shan, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.
Genus GABARA.
type.
Gnbam, Walk. xxxv. 1740 (1866) mbnivosella. Walk.
Capis, Grote, Can. Ent. xiv. p. 20 (1882) curvata, Grote.
Oxycillu, Grote, Proc. Am. Phil. Soe. 1805, p. 418 ... tripla, Grote.
Aggustiana , Sehans. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1. p. 334
(1916) libitina., Druce.
Gabara rhynchinia, n. sp.
Gustiana libitina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 425 (part.).
Head and thorax white mixed with reddish brown ;
abdomen whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated Avith
brown ; antennae whitish tinged with brown ; palpi rufous ;
legs whitish suffused with rufous. Fore wing white suffused
and irrorated with red-brown, the costal edge browner ; a
rather diffused oblique brown line from middle of costa to
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NOCTUIDE.
inner margin before middle ; postmedial line reddish brown,
diffused on inner side and defined on outer by diffused white,
oblique, arising from costa near apex and very slightly in-
curved below vein 4 ; a faint curved white subterminal line
from discal fold to inner margin ; a rather punctiform red-
brown terminal line ; cilia whitish at base, red-brown at
tips. Hind wing white, faintly tinged and irrorated with
red-brown ; a red-brown terminal line. Underside white ;
fore wing suffused with red-brown ; hind wing irrorated with
red-brown, a brown discoidal striga and slight curved post-
medial line.
Hah. Mexico, Guerrero, Qmilteme (H . H . Smith), 1 $ type.
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 28 millim.
Genus LEIOSTOLA, nov.
Type, L. mollis, Butl. (Poaphila), 111. Het. B.M. iii. p. 28,
pi. 47. f. 10 (1879).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely
upturned to about vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
and fringed with hail' behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short, porreot, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ; 6 from
below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 1 1 from cell, or
abnormally 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a minute
areole with 7 well beyond it. Hind wing with the cell half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.
Genus RHYNCHODINA, nov.
Type, R. molybdota.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi downcurved, extending
about three times length of head, the 2nd joint moderately
scaled below and fringed with long hair above, the 3rd long
and fringed with hair above and below ; frons smooth, with
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female
minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with hair
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex slightly produced and acute, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; (i from below upper angle ; 7 from
TtHYXCHOPTNA. PLECOPTERA.
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angle ; 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell less than half the length of wing ; vein 3 from near angle
of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.
Rhyncliodina molybdota, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax and abdomen grey-brown ; palpi dark
brown ; ventral surface of abdomen tinged with white.
Fore whig grey- brown ; a faint curved red-brown antemedial
line, similar medial and postmedial lines slightly excurved
at middle and a curved subterminal line. Hind wing grey-
brown with faint curved reddish brown medial, postmedial
and subterminal lines. Underside pale brown with a whitish
tinge.
Hab. Burma, Tenasserim, Donat Hills (de Niceville), 1 $
type. Exp. 42 millim.
Genus TALAPOPTERA, nov.
Type, T. confluens, Hmpsn. ( Talapa ), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist.
Soc. xi. p. 705 (1898).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique,
about twice the length of head, moderately scaled below
and fringed with hair above forming an angle at middle,
the 3rd long, obliquely upturned and roughly scaled ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male bipectinate with rather long branches, the apical
part ciliated ; thorax clothed with rough scales and hair
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
with some rough hah- at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the
termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ; vein 3 from
well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell ; male with a large costal fold on under-
side extending to end of cell. Hind wing with the cell about
half the length of wing ; vein 3 from well before angle of
cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus PLECOPTERA.
lype.
Plecoptera, Gucn. Noct. ii. p. 429 ( L852) reflexa, Gnen.
Carteia, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 82 (1864) nebulilinea. Walk.
Biregiola. Saalm.Lep. Maclag-. p. 491 (1891), non descr. recens, Saalm.
Plecoptera costisignata, n. sp.
9- Head and thorax whitish mixed with brown ; antennae
dark brown, ringed with whitish towards base ; pectus, legs
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and abdomen white tinged with brown, the tarsi brown
ringed with white. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-
brown and striated with darker brown ; subbasal black
points on costa and in the cell ; antemedial line wdth wredge-
shaped black spot at costa, then waved, black-brown to
submedian fold, then obsolescent ; a faint brownish medial
line, obliquely excurved to median nervure, then sinuous ;
a curved black discoidal striga with spot above it on costa,
the postmedial line arising from it, faint and bent outwards
beyond the cell, then incurved and black -brown, the costa
beyond it with alternating whitish and black-brown streaks ;
traces of a punctiform subterminal line, the points dark and
distinct tow ards costa, incurved below vein 3 ; a series of
minute black spots just before termen. Hind wing whitish
suffused with red-brown, the terminal area darker brown.
Underside white tinged with brown, the terminal area dark
brown except towards tornus ; hind wing with small brown
discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line.
Hab. N. NiGERrA, Zungcru ( Macfie ), 3 $ type. Exp.
26-30 millim.
Plecoptera pallidimargo. n. sp.
Head and tegulae bright rufous, the latter with a red-
brown band behind them ; thorax pale red-brown ; pectus
and legs whitish suffused with rufous, the tarsi fuscous
brown ; abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with red-brown.
Fore wing bright red-brown with slight dark irroration, the
terminal area greyish ; a slight dark spot in the cell near
base ; antemedial line red-brown, sinuous to submedian
fold and angled outwards at vein 1 ; the medial area tinged
with rather darker brown to below' the cell ; reniform whitish
tinged with red-brown and defined by dark red-brown, a
brown striga in centre ; postmedial line red-brown, excurved
below costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold, incurved
and sinuous below vein 4 ; subterminal line double, dark
brown, rather diffused and with a brown shade before it,
slightly sinuous, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; cilia
pale rufous. Hind wing greyish tinged with red -brown, the
terminal area broadly fuscous brown ; a faint dark post-
medial line ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown. Underside
whitish tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown,
the terminal areas dark brown ; hind wing with small brown
discoidal lunule and indistinct sinuous postmedial line.
Hab. Ceylon, Kandy (Green), 1 £ type. Exp. 32 millim.
Plecoptera liephelepliora, n. sp.
Head and thorax grey mixed with red-brown ; the palpi
and frons red-brown, the antennae dark brown ; tarsi dark
brown ringed with grey ; abdomen grey suffused with brown.
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Fore wing grey tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated
with dark brown ; antemedial line indistinct, brown, sinuous,
with a blackish point at costa ; two small brown discoidal
spots defined on outer side by whitish ; a minute black
postmedial spot on costa and traces of a brown postmedial
line, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the postmedial
area with some short black streaks on costa and a broad
brown shade before the subterminal series of black points,
which is excurved at middle ; a terminal series of small
blackish spots. Hind whig grey strongly suffused with
reddish brown ; a terminal series of slight dark striae ; cilia
paler. Underside grey tinged and irrorated with reddish
brown, the terminal areas rather browner ; hind wing with
slight brown discoidal striga.
Hab. Bengal, Calcutta, 1 q type. Exp. 34 millim.
Plecoptera androconiata, n. sp.
<$. Head and tegulae rufous ; thorax grey-brown ; antennae
black-brown ; legs suffused with black-brown, the tarsi
black ringed with white ; abdomen grey irrorated with dark
brown, the anal tuft black-brown. Fore wing grey tinged
and irrorated with brown ; subbasal black points below costa
and in the cell ; an indistinct sinuous brownish antemedial
fine ; a faint brownish discoidal lunule ; postmedial fine
faint, brownish, sinuous, oblique towards costa, incurved at
discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ; some whitish
and dark streaks on costa towards apex ; a faint brownish
subterminal fine with series of black and whitish points on
it, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a series of blackish
points just before termen. Hind wing grey suffused with
brown, the terminal area darker ; cilia whitish tinged with
brown. Underside of fore whig grey, the whole disc clothed
with black-brown androconia, the costa white ; hind wing
white irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with
brown, a dark discoidal point, and indistinct curved post-
medial fine.
$. Legs grey and brown ; fore wing tinged with red-brown,
the ante- and postmedial lines with slight blackish marks
on them, the discoidal lunule defined by black ; underside
of fore wing whitish irrorated with brown , the terminal area
fuscous brown, a dark discoidal bar.
Hab. N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 7 7 $ type. Exp.
24-28 millim.
Plecop'era hypoxantha, n.sp.
Head and thorax chocolate-brown ; abdomen greyish
suffused with chocolate-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with brown, the tarsi
black-brown ringed with white. Fore wing chocolate-brown
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XOCTUIDAJ.
irrorated with greyish, the terminal area with a blue-grey
tinge ; antemedial line dark brown, angled outwards below
costa, then slightly sinuous and angled inwards at submedian
fold ; a faint dark reniform ; postmedial line dark brown,
excurved below costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold
and below vein 3, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line double, dark brown, filled in with reddish,
slightly excurved below costa and strongly at middle ; a
series of slight blackish points just before termen. Hind wing
greyish suffused with reddish brown, the terminal area
fuscous brown except towards tornus with a faint blue-
grey tinge ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown. Underside
white faintly tinged with rufous, the terminal areas fuscous
brown except towards tornus with a blue-grey tinge ; fore
wing with dark discoidal bar, traces of a sinuous postmedial
line and some dark spots on apical part of costa ; hind wing
slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point and
sinuous postmedial line.
Ab. 1. Thorax and fore wing except the terminal area
pale red-brown, the reniform defined by black.
$. Fore wing greyish more or less strongly suffused with
red-brown and irrorated with black, the reniform red-brown
defined by black.
Ab. 2. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black
and with a small black spot at origin of vein 2.
Ab. 3. Fore wing with the medial area darker.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Taveta (Rogers), 2 <$, 8 $ type,
Eb Urru (Betton), 1 9- Exp. 24-26 millim.
Plecoptera chrysocepliala, n. sp.
Head and tegulae bright rufous ; thorax and abdomen
purplish grey suffused with brown ; antennae dark brown ;
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with
brown. Fore wing purplish grey suffused with brown ;
antemedial line red-brown, erect, sinuous ; reniform small,
red-brown, its upper and lower parts defined by black-brown ;
postmedial line red-brown, excurved below costa and at
middle, incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein 4 ;
subterminal line reddish brown, incurved below costa and
vein 3, angled inwards at discal fold, and excurved below
vein 7 and at middle ; the terminal area with a bluish grey
tinge towards apex ; a terminal series of minute dark points.
Hind wing greyish suffused with brown. Underside of fore
wing greyish suffused with red-brown, the1 terminal area
with a bluish tinge, a slight postmedial dark mark on costa ;
hind wing whitish irrorated with reddish brown except on
inner area.
l'LKCOl'T HR A .
26“
Hab. Centr. China, Chusan 1. (J. J . Walker, Culpin),
4 <$, Chekiang (Pryer), 1 $, Ningpo {Leech), 3 <$, 4 $ type.
Exp. 26-28 millim.
Plecoptera atristipata, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen purple-grey tinged with
purplish red and irrorated with black ; tarsi black ringed
with whitish. Fore wing purple-grey tinged with purplish-
red except on terminal area and irrorated with black ;
subbasal line blackish, waved, from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line blackish, waved, rather oblique ; a
small black discoidal spot ; a faint dark medial line, excurved
just beyond the cell, then oblique and sinuous ; an indistinct
dark postmedial line, excurved below costa and at middle
and incurved at discal fold and between veins 3 and 1 ;
subterminal line faint, pale defined on inner side by purplish
red suffusion, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal
series of blackish points. Hind wing tinged with red-brown
and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the base whitish ;
an indistinct diffused oblique brown medial line ; an in-
distinct diffused curved brown postmedial line ; a slight
dark terminal line ; cilia tinged with purplish red at tips.
Underside purplish grey thickly irrorated with dark brown ;
both wings with faint diffused curved brown medial line
and more distinct postmedial line.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mlanje, Luchenya R. ( Neave ), 1 9
type. Exp. 42 millim.
Plecoptera mesostriga, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen glossy purplish grey tinged
with brown ; antennae black-brown ; the upper part of
frons and palpi except at base dark brown ; fore and mid
legs dark brown ; the tibiae at extremities and tarsi ringed
with white. Fore wing glossy blue-grey tinged with brown,
the terminal area dark brown ; antemedial line black-brown
and incurved towards costa, then faint and excurved ; a
V-shaped black-brown discodial spot with some rufous scales
at middle, two black- brown bars above it from costa and a
short streak below it beyond lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line hardly traceable, excurved below costa and at middle,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line
blue-grey, dentate ; a terminal series of black points. Hind
wing greyish suffused with brown, the terminal area rather
darker. Underside grey tinged with brown.
Hab. N. Nigeria, Minna {Macfie), 1 $ type. Exp. 32
millim.
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Plecoptera approximans, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen violaceous whitish irrorated
with a few black-brown scales, the tegulae tinged with red-
brown and with dark brown tips ; tarsi banded black- brown
and white. Fore wing violaceous whitish tinged and irrorated
with red-brown ; a black-brown streak in base of submedian
fold ; subbasal line black-brown, sinuous, from costa to vein
1 ; antemedial line black-brown, double towards costa,
excurved below submedian fold ; the medial area with three
very indistinct sinuous lines ; reniform large, faintly defined
by brownish and on outer side by white ; postmedial line
double, the inner line black- brown, the outer faint, oblique
to vein 6, then sinuous ; subterminal fine closely approxi-
mated to the postmedial line, strong, black-brown, oblique,
slightly excurved at middle and produced to a short streak
on costa ; two black-brown streaks below apex, then a faint
shade with slight blackish marks at the veins ; a waved
black- brown terminal line. Hind wing white slightly tinged
with red-brown, the terminal area broadly suffused with
reddish brown ; a slight waved brown terminal line. Under-
side white, the fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged
with red -brown, the terminal areas suffused with dark brown
except towards tornus of hind wing.
Hnb. Br. E. Africa ( Hinde ), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.
Plecoptera diplogramma, n.sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red-
brown ; antennae brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with
red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; ante-
medial line brown, erect and straight, very slightly bent
inwards to costa ; two slight brown discoidal points ; some
dark brown on costa before the postmedial line which is
white defined on outer side by dark points at the veins,
somewhat oblique and slightly curved ; subterminal line
hardly traceable, faintly defined on inner side by a sinuous
brown line and on outer by the terminal area being more
strongly tinged with red-brown ; cilia reddish brown with a
fine white line at base. Hind wing white tinged and irrorated
with red-brown ; a narrow white postmedial band traversed
by a fine brown line and with some dark brown on its outer
edge ; the termen redder brown : cilia red-brown with a
fine white line at base. Underside white, tinged and irrorated
with rufous except on inner area.
$. Rather browner.
Hnb. Br. E. Africa, Kibauni (Crmcxhnt/), 1 $ type;
Uganda, Gondokoro (Reynes-Cole). I y. Exp. 32 millim.
PLECOPTEKA.
2<iff
Plecoptera diaperas, n. sp.
Tala pa griseifusa , Hmpsn. Moths Inch iii. p. 66 (part.).
Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with grey ; antennae
dark brown ; mid and hind tibiae chocolate-brown with pale
rings at extremities, the mid tarsi chocolate-brown with
slight pale rings ; abdomen grey- white irrorated with brown.
Fore wing pale red-brown slightly irrorated with blackish ;
traces of a curved brown subbasal line, from costa to vein 1 ;
two indistinct slightly sinuous brown antemedial lines ; an
oblique fuscous brown medial shade with two black marks
at inner margin and traces of two waved lines beyond it ;
reniform very faintly defined by brown and with white points
in upper and lower extremities ; postmedial line slight ,
blackish, somewhat oblique and sinuous ; some blackish on
costa towards apex ; subterminal line double, arising at vein
7, the inner line red-brown, the outer blackish, filled in with
rufous and with greyish towards inner margin, oblique,
straight and closely approximated to the postmedial line,
joined at vein 7 by an oblique black streak from apex and
with diffused black mark on its outer side at middle, the line
then defined on outer side by white to inner margin ; a terminal
series of black points and a fine whitish line at base of cilia.
Hind wing pale reddish brown irrorated with darker brown,
the costal area whitish to beyond middle ; an indistinct
oblique very slightly waved brownish medial line ; three
indistinct brown postmedial lines, the two outer filled in
with whitish below vein 3 ; a terminal series of slight dark
points and a fine whitish line at base of cilia. Underside
whitish tinged and irrorated with brown and with fuscous
brown subterminal shade ; both wings with diffused brown
discoidal marks and two indistinct postmedial lines.
Hab. Bhutan {Dudgeon), 1^, 1 $ type ; Assam, Naga
Hills [Doherty], in Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 42-44 millim.
Plecoptera melanoscia, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with leaden
grey ; palpi black with some white at base ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen grey-brown mixed with
whitish, the tarsi slightly ringed with white. Fore wing
red-brown tinged with purplish grey and slightly irrorated
with black ; antemedial line with oblique black bar from
costa, then very indistinct and inwardly oblique ; a small
rufous spot in middle of cell : reniform defined by black,
small and narrow ; a faint medial line, oblique to the reniform
and incurved below the cell ; postmedial line very indistinct,
brownish, excurved below costa and at middle, incurved at
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discal fold and below vein 4 ; subterminal line double, brown-
ish, the outer line with slight somewhat dentate blackish
marks on it except between vein 3 and submedian fold,
slightly excurved below costa and excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of black points ; cilia grey- brown. Hind
wing grey suffused with brown and irro rated with blackish ;
diffused brownish antemedial and medial lines from cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line double, diffused, brownish,
filled in with whitish, from discal fold to imier margin, followed
by a brown shade emitting obscure streaks on the veins to
termen ; a waved blackish terminal line. Underside purplish
grey tinged with brown, the terminal areas suffused with
brown ; fore wing with blackish discoidal striga and both
wings with faint postmedial line.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with white points on the sub terminal
line.
Hah. Abyssinia, Atbara (Gerrard), 1 $ ; Br. E. Africa,
Nairobi (Anderson), 4 <£, 5 $ type, Kikuyu ( Crawshay ), 1 A >
Uganda, Mascoi (Christy), 1 $ ; Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje
(Neave), 2 A, 1 $ ; S. Rhodesia, Selukwe (Short), 1 $ ;
Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 $, 1 2, Johannesburg
(Cooke), 1 Zululand, Lr. Tugela R. (Reynolds), 1 ;
Natal, Durban (Gooch, Queckett), 2 2. Exp. 24—34 millim.
Pleccptera dentilinea, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish suffused with rufous
and irrorated with a few dark brown scales ; pectus and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with rufous.
Fore wing rufous slightly irrorated with black ; slight blackish
subbasal points below costa and in cell ; antemedial line
faint, blackish, waved ; reniform a narrow black lunule ;
traces of a medial line, oblique below the cell ; postmedial
line indistinct, blackish, dentate, somewhat oblique to vein 3,
then inwardly oblique ; a faint waved subterminal line,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of
blackish points. Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous
and slightly irrorated with blackish ; traces of sinuous dark
postmedial and subterminal lines ; a terminal series of
blackish stria;. Underside white tinged with rufous and
irrorated with brown ; both wings with slight blackish
discoidal spots, the fore wing with faint curved postmedial
line.
Hah. Uganda (Christy), I $ type. Exp. 38 millim.
Plecoptera diplosticha, n.sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with some
whitish ; antennae blackish : palpi black except towards
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tips ; tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing bright
glossy rufous mixed with some pale grey, the termen ochreous
at apex and towards tornus ; a small antemedial black spot
on costa and points in the cell and on median nervure and
vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform bright rufous defined by
white points ; an oblique black bar from middle of costa
and indistinct waved rufous line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin ; postmedial fine represented by a small black
spot on costa above end of cell, then by a strongly excurved
and indistinctly double series of black points, some ochreous
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line ochreous defined
on inner side by diffused brownish, angled inwards below
costa and excurved below vena 7 and at middle ; a terminal
series of black striae. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale
reddish brown, the termen rather darker ; cilia white tinged
with brown at base. Underside white ; fore wing suffused
with brown except the costa which is tinged with rufous
and the termen which is tinged with ochreous ; hind wing
with the termen suffused with brown, a faint curved post-
medial fine.
Hob. Germ. E. Africa, Ruaha R. (Neave), 2 $ type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Plecoptera leucosticha, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown with a greyish tinge ;
pectus and legs whitish suffused with red-brown, the tarsi
brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown, the
ventral surface pale red-brown. Fore wing red-brown with
a greyish tinge and irrorated with a few blackish scales ;
traces of a waved brown antemedial fine ; a white point in
middle of cell and white discoidal point on a faint ochreous
lunule, with blackish point on its inner side ; an indistinct
dark postmedial fine slightly excurved at middle, the area
between it and the subterminal fine whitish thickly irrorated
with red-brown from vein 6 to inner margin ; subterminal
fine indistinct, dark, waved, interrupted, excurved at middle,
a faint whitish and red-brown spot on its inner side above
vein 6 ; a series of blackish points just before the fine dark
terminal fine and a fine whitish fine at base of cilia. Hind
wing grey- brown with a reddish tinge ; a whitish fine at base
of cilia. Undei’side of fore wing pale red-brown with an
oblique dark postmedial fine and series of blackish points
before termen ; hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown
and slightly irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal point,
rather diffused oblique dark postmedial fine, and terminal
series of blackish points.
Hab. Sierra Leone (Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim.
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Plecoptera geminilinea, n.sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with red-
brown ; palpi and fore legs deeper red-brown ; tarsi brown
ringed with whitish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with
red-brown and slightly irrorated with brown ; antemedial line
dark brown, oblique ; a whitish point in middle of cell and
dark discoidal point ; postmedial line double, the outer line
very fault, the inner line dark brown, straight and almost
erect, another dark brown line beyond it, incurved from
apex, then parallel to it ; an indistinct waved brown sub-
terminal line, angled outwards at vein 4 ; a terminal series
of dark points. Hind wing ochreous suffused with red-
brown. Underside of fore wing ochreous suffused with red-
brown, a rather diffused brown postmedial line and terminal
series of dark points ; hind wing whitish tinged and irrorated
with red-brown, a curved red-brown postmedial line and
terminal series of dark brown points.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar (Crompton), 1 $ type. Exp.
30 millim.
Plecoptera siderogramma, n. n.
Raparna ferrilineata, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soo. xi. p. 461 (1898),
nec Swinh. 1895.
Plecoptera plinthochroa, n. sp.
d1. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright brick-red ; antennae
and tegulse except at base brown. Fore wing bright brick-
red irrorated with brown ; an indistinct irregularly waved
brownish line from costa before middle to vein 1 beyond
middle where it joins the faint slightly waved postmedial
line which is oblique to vein 3 then inwardly oblique ; traces
of a brick-red subterminal line excurved at middle. Hind
wing bright brick-red slightly irrorated with brown, the
terminal area rather more thickly irrorated to vein 2. Under-
side rather paler brick-red ; fore wing with brownish discoidal
spot.
Hab. W. Australia, Sherlock R. (Clements), 1 $ type.
Exp. 38 millim.
Genus ACANTHOLIPES.
V.* V 1 I U>' 11 VJ.4 A. A. JUMa ...
Type.
Acantholipes Led. Noct. Eur. p. 198 (1857) regularis, Hiibn.
Docela, Walk, xxxiv. 1258 (1865) circnmdata. Walk.
Lasionota. Warr. Nov. Zool, xix. p. 55 (1912) hyphenoides , Moore.
Acantholipes plumbeonitens. n. sp.
(j>. Head and thorax red-brown glossed with leaden-grey ;
palpi black, white at base and tips ; sides of frons black ;
pectus and legs whitish tinged with red-brown, the tarsi
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blackish ringed with white ; abdomen pale red- brown, the
ventral surface whitish. Fore wing silvery leaden-grey, the
terminal area bright red-brown ; a slightly waved red-brown
antemedial line with black spot on it in the cell ; a slightly
sinuous red-brown medial line with the small elliptical black
discoidal spot filled in with yellow on its outer edge ; post-
medial line silvery grey, slightly waved, defined on inner
side by red-brown and with the area beyond it red-brown ;
a faint dark subterminal hne, somewhat excurved at middle ;
cilia dark brown, white at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged
with red -brown and irrorated with blackish, the terminal
area bright red-brown ; a black-brown shade from lower
angle of cell to above inner margin ; a rather diffused red-
brown postmedial band followed by a whitish band before
the red-brown terminal area ; cilia white at tips. Underside
whitish tinged with red -brown and slightly irrorated with
dark brown ; fore wing with the terminal area suffused with
fuscous brown narrowing to tornus ; hind whig with the
apex suffused with brown.
Hob. Angola, Ambriz ( Monteiro ), 1 $ type. Exp. 26
millim.
Genus ORTHOGRAMMICA, nov.
Type, O. bilineatus, Hmpsn. ( Acantholipes ), Moths Ind. ii.
p. 525 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint
obliquely upturned to vertex of head, rather broadly scaled
in front and fringed with hair behind except towards base,
the 3rd short, porrect, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
bipectinate with long branches, the apical part ciliated ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without
crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; build slender ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of
cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10
stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus DIASCIA, nov.
Type, D. trcmsvittu, Moore ( Hingula ), Lep. Ceyl. in. p. 551,
pi. 215. f. 1 (1887) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 67 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely downcurved,
extending about twice the length of head, the 2nd joint
T
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moderately scaled below and fringed with hair above except
at base, the 3rd rather short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth,
with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with
hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base
of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus RHESALIDES, nov.
rrype, R. admiraltensis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique,
extending about twice the length of head, with the hair at
extremity produced to a point and angled with hair above at
middle, the 3rd obliquely upturned, short and with slight
tuft of hair in front ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male somewhat laminate and
minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex
somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 0 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with the termen very
slightly excised at discal fold ; the cell about one-third
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Rhesalides admiraltensis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged
with red-brown ; antennae tinged with blackish ; palpi
rufous, the 2nd joint above and the 3rd joint ochreous white ;
legs suffused with red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white ;
ventral surface of abdomen creamy white irrorated with
red-brown. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with red-
brown and irrorated and striated with dark brown ; a sub-
basal black point on costa ; antemedial line indistinct, brown,
with a black point at costa, excurved below costa and above
inner margin ; orbicular and reniform red-brown defined by
white and their centres by black, small, the former round ;
the outer half of medial area more strongly tinged with red-
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brown ; postmeclial line creamy white defined on inner side
by slight black marks and with a black mark at costa, oblique
to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some
white points with red-brown between them beyond it on
costa ; a diffused interrupted brown subterminal fine in-
curved at discal fold and below vein 3, some brown suffusion
beyond it at middle ; a terminal series of minute black
lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the inner
area paler ; a faint elliptical discoidal spot ; post-medial line
famt to vein 2, then with black bar ; traces of a subterminal
fine with blackish bar on inner area ; a terminal series of
minute black lunules. Underside bright red-brown, the inner
areas whitish ; fore wing with the postmedial line blackish,
oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ; hind wing-
more mottled with red-brown and whitish, the discoidal
spot defined by black and white at sides, the postmedial line
brown, curved and minutely waved.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with minute dark annulus below the cell
at origin of vein 2, the reniform partly filled in with black,
black spots before the postmedial line beyond the cell and
below end of cell.
Ab. 2. Grey irrorated with dark brown.
Hab. Admiralty Is. (Meek), 3 $ type. Exp. 18 millim.
Rhesalides natalensis. n. sp.
Head and tegulae red-brown ; thorax and abdomen red-
brown tinged with grey ; antennae and palpi fuscous brown,
the latter with the extremities of the joints white ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with
red- brown, the tarsi fuscous brown ringed with whitish.
Fore wing grey tinged with red- brown and irrorated with
dark brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ;
a minute black point below costa near base ; an indistinct
brown antemedial line, angled outwards below costa then
excurved ; a blackish point in middle of cell and dark dis-
coidal striga ; postmedial line red-brown slightly defined on
inner side by rufous, obliquely excurved to discal fold, then
oblique ; an indistinct red-brown subterminal fine, excurved
at middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a
small wedge-shaped black spot on costa just before apex
defined by whitish ; a deep red-brown line just before termen
defined on inner side by minute white points ; cilia dark
brown. Hind wing red-brown slightly irrorated with darker
brown ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; a slight dark
shade before the faint fine curved bright red-brown post-
medial line ; a terminal series of deep red-brown striae defined
on inner side by minute white points ; cilia dark brown
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finely pencilled with grey. Underside of fore wing red-brown,
the inner area whitish, a small black spot in middle of cell
defined by white except above and two black and white
striae at end of cell, the postmedial fine brown defined on outer
side by whitish, oblique to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4 ;
hind wring red-brown mixed with whitish, two blackish
discoidal bars defined by whitish, postmedial line brown,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved.
Ab. 1. Fore whig with a blackish shade before the post-
medial line, extending to beyond it at costa.
Hab. Natal, Durban ( Gueinzius , Bou'ker, Gooch, Leigh),
1 <j, 5 $ type. Exp. 18 millim.
Ehesalides nigeriensis, n.sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with grey ;
palpi with the 3rd joint dark brown, white at base and tips ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused
with brown. Fore wing brown suffused with grey ; a sub-
basal black point on costa defined on each side by white ;
antemedial line brown, with black point at costa defined on
each side by white, excurved belowr costa and cell and incurved
in the cell ; a minute dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal
bar ; postmedial line dark brown w ith black point at costa
defined on each side by white, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique and sinuous, some white points with dark brown
between them beyond it on costa ; traces of a waved brown
subterminal line ; a small chocolate-brown apical spot and
a terminal series of dark points ; cilia dark brown. Hind
wing brown suffused with grey ; a black point at lowrer angle
of cell ; a minutely wraved deep reddish brown postmedial
line ; traces of a wraved brown subterminal line : a terminal
series of dark brown stria? ; cilia finely pencilled with dark
brown. Underside of fore wing with dark spot in middle of
cell and two bars at end of cell defined by whitish, the post-
medial line dark defined on outer side by whitish, oblique
to vein 4, then incurved, a faint whitish subterminal line ;
hind wing -with the basal and inner areas irrorated with
white, a large elliptical discoidal spot defined by white, the
postmedial line dark defined on outer side by whitish, a faint
whitish subterminal line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Olokemeji (Dudgeon), 1 ^ type. Exp.
16 millim.
Genus RHESALISTIS, nov.
Type, R. rotundata, Roths. (Magulaba), Lep. Snow Mts.,
New Guinea, p. 65 (1915).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
fill ESA I/I N'L'J S. RHESATjA.
277
and slightly fringed with hah’ behind towards extremity,
the 3rd rather long, smoothly scaled and somewhat acuminate
at extremity ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with hair and without crests ; fore
and mid tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the mid tibiae
smoothly scaled ; abdomen with slight rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper
angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
(Terms RHESALA.
Type.
Rhesala, Walk. xv. 1770 (1858) i mparata, Walk.
Magulaba, Walk, xxxiv. 1126 (1865) mcestalis, Walk.
Hingula, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 180 (1882) imparata, Walk.
Rimnlia, Saalm. Lep. Madag1. p. 483 (1891). non descr. mcesfnlis , Walk.
Rhesala malayica, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown slightly
tinged with grey ; palpi with the extremities of 2nd and 3rd
joints white ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish
iiTorated with brown ; tarsi black-brown ringed with white.
Fore wing chocolate- brown slightly tinged with grey ; an
indistinct curved blackish antemedial line ; orbicular except
above and inner side of reniform defined by white, con-
fluent, the former elliptical, the latter with slight whitish
outline above and on outer side, round ; an oblique black
striga from middle of costa ; postmedial line black-brown,
oblique to discal fold, then erect and interrupted at the
veins, some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line indistinct, diffused, dark, slightly defined on outer side
in parts by whitish, incurved at discal and submedian fold ;
a small black-brown subapical spot defined below by white ;
a lunulate deep chocolate-brown terminal line and fine white
line at base of cilia, which are chocolate-brown mixed with
white. Hind wing chocolate-brown slightly tinged with grey ;
a large elliptical discoidal spot defined at sides by white ; a
black-brown postmedial line slightly interrupted at the
veins ; a lunulate deep chocolate-brown terminal line defined
on inner side by a fine white line ; a fine white line at base
of cilia which are chocolate-brown mixed with white. Under-
side of fore wfing with a blue or cupreous red gloss, the costal
edge white to beyond middle, the postmedial line continuous
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N OCT U JDK.
and slightly defined on outer side by whitish, oblique to below
vein 5 ; hind wing with the discoidal spot completely defined
by white, the postmedial line continuous and defined on
outer side by white, a curved white subterminal line.
Hab. Singapore (Ridley), 1 $ ; Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 $
type. Exp. 18, 9 20 millim.
Rhesala nyasica, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white suffused with
brown ; antennae blackish ; palpi white, blackish towards
tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; fore
legs suffused with blackish. Fore wing whitish grey suffused
with brown ; subbasal, antemedial and medial minute tufts
of black scales on costa ; orbicular except above and reniform
on inner side defined by white, the former elliptical, the latter
round and otherwise faintly defined ; postmedial line black,
obliquely excurved to discal fold, then erect and slightly
excurved at submedian fold, some white points beyond it on
costa ; a terminal series of dark brown lunules and fine white
line at base of cilia which are chequered with white at tips.
Hind wing grey suffused with brown ; a large elliptical
discoidal spot defined at sides by white ; postmedial line
black, almost obsolete towards costa, then faintly defined
on outer side by whitish and slightly interrupted at the
veins ; a lunulate dark brown terminal line defined on inner
side by a fine whitish line ; a fine whitish line at base of
cilia which are dark brown mixed with whitish. Underside
of fore wing with the centres of the orbicular and reniform
defined by black ; hind wing with the discoidal spot com-
pletely defined, the postmedial line continuous and curved.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 3 $ type. Exp.
16 millim.
Rhesala punctisigna, n. sp.
E- Head and thorax reddish brown suffused with grey ;
abdomen dark brown with some grey at base ; palpi red-
brown, the 3rd joint grey-brown with a black ring near base ;
legs grey-brown ; ventral surface of abdomen reddish brown.
Fore wing grey thickly irrorated with black-brown, the
terminal area suffused with reddish brown ; two indistinct
sinuous blackish antemedial lines ; a black point in middle
of cell ; reniform filled in with black, rather ill-defined, an
indistinct oblique line from it to inner margin ; postmedial
line dark red-brown slightly defined on each side bv rufous,
oblique to vein 7, then interrupted at the veins, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, some while points beyond if. on costa ;
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an oblique subterminal series of diffused blackish spots ; a
dark brown terminal line defined on inner side by minute
white points ; cilia with a dark line- through them. Hind
wing blackish brown mixed with some grey on inner half
except towards termen ; a faint elliptical dark discoidal
spot ; postmedial line blackish faintly defined on outer side
by grey and slightly interrupted at the veins ; a faint waved
greyish subterminal line defined on inner side by diffused
blackish ; a dark red-brown terminal line defined on inner side
by minute white points ; cilia with two fine dark lines through
them. Underside dark grey-brown, the inner areas whitish ;
fore wing with black spot in middle of cell defined at sides
by white and two black and white striae at end of cell, the
postmedial line blackish, obliquely curved to vein 4, then
incurved ; hind wing with two black discoidal bars, the
outer defined on outer side by white, postmedial line black,
minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, traces
of a sub terminal line.
Hob. Br. E. Africa, Unyoro, Singoma ( Betton ), I $ type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Rhesala albipars, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown mixed with
some white, the antennae fuscous, the palpi with some black
scales, the 3rd joint almost entirely white. Fore wing pale
red-brown mixed with some whitish and slightly irrorated
with blackish ; a curved black subbasal striga from costa,
then a series of slight blackish marks on the costa ; an in-
distinct blackish antemedial line, excurved at middle ; an
oblique black medial line ; a whitish discoidal lunule defined
at sides by rather diffused blackish ; postmedial line black,
arising below the costa, excurved beyond the cell, then
oblique and sinuous ; subterminal line blackish with an
irregular white band before it between veins 8 and 1, oblique
towards costa, then slightly waved, excurved between veins
5 and 2 ; a blackish terminal line. Hind wing whitish
suffused with pale red-brown, the basal area more rufous ;
a faint double slightly waved brown postmedial line with
slight blackish marks at inner margin and a similar sub-
terminal line ending on termen above tornus ; a black
terminal line to submedian fold. Underside white tinged
with red-brown ; fore wing with curved brown postmedial
line and double slightly waved subterminal line ; hind wing
with minute black discoidal spot, minutely waved brown
postmedial line, and double subterminal line.
Hab. S.E. Borneo (Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 24 millim.
2H0
noctuldjf..
Genus RAPARNA. n,
lype.
Rayarna, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 177 (1882) ochreipennis, Moore.
Raparna metaphaea, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen ochreous
slightly tinged with rufous, the rest of abdomen suffused with
rufous ; antennae grey-brown, ringed with whitish towards
base ; frons at sides and palpi except the 3rd joint black-
brown ; fore and mid legs black-brown, the fore tarsi ochreous,
the hind legs paler brown. Fore wing ochreous slightly tinged,
irrorated and striated with rufous ; a black point on sub-
costal nervure near base ; an antemedial dark brown point
on costa ; a rather diffused red-brown discoidal spot ; faint
traces of two or three waved lines beyond the cell, oblique
below' vein 4, some black-brown points beyond them on costa ;
traces of a waved rufous subterminal line ; a terminal series
of black-brown points. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia
and termen narrowly at middle ochreous. Underside grey-
brown ; fore wing with the costa ochreous with some dark
points on it towards apex ; hind wing with small blackish
discoidal spot and indistinct waved postmedial line, incurved
below vein 2.
Hah. Solomon Is., Choiseul ( Meek ), I <$ type. Exp. 28
millim.
Genus METALECTRA.
Lype.
Metal ectra, Hiibn. Verz. p. 342 (1827) prascisalis , Hiibn.
Stimmia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 23 (1852) carveomacula , Guen.
Homopyralis , Grote, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. p. 213
(1874) quad rieignata . Walk.
Metalectra pexiceras, n. sp.
d1. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed w ith
some grey, the last with some rufous at base of dorsum ;
legs fuscous brown, the fore tibiae and the tarsi ringed with
grey. Fore wing dark red-brown mixed with grey and some
purplish red ; a broad dark brown subbasal band from costa
to vein 1 ; antemedial line indistinct, black, w'aved ; orbicular
and reniform chocolate-brown, the former small, round, the
latter defined on outer side by whitish ; an indistinct waved
dark medial line ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner
side by small black-brown spots, slightly bent outwards below
costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some
small flesh-red spots with black-brown between them beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined on outer side
by dark red-brown, forming a patch at middle, angled outwards
below vein 7, incurved at middle and excurved between veins
METALECTKA.
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4 and 2 ; a terminal series of small quadrate chocolate- brown
spots defined on inner side by whitish ; a fine white line at
base of cilia followed by a series of chocolate-brown spots.
Hind wing grey-brown with a reddish gloss ; a faint sinuous
dark postmedial line forming a black bar defined on outer
side by white at inner margin ; a rather lunulate dark ter-
minal line ; cilia chequered dark brown and whitish. Under-
side bluish white ; fore wing suffused with red-brown except
on inner area, an indistinct curved postmedial line, and
terminal series of small spots ; hind whig irrorated with brown,
a dark brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and
terminal series of small spots.
Hab. W. Colombia, San Antonio {Palmer), 1 <$ type.
Exp. 30 millim.
Metalectra ecchlora, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with
red- brown and dark brown ; antennae blackish ; palpi whitish
tinged with rufous and with dark rings at extremity of 2nd
joint and near extremity of 3rd joint ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen white mixed with red-brown and
some dark brown, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore
wing pale green mixed with rufous and red-brown, the basal
half whiter ; some red-brown striae from base of costa and small
antemedial spots on costa and inner margin ; a black point
in middle of cell ; medial line red-brown, excurved in the
cell ; a red-brown discoidal striga with a rufous streak beyond
it in discal fold to the subterminal line ; postmedial line red-
brown, defined on outer side by grey-white towards costa,
oblique and slightly sinuous to below vein 7, excurved from
discal fold to vein 3, then oblique and sinuous, the costal
area beyond it dark red-brown with some white points on
costa ; subterminal fine rather diffused red-brown, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, and angled inwards at discal fold ;
a rather lunulate red-brown terminal line ; cilia chequered
red- brown and grey- white. Hind wing ochreous tinged with
rufous and mixed with red-brown, the basal and costal areas
more suffused with red-brown, the terminal area tinged with
green ; a rather figure-of-eight-shaped discoidal spot defined
by dark brown and with two dark fines from it to inner
margin ; postmedial fine dark brown, excurved between discal
and submedian folds ; a diffused oblique slightly sinuous
ochreous subterminal fine from vein 7 to termen at submedian
fold, defined on each side by diffused red ; a waved dark brown
terminal fine ; cilia chequered red -brown and greyish ochreous.
Underside ochreous white tinged with rufous and thickly
irrorated with red-brown ; fore wing with the inner area
white, two indistinct brown medial lines, a curved postmedial
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line, and reddish subterminal shade ; hind wing with two
brown medial lines with a blackish discoidal striga on the
inner line, a minutely waved postmedial line, and reddish
subterminal shade.
Hab. Colombia, Minca (//. II . Smith), 1 $ type. Exp.
26 millim.
Metalectra leucostrigilla, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown mixed with
some reddish, the metathoracic crest silvery edged with
black, the anal tuft pale reddish at base, dark brown at
extremity ; antennae blackish ; palpi and legs fuscous brown,
the tibiae at extremities and tarsi ringed with whitish ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown.
Fore wing grey tinged with rufous, the basal half suffused
with darker brown except on costal area, a pale rufous
streak below costa from near base to the postmedial line ;
two dark subbasal points on costa ; antemedial line indistinct,
brown, waved ; a small round black spot in middle of cell ;
reniform black-brown defined by grey ; a faint sinuous
brown medial line ; postmedial line with a dark point at
costa, below the fascia brown defined on outer side by grey,
very minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
a black-brown patch beyond it on costal area with fine white
streaks on the veins below costa and white points on costa ;
subterminal line diffused greyish with red-brown suffusion
before and beyond it, incurved at discal fold ; a waved
dark terminal line forming points at the interspaces ; cilia
greyish chequered with brown at base. Hind wing grey-
brown with a reddish gloss ; a waved dark terminal line ;
cilia brownish grey. Underside of fore wing bluish grey
tinged with red-brown, some brown marks on costa ; hind
wing pale blue-grey, the costal area irrorated with brown, a
curved maculate postmedial line, and rather diffused maculate
subterminal line.
Hab. Colombia, Choko Prov., Condoto (Spurrell), 1 $ type.
Exp. 20 millim.
Metalectra violascens, n. sp.
Mf'talert m ilntatii. Draee, Biol. Centr.-Am.. Het. i. p. 104 (part.), nee Wlk.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed with
some grey ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white
tinged with rufous ; tarsi dark brown ringed with whitish,
the tufts of hair from mid tibiae of male pale purplish red.
Fore wing dark red-brown mixed with grey and a few purplish
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red scales ; a black subbasal point on costa ; a black-brown
shade on antemedial area ; antemedial line black defined on
inner side by whitish, waved, excurved in submedian inter-
space ; a round black-brown spot in middle of cell and
elliptical discoidal spot defined on outer side by whitish ; a
diffused sinuous dark brown medial line ; postmedial fine
dark brown, defined on outer side by a whitish bar from
costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points with
black-brown between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line whitish defined on inner side by diffused dark brown,
waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, a dark brown
spot beyond it below costa ; a terminal series of small dark
brown spots. Hind wing dark red-brown with a whitish
postmedial bar from inner margin. Underside pale red-
brown ; fore wing with the inner area whitish, a whitish
postmedial bar from costa ; hind wing with dark discoidal
striga, indistinct curved postmedial fine, and faint subterminal
shade.
Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers), 1 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui
(Champion), 1 type, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 24 millim.
Metalectra ochroseraa, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red- brown, the head
and thorax with some rufous scales, the abdomen with some
whitish at base ; palpi with the 3rd joint whitish at base
and tips ; pectus whitish ; legs brown and whitish, the tarsi
ringed with whitish. Fore wing dark red-brown mixed with
some greyish ; a black subbasal bar from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial fine black, rather punctiform, incurved in
the cell ; a black point in middle of cell and whitish discoidal
lunule faintly defined by brown ; postmedial fine black-
brown, slightly defined on outer side by whitish, rather
maculate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at
discal fold and incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond
it on costa ; subterminal fine whitish defined on inner side
by slight dark brown marks, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle ; a terminal series of dark brown lunules ; cilia
chequered dark brown and whitish. Hind wing dark red-
brown, the cilia chequered white and brown. Underside
whitish suffused with red- brown, the inner area whiter ;
hind wing with small brown discoidal spot and rather diffused
curved postmedial and subterminal fines.
Hab. Brazil, Lr. Amazon, Gurupa (Austen), 1 $ type.
Exp. 30 millim.
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Metalectra mesoscia, n, sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with
brownish white, the antennae whitish ringed with black, the
palpi black to near extremity of 2nd joint, then Avhite with a
black ring on 3rd joint, a blackish metathoracic crest with a
metallic gloss ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
white mixed with brown, the tarsi black ringed with white.
Fore wing white mostly suffused with pale reddish brown and
irrorated with black, the costa with series of small black
spots ; a small black spot in the cell near base ; a slight
black antemedial line, arising at median nervure, excurved
below the cell and incurved at vein 1 ; a small black spot
in middle of cell and elliptical discoidal spot ; two sinuous
black medial lines with brown suffusion between them ;
postmedial line fine, black defined on outer side by white,
obliquely excurved to vein 4 and incurved below vein 3 ;
traces of a whitish subterminal line defined by diffused brown,
obliquely excurved towards costa, then sinuous ; a fine waved
black terminal line with white points beyond it at base of
cilia which are grey-brown. Hind wing whitish suffused
with brown ; a fine black terminal line and whitish line at
base of cilia. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with
brown, the terminal half of costa with alternating blackish
and white spots ; hind wing white mixed with brown, in-
distinct dark medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 rt, 4 2 type, Godinan-
Salvin Coll. Exp. 20 millim.
Metalectra cldorothenna, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax purplish rufous mixed with some whitish,
the metathoracic crest blackish ; abdomen with the two basal
segments rufous and whitish, then grey mixed with red-
browm and fuscous, the 3rd segment dorsally blackish ;
antennae dark brown ; palpi rufous with a blackish band at.
extremity of 2nd segment, the 3rd joint white at base,
blackish at tips ; pectus and legs white, the latter banded
with blackish ; ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated
with fuscous. Fore wing purplish rufous, the medial area
white tinged with pale yellowr-green and with some rufous
in discal and submedian folds and on inner margin ; an
oblique white subbasal striga from costa followed by an
oblique shade formed by black irroration to median nervure ;
antemedial line with minute black spot at costa, then very
faint rufous defined on inner side by white, waved ; an oblique
black bar in middle of cell ; two rather diffused black medial
lines, excurved to median nervure, then interrupted to vein
2, then sinuous, the outer line with the black discoidal bar on
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it ; postmedial line very indistinct, whitish with small black
spot at costa, excurved below costa and defined on outer
side by black to vein 6, then curved, minutely dentate and
faintly defined on outer side by some black scales, some
small black spots beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
blackish, obliquely excurved to vena 6 where it is angled
inwards, then oblique to vein 4, then waved ; a crenulate
black terminal line forming points at the interspaces. Hind
wing purplish rufous, the base white, a large pale yellow-
green patch beyond lower angle of cell, the veins towards
termen streaked with pale green and slightly irrorated with
black ; an oblique black discoidal bar with two waved black
lines from it to inner margin ; postmedial line double and
crimson-red to vein 6, then represented by white points defined
by some black scales to vein 2, then black and sinuous to
inner margin, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a waved
red-brown subterminal line, excurved at middle ; a slight
waved black terminal line forming points at the interspaces.
Underside of fore wing rufous mixed with bluish white and
irrorated with black, a small black spot in middle of cell,
discoidal lunule and some blackish marks on middle of costa ;
hind wing bluish white irrorated with black and tinged with
some rufous, a sinuous blackish medial line with small black
discoidal spot on it, and rather diffused curved waved post-
medial and subterminal lines.
Hab. Peru, Uruhuasi (Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp. 34
millim.
Genus DREPANOSHINA, nor.
Type, D. shelf ordi, Swinh. ( Pseudaglossa ), Trans. Ent. Soc.
1904, p. 142.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
in male reaching to above vertex of head, nearly smoothly
scaled in front and rather tapering to extremity, the 3rd
very long and acuminate at extremity, in female the 2nd and
3rd joints shorter ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the tegulae fringed
with rather long hair ; fore tibiae of male dilated with a
vesicle enclosed by a transverse and two lateral fans of scales,
the mid and hind tibiae with slight tufts of hah- at the spurs ;
abdomen with dorsal crests on three basal segments ; the
anal tuft of male very large. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; vein 3
from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; fi
from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a
small areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about
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one-thircl length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus LOPHOPANILLA. nov.
Type, L. obscurissima, Holl. (Panilla), Psyche, vii. p. 48,
pi. ii. f. 18 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately scaled in front, and
slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity ; the 3rd
moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely
serrate and ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales and without crests, the tegulae in male fringed with
long scales covering a tuft of hair ; tibiae moderately fringed
with hair ; abdomen, except basal segments, with dorsal series
of crests formed by metallic scales. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above
angle ; (> from just below upper angle ; 7 very shortly stalked
with 8, 9 ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the
length of wing, veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; (5, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus PANILLA.
I ypo.
Panilla, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 93 (1885) dispila, W«lk.
Panilla xylonea, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with brown
and some red ; palpi brown with some pale red at extremity
of 2nd joint, the 3rd joint white with black band ; fore legs
dark brown, the tarsi whitish except at base ; mid and hind
legs brown and whitish ; pectus and ventral surface of
abdomen whitish. Fore wing white suffused with reddish
brown ; a small blackish discoidal spot ; two blackish strigse
from medial part of costa and a postmedial striga ; a faint
diffused whitish subterminal line exeurved below vein 7 and
at middle. Hind wing white suffused with reddish brown ;
a blackish discoidal striga with traces of a sinuous line from
it to inner margin ; a postmedial series of black points except
toward costa ; traces of a whitish subterminal line forming a
small spot above tornus. Underside white tinged and
irrorated with reddish brown ; hind wing with small dark
discoidal spot.
Hub. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 J type. Exp. 20
millim.
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Panilla hadrastis, n. sp.
<J. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with
reddish brown and some grey, the anal tuft whitish with some
fiery -red at base ; palpi dark brown, the 3rd joint with some
whitish at base ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
white tinged with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown with pale
rings. Fore wing dark red-brown tinged with grey and with
numerous indistinct minutely waved hues to beyond the cell ;
a dark discoidal spot ; postmedial line dark brown defined on
outer side by whitish, slightly bent outwards before costa,
then somewhat dentate with slight dark streaks with white
points on them at the veins, oblique below vein 4 and slightly
angled outwards at vein 1 ; a dark subterminal line defined
on inner side by grey, excurved below vein 7 and at middle
and angled inwards at veins 5 and 2 ; a terminal series of small
rather triangular dark brown spots with rufous marks
beyond them on the cilia which are dark brown. Hind wing
dark red-brown tinged with grey and irrorated with dark
brown ; traces of two sinuous dark medial lines ; postmedial
line dark brown defined on outer side by whitish, sinuous ;
a maculate black subterminal line ; a terminal series of small
rather triangular black-brown spots with rufous marks
beyond them on the cilia. Underside white tinged with red-
brown ; both wings with indistinct sinuous red-brown medial
and postmedial lines and diffused subterminal line.
Hab. Sierra Leone ( Barchard ), 1 q type. Exp. 24 millim.
Panilla lophosticta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with rufous,
the patagia with some fuscous scales ; palpi white at base,
blackish at tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
white, the fore legs banded with brown. Fore wing whitish
suffused with red-brown, the costal area whiter ; diffused
darker brown subbasal marks on costa, below the cell and on
inner margin ; antemedial line dark brown, waved, double at
costa ; a minute tuft of raised black scales in middle of cell
and two larger tufts on discocellulars ; a slight medial brown
shade ; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by
white, minutely dentate, excurved below costa, incurved at
discal fold and oblique below vein 4 ; the postmedial area
with darker red-brown patches at costa and between veins
4 and 3 ; an indistinct slightly waved white subterminal
line excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a crenulate dark
brown terminal line forming minute spots at the interspaces.
Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated
with dark brown ; an indistinct waved brown medial line
with dark discoidal bar on it ; postmedial line dark brown,
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punctiform, sinuous ; an indistinct waved whitish subterminal
line defined on each side by rather diffused reddish brown ;
a crenulate dark brown terminal line. Underside white,
tinged with rufous ; hind wing with slight dark discoidal
striga and faint postmedial line.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), l <$ type. Exp. 24
millim.
Genus CORSA.
Type.
Corea, Walk. xiii. 1101 (1857) lignicolora, Walk.
Corsa atribasis, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown, the
metathorax with metallic black crest ; abdomen grey suffused
with brown and with some rufous at base ; antennae blackish ;
palpi red-brown, whitish at tips ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen pale grey, the legs slightly tinged with
red -brown. Fore wing with the basal area black- brown with
oblique outer edge, then whitish suffused with rufous at middle
and end of cell, the postmedial area whitish tinged with purple,
the terminal area dark grey-brown ; a blackish bar from
middle of costa, then a faint medial line excurved to end of
cell where there is a rufous discoidal bar ; postmedial line
faint, pale, rather diffused, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly
oblique and slightly angled outwards at vein 1 ; traces of a
pale subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;
a series of black points before termen with rufous marks
beyond them. Hind wing with the base and inner margin
whitish, some rufous suffusion on disk and along vein 1,
the rest of wing greyish suffused with purple-brown ; a
diffused dark brown mark just beyond the cell ; a postmedial
series of minute dark brown spots, arising at vein 6 and
incurved below vein 2 ; an indistinct diffused pale subterminal
line defined on each side by purple-brown suffusion, excurved
below vein 7 ; a series of black points before termen with
rufous marks before them. Underside brownish white.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
Corsa molybdopasta, n. sp.
$. Head rufous ; thorax red-brown tinged with grey, the
metathorax with crest of metallic red-brown scales ; abdomen
red-brown tinged with grey ; antennae blackish ; palpi
red-brown, the 3rd joint whitish at base and tips ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with
rufous, the tibiae and tarsi banded with brown. Fore wing
red-brown mixed with some whitish especially on terminal
area and tinged in parts with grey ; a whitish subbasal bar
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rom costa , antemedial line indistinct, dark brown defined
on inner side by some whitish except towards inner margin,
oblique and slightly waved ; a dark point defined by whitish
in middle of cell ; an oblique dark medial shade with a pale
bar on it from costa; postmedial line blackish, defined on
outer side by whitish towards costa, then with blackish and
white points beyond it at the veins, oblique to vein 4, then
inwardly oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ;
subterminal line rather diffused whitish, excurved below
vein 7 and between veins 3 and 2 ; a crenulate black terminal
fine forming minute spots at the interspaces. Hind wing
ochreous tinged with rufous ; an ill-defined double diffused
red -brown antemedial line ; a slightly waved red -brown
postmedial line produced to dark and white points at the
veins , a diffused red-brown subterminal line, very indistinct
towards costa and forming dark patches between veins
4 and 2 and in submedian interspace ; a crenulate black
terminal line forming minute spots at the interspaces ; cilia
rufous mixed with red-brown. Underside whitish suffused
woth red -brown ; fore wing with two whitish marks on medial
part of costa and an indistinct diffused whitish subterminal
fine , hind wing with diffused brown medial and postmedial
lines and faint whitish subtcrminal line.
Ab. 1. Hind wing much more suffused with brown.
Philippines.
Hab. N. Borneo, Sandakan ( Pryer ), 1 $ type ; Pulo
Laut {Doherty), 1 $ ; Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos (BakeD.
1 $. Exp. 32 millim.
Corsa nigrinotata, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish, the meta-
thoracic crest formed by large black scales with a metallic
silvery gloss ; antennas blackish, ringed with whitish towards
base ; abdomen whitish tinged with rufous and mixed wdth
fuscous, the claspers of male with long lateral tufts of hair ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused
with rufous, the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore
wing whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with blackish,
the terminal area darker, the costa with some black before
the antemedial line and on medial area and a black patch
beyond the postmedial fine ; antemedial line blackish, rather
punctiform, defined on inner side by white at costa ; reniform
whitish defined by red-brown, small ; medial fine blackish
at costa, then indistinct, slightly excurved in the cell and at
vein 1 ; postmedial line double, black, oblique and filled in
with whitish towards costa, then minutely dentate, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; some white points with black
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between them on costa towards apex ; subterminal line
whitish defined on inner side by diffused brown, angled out-
wards at vein 7, then slightly waved ; a series of minute
rather triangular black spots before termen and a fine black
terminal line ; cilia red-brown with fine whitish line at base.
Hind wing whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with
black, the terminal area darker ; an elliptical discoidal spot
defined by blackish and a medial shade formed by black
irroration from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line black,
sinuous, incurved below vein 4 ; traces of a diffused waved
pale subterminal line ; a series of minute rather triangular
blackish spots before termen and a fine black terminal line ;
cilia red-brown with a white line at base. Underside whitish
suffused with red -brown ; both wings with waved dark medial
and postmedial lines, the latter defined on outer side by white,
and faint whitish subterrainal line with a dark shade before
it on the hind wing.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos {Baker), 2 8 $
type ; Mt. Makiling {Baker), 4 <$, 1 9- Exp. 18-22 millim.
Genus ZIGERA.
YAgera. Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 182 (1862)
Type.
orbifera, Walk.
Zigera tricuspida, n. sp.
d*. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed
with some greyish ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
white. Fore wing dark reddish brown tinged with purple ;
a curved blackish subbasal line defined on outer side by whitish
from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line blackish, incurved in
the cell and at vein 1 and excurved in submedian interspace ;
a slight dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal bar ; an
indistinct dark medial line ; postmedial line blackish, oblique
and sinuous to vein 2, then incurved and angled outwards at
vein 1, a large creamy-white patch beyond it from costa to
vein 2, its outer edge strongly angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved to near termen between veins 4 and 2, defined
on outer side by the faint dark subterminal line defined on
inner side by whitish towards costa and inner margin ; a
series of black points before termen with small creamy white
spots beyond them. Hind wing dark red-brown ; traces of
two dark medial lines except on costal area ; postmedial
line blackish defined on outer side by white towards inner
margin, dentate, excurved beyond lower angle, of cell ; a
sinuous whitish subterminal line ; a series of dark points
before termen with small whitish spots beyond them. Under-
side dark reddish brown ; fore wing with broad oblique
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creamy white band from costa beyond middle of termen
between veins 3 and 1.
Hab. Borneo, Sandakan {Fryer), 1 $ type. Exp. 34
milbm.
Genus ANATATKA, nov.
Type, A. nigrisigna, Hmpsn. ( Catada ), Moths Ind. iii.
p. 62 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head and typically moderately
scaled in front and slightly fringed with hair' behind near
base, the 3rd very long, smoothly scaled and acuminate at
tip ; frons smooth, with slight ridge of scales above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair, the fore tibiae of male dilated
with a hollow in front covered by fans of scales ; abdomen
with series of dorsal crests except towards extremity. Fore
wing with the costa arched towards apex which is rounded,
the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 ancl
5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from just below upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from below middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Genus MAGUDA.
Type.
Maguda, Walk, xxxiv. 1186 (1865) immundalis, Walk.
Maguda pilipes, n. sp.
<J. Head and base of tegulse whitish tinged with rufous ;
thorax grey-brown with a reddish tinge, the scales pencilled
with whitish ; abdomen red-brown, the crests darker, the
genital tufts of male creamy white ; antennae dark brown ;
palpi scarlet, dark brown at base and below ; fore legs black-
brown, the tuft of hair from femora of male creamy white ;
pectus, mid and hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen
grey-brown, the tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing
red-brown suffused with purple and mixed with whitish
and rufous to the postmedial line, the rest of wing fuscous
brown suffused with purple ; a slight whitish subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedian line indistinct,
whitish, sinuous, a small black spot on its outer side at costa ;
a dark medial line, rather diffused towards costa and incurved
in submedian interspace ; a black discoidal bar ; post-
medial line white defined on inner side by dark brown, slightly
angled outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4,
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some white points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct whitish
subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a
terminal series of minute black spots and white striae at
base of cilia which have some whitish at tips. Hind wing
red-brown mixed with some whitish, the submedian fold with
whitish streak ; a diffused blackish line from upper angle of
cell to inner margin interrupted at submedian fold ; post-
medial line whitish defined on inner side by black-brown,
incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish defined
on outer side by dark brown and forming a diffused whitish
mark above tornus, rather interrupted, waved ; a terminal
series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish at base and with
some whitish at tips. Underside pale bluish grey tinged with
reddish brown ; fore wing with a slight dark discoidal striga
and faint postmedial line incurved below vein 4 ; hind wing
with blackish discoidal striga, sinuous dark line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin, sinuous dark postmedial line,
and faint pale waved subterminal hue.
$. Fore wing with the medial area brownish grey with some
dark markings on costal and inner areas.
Hah. Sikhim {Dudgeon), l 9 i Madras, Horsleykonda
{Campbell), 1 $ ; Ceylon, Pundaloya {Green), 2 <$, 1 $ type.
Exp. 20-22 millim.
Genus L0PH0DAXA, nov.
Type, L. labandina.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
fringed w ith hair behind except tow ards base, the 3rd moderate,
thickly scaled and with tuft of hair behind ; frons smooth,
with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male minutely serrate and ciliated ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed
with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on three basal seg-
ments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9 stalked ;
10, 11 from cell; male with a costal fold on underside ex-
tending to beyond middle. Hind wing with the cell about
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle of cell ; (5, 7 from upper
angle of cell ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Lophodaxa labandina, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale red-brown, the latter with blue-
grey dorsal stripe ; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ;
antennae dark brown ; palpi dark brown w ith some rufous at
L0PH ODAXA. II V POSTROT I A .
293
extremity of 2nd joint behind ; legs dark brown, the tarsi
ringed with whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen white tinged
with red-brown. Fore wing rufous mixed with whitish, the
postmedial area except towards costa and the terminal area
suffused with dark brown ; two slight brown striae from costa
near base ; antemedial line brown, slightly waved, a whitish
bar before it from costa ; a rather diffused red-brown medial
line, slightly excurved in the cell ; a black-brown discoidal
bar defined by white ; postmedial line dark brown defined on
outer side by white, bent outwards below costa then rather
oblique, some whitish points beyond it on costa with dark
brown between them ; subterminal hne white, slightly ex-
curved below vein 7, angled inwards at discal fold, then
excurved and becoming coincident with a white line before
termen ; a dark brown terminal line ; cilia rufous and dark
brown, the tips dark brown between discal and submedian
folds. Hind wing dark reddish brown, the basal and inner
areas whitish mixed with rufous ; a reddish white postmedial
hne from vein 4 to inner margin and an oblique hne from vein
4 before termen to termen at submedian fold ; a dark brown
terminal hne with a reddish white hne before it ; cilia rufous
and dark brown, the tips dark brown between discal and
submedian folds. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown
tinged with grey, a whitish postmedial bar from costa, slightly
waved subterminal hne, and line before termen obsolescent
at middle ; hind wing grey suffused with reddish brown, a
sinuous dark postmedial hne defined on outer side by whitish
and a narrow whitish band before termen from costa to
vein 4.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp. 18
millim.
Genus HYPOSTROTIA , nov.
Type, H . cinerea, Butl. (Capnodes), A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 294
(1878) ; id. 111. Lep. Het. B.M. h. p. 44, pi. 34. f. 9 (1878) ;
Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 253 (1901).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hair behind at extremity, the
3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with slight
ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
serrate and fascicidate ; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales, the metathorax with depressed crest of metallic scales ;
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with shght
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
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YOCTUrD.I'.
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form tin*
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from
below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus GESONIA.
Gesonia, Walk. xvi. 75 (1858) obeditalis. Walk.
Dragava , Walk, xvi. 200 (1858) obeditalis, Walk.
Hileia, Walk. xxiv. 1100 (1862) obeditalis , Walk.
Apphadana , Walk, xxxiv. 1212 (1865) nec Walk.
xxxiii. 1094 obeditalis, Walk.
Mares in. Walk. xxxv. 1637 (1866) obeditalis. Walk.
Amblijgues. Bull. 111. Het. B.M. iii. p. 69 (1879) . obeditalis, Walk.
Hemipsectra. Hmpsn. 111. Het. B.M. viii. p. 84 (1891) plumipars, Hmpsn.
Gesonia stictigramma, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with reddish
brown ; palpi except at tips and sides of frons chocolate-
brown ; fore and mid legs suffused with chocolate-brown
in front. Fore wing pale purplish grey tinged with brown
and in-orated with black-brown ; traces of an oblique dark
antemedial line ; a faint diffused oblique dark medial line
with some black scales on discocellulars ; an indistinct
oblique sinuous dark postmedial line, incurved below vein
3 to near the medial line ; an oblique dark line with series of
black striae on it from apex to inner margin, the area beyond
it more suffused with brown to the faint oblique sinuous
dark subterminal line which is excurved at middle ; traces
of a waved dark terminal line with series of black points on
it at termen on the veins and before termen in the interspaces.
Hind wing grey-wrhite suffused with brown and irrorated with
black-brown ; traces of two oblique lines on antemedial
area ; an oblique postmedial line, indistinct except towards
inner margin and with some brown suffusion beyond it ; an
indistinct diffused subterminal line with fuscous suffusion
beyond it on apical area : traces of a waved dark terminal
line with blackish points at the interspaces. Underside
whitish ; fore wing suffused with red-brown except the
inner area ; hind wing tinged and irrorated with red-brown,
a slight discoidal point and indistinct curved postmedial and
subterminal lines.
Ab. I . Fore wing with more distinct black marks on the
oblique line and a spot at submedian fold.
Ab. 2. Much whiter and less suffused with brown.
Hnb. N. Nigeria, Zungeru (Macfie), 1 type ; Uganda,
Jinja (Neave), I $; Hr. ('. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave. ), 8
9 $; Portuguese F. Africa, Mt. Chiperone (Neave), 1
Exp. $ 20, 9 32 millim.
CrESONIA. CATALOXIA .
295
Gesonia thermesina, n. sp.
$• Head and tegulae deep rufous ; the antennae blackish ;
thorax pale rufous ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous
and irrorated with blackish. Fore wing ochreous white
tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown, the costal
edge fulvous yellow ; a rufous point in cell near base ; an
oblique sinuous rufous antemedial line, excurved above inner
margin ; a minute rufous spot in middle of cell ; an oblique
sinuous rufous medial line with dark point beyond it at
lower angle of cell ; an oblique waved rufous line beyond the
cell ; postmedial line rufous with rufous suffusion on its outer
side, oblique, waved, a rounded black patch on its outer side
at inner margin ; a rather diffused waved rufous subterminal
line ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing whitish
suffused with red-brown except on costal area to beyond
middle ; obscure postmedial and subterminal brown shades,
the former with fuscous patch at inner margin. Underside
ochreous white tinged with rufous and irrorated with brown ;
fore wing with brown postmedial and subterminal shades ;
hind wing with slight discoidal point and faint postmedial
and subterminal lines.
Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim.
Genus CATALOXIA. now
Type, C. diagrapta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd moderate, thickly scaled and somewhat acuminate at
tip ; frons smooth, with ridge of scales above ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibae smoothly scaled ;
abdomen with slight rough hair at base of dorsum, but without
crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the
termen evenly curved and hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the termen produced to a point at vein 7 and some-
what excurved at discal fold ; the cell about one-third length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Cataloxia diagrapta, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax and abdomen red-brown mixed with
whitish ; palpi white at tips. Fore wing red-brown slightly
29(5
NOOTUID.®.
irrorated with whitish, the inner area whitish with a rufous
tinge from base to the postmedial line before which it extends
to below the costa ; antemedial line dark brown, angled inwards
at subcostal nervure and outwards at median nervure, then
oblique ; two white points in middle of cell defined by dark
bars before the inner and beyond the outer ; a curved dark
discoidal striga with a small white spot on its outer edge ;
two indistinct very slightly sinuous (lark medial lines, very
oblique from beyond lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line dark brown defining the pale area, very oblique
to vein 7, then waved to vein 4. then very oblique to inner
margin, some white points beyond it on costa ; a terminal
series of dark lunules with an oblique whitish mark before
them below apex and defined on inner side by whitish towards
tornus, cilia whitish, chequered with dark brown at tips.
Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown ; a whitish dis-
coidal bar defined by brown ; two oblique slightly sinuous
black-brown medial lines with the area between them bright
red-brown, the outer defined on outer side by a narrow white
band with a slight dark shade beyond it ; a very slightly waved
dark subterminal shade joined by an oblique black shade from
termen w here it is produced to a point at vein 7 ; a slight dark
shade before termen and a lunulate black-brown terminal line
defined on inner side by whitish ; cilia dark at tips. Underside
of fore wing reddish ochreous strongly irrorated with dark
brown, the terminal area suffused with dark brown, obscure
dark spots in middle and at end of cell defined on each side by
white bars, a waved dark postmedial line oblique towards
costa and below vein 4, the terminal markings as above ; hind
wing whitish strongly irrorated with black-brown, the terminal
area suffused with black-brown, a white discoidal mark defined
by blackish, two slightly waved blackish medial lines, traces
of a waved w hite subterminal line, the terminal lunules defined
on inner side by white .
Hub. Singapore (Ridley), 1 $ ; Borneo, Sandakan (Fryer),
1 $ type. Exp. 28 mi Him.
Genus MACROCARSIA. nov.
Type, M. holzi , Pag. (Alamis), J.B. Nass. Ver. xxxvii. p. 229
pi. vi. f. 4 (1884).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 1st joint in
male fringed with hair behind, the 2nd reaching to above
vertex of head, broadly fringed with hair in front and slightly
behind, the 3rd short, porrect and triangularly scaled, the
fringe of hair below being hollowed out on inner side, in female
the 1st joint not fringed with hair behind, the 2nd moderately
scaled in front and the 3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons
MACBOCAKSIA. — BLASTICOBHINUS.
297
smooth, fringed with hair at sides and with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight bristles and
cilia ; tibiae of male fringed with long hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing
with the costa arched towards apex which is somewhat produced
and acute, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anas-
tomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell about one-fourth length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; (i, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ; the male
with the basal area of both wings on underside clothed with
rough hair.
Genus BLASTICORHINUS. Type
Blaxticorhinvti , Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) xii. p. 46 (1893) ... rivulosa, Walk.
Blasticorhinus trichopoda, n. sp.
Head and tegulse bright rufous, the antenme dark brown,
the palpi with some fuscous at sides and whitish tips ; thorax
and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous, the latter slightly
irrorated with brown ; pectus and legs strongly tinged with
rufous, the tarsi blackish ringed with ochreous, the ventral
surface of abdomen ochreous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with
rufous and irrorated with red-brown ; a series of minute black
streaks on the costa ; a subbasal black point in the cell ; a
faint red-brown antemedial line, angled outwards below the
costa and cell where there are blackish points on it ; a slight
dark point in middle of cell and three discoidal points ; an
indistinct diffused red-brown medial line, bent outwards
beyond the cell, then sinuous ; a dentate reddish brown post-
medial line incurved at discal and submedian folds ; an indis-
tinct rather maculate ochreous subterminal line, incurved at
discal fold, defined on each side by diffused pale reddish brown ;
a waved dark terminal line forming black points at the inter-
spaces. Hind wing ochreous tinged with red-brown ; a blackish
point at lower angle of cell ; a faint curved red-brown medial
shade ; an indistinct dentate postmedial line with a series of
blackish points on it, incurved at discal fold and oblique below
vein 4 ; a faint subterminal reddish brown shade with traces
of a pale maculate line on it ; a series of black points before
termen and fine dark terminal line ; cilia whitish at tips.
Underside ochreous ; fore wing tinged with rufous, a black spot
in middle of cell and slight discoidal lunule, a dark medial
line bent outwards beyond the cell, postmedial line bent
outwards below costa and incurved at discal fold and below
vein 3, a dark brown subterminal shade, its outer edge angled
OCT 17 11).+;.
2!) s
outwards at vein 7 and with some dark suffusion beyond it
at middle, a waved blackish terminal line ; hind wing with
the costal area tinged with rufous, a brown discoidal lunule,
medial line bent outwards beyond the cell, sinuous postmedial
line incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 and sinuous
subterminal band narrowing below vein 4, a waved blackish
terminal line.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with black patch above inner margin
before the subterminal line.
Hob. Sierra Leone {Clements). 1 type, Port Lokko
(Simpson), 1 $ ; Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 $,
Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 2 Exp. 40-44 millim.
Blasticorhinus cymasia, n. sp.
<J. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white tinged with
rufous, the vertex of head and tegul+e strongly suffused with
rufous ; antennae dark brown, ringed with whitish towards
base ; palpi dark brown, white at tips ; pectus in front and the
fore and mid legs suffused with brown. Fore wing creamy
white slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with black, the
terminal area suffused with brown, narrowing to a point at
apex ; a slight double brown antemedial line, oblique to
submedian fold where it is angled outwards, then inwardly
oblique ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform faintly
defined at sides, narrow ; postmedial line double, blackish,
filled in with dark brown below discal fold, minutely waved,
oblique towards costa, angled outwards at veins f) and 4,
then oblique ; subterminal line almost obsolete and excurved
towards costa, then dark brown defined on outer side by
ochreous white, oblique and slightly sinuous, a small black
spot before it above vein 4 ; a waved dark brown terminal line,
forming points at the interspaces ; cilia brown with a fine
whitish line at base. Hind wing creamy white tinged with
rufous and irrorated with dark brown ; two rather diffused
black antemedial lines from below costa to inner margin, the
outer slightly waved ; two medial lines, the inner formed by
black scales, the outer brownish ; subterminal line double filled
in with creamy white, the black-brown with a brown shade
on its inner side, the outer brown, straight ; a waved dark
brown terminal line forming points at the interspaces ; cilia
with a brown line near base. Underside of fore wing tinged
with ochreous and irrorated with red-brown except on inner
area, a dark medial line from cell to submedian fold, a blackish
discoidal spot, thearea beyond the outer postmedial line suffused
with dark brown except towards costa, to the subterminal line
which is double and minutely dentate ; hind wing with
small blackish discoidal spot with line from it to above inner
15 f< A.STIC0EH1N Us*. — DtAl.OXA. 299
margin, waved dark medial line, dentate postmedial and sub-
terminal lines, the latter with dark shade before it.
Head, thorax, abdomen and wings strongly suffused
with red- brown ; the underside more strongly tinged with
red-browm.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Los Banos (Baker), 1 rf, 2 $
type, Mt. Makiling (Baker), 1 £, 1 9- Exp. 28-32 millim.
Genus JUNCARIA. r„
type.
Jv/ncaria, Walk. xv. 1636 (1858) atlanticc , H.-Seh.
Amblygonia, H.-Sch. Ausser-Eur. Schmett. p. 69 (1858)
non descr atlantica, H.-Seh.
Juncavia melanothalama. n. sp.
Head and thorax rufous ; palpi with the 2nd joint
fiery red in front, red-brown behind ; legs reddish brown,
the tarsi paler ; abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey,
the ventral surface whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore
wing purplish grey tinged and irrorated with brown , the
costal edge and veins with rufous streaks ; an antemedial
black spot belowr the cell, rather tridentate on outer side,
conjoined to a wedge-shaped black mark in the cell before
the orbicular which is defined by white except above and
rounded, a quadrate black patch beyond it in the cell, slightly
defined on outer side by w’hitish ; a faint dentate brown line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line
blackish brown, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique
and defined on outer side by wrhite, with a triangular black
spot before it between veins 6 and 4, then some whitish
suffusion to inner margin ; a slight oblique black subterminal
spot above vein 7, a distinct spot below it and small spot
below vein 4 ; a series of slight dark points before termen,
and a fine waved terminal line. Hind wing reddish browm
tinged with grey ; a brown medial line slightly defined on
outer side by whitish from vein 6 to inner margin ; a fine
waved dark terminal line ; cilia rufous. Underside of fore
wing grey-brown ; hind wing whitish tinged and irrorated
with red-brown, a faint curved slightly waved brown post-
medial line.
Hab. Ecuador, St. Ines (Buckley), 1 $ type. Exp. 58
millim.
Genus DIALOXA, nov.
Type, D. arduine, Druce (Ledcea), Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.
i. p. 485, pi. 40. f. 17, 17a, 18 (1891).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi of male with the 2nd joint
oblique, extending about two and a half times length of head.
N0CTUIDJ5.
moderately scaled in front and fringed with long spreading
hair above, the 3rd rather long, obliquely upturned and
fringed with hair above, in female the 2nd joint more oblique
and with the fringe of hair oblique and not spreading ; frons
smooth, with ridge of hah1 above ; ej^es large, round ; antennae
of male with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with
hair and scales mixed and without crests ; the fore coxae,
femora and tibiae fringed with rather long hah', the mid and
hind legs smoothly scaled ; build slender ; abdomen dorsally
smoothly scaled. Fore wing with the apex produced and
acute, the termen excised below apex and angled at vein 4,
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Type, E. esquina, Dogn. ( Noctua ), Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige,
xli. p. 29 (1897).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short and blunt ; frons with small rounded prominence ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed
crest ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with
crests on three basal segments. Fore wing with the apex
somewhat produced, the termen obtusely angled at vein 4,
then oblique, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown slightly mixed
with whitish, the pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
with more white. Fore wing purplish grey suffused and
irroratcd with red-brown, the terminal area winter, narrowing
to a point below apex ; a minute black spot in middle of cell ;
Genus EUGRAMM0DE3, nov.
Genus HETEROPYGAS.
Heteropygas , G-uen. Noct. iii. p. 285 (1852)
Heteropygas nymbides, n. sp.
UETEHO I'YGAS. — M AXE li A .
301
a slight whitish streak on median nervure and another slight
streak below and beyond the cell where it forms an acute
angle on vein 4, with an oblique streak from beyond upper
angle of cell ; the veins beyond upper angle of cell slightly
streaked with whitish ; postmedial line whitish defined on
inner side by red-brown, arising at vein 6 and oblique to
submedian fold where it terminates and is met by slight red-
brown streaks on each side of the fold from near base ; an
oblique dark brown line from apex to submedian fold, diffused
on inner side and defined on outer side by red-broAvn ; a fine
dark broAvn terminal line ; cilia whitish with a red-brown
line through them. Hind wing red-brown ; a fine dark
broAvn terminal line ; cilia whitish mixed Avith red-brown.
Underside whitish ; fore wing suffused with red -brown ;
hind Aving tinged and irrorated with red-broAvn.
Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay {Foster), 2 £ type. Exp. 34
millim.
Genus MAXERA.
Type.
Maxera, Walk, xxxiii. 809 (1865) subocellata, Walk.
Parathermes, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 368 (1902) march alii, Boisd.
Maxera brachypecten, n. sp.
3. Head dark broAvn slightly mixed Avith Avhite ; thorax
and abdomen ochreous Avhite slightly irrorated Avith brown ;
fore legs dark broAvn. Fore wing ochreous white irrorated
with red-broAvn ; the costal edge dark broAvn, more strongly
towards apex ; traces of an obliquely curved brown ante-
medial line ; black points in middle of cell and on discocellu-
lars ; postmedial line slight, brown, oblique toAvards costa,
incurved at discal fold, Amry oblique and diffused beloAv vein
4 ; a subterminal series of slight dark spots with larger
blackish spots at veins 5 and 4 with an oblique broAvn shade
beyond them from termen below apex ; a black-brown
terminal line ; cilia reddish brown. Hind wing ochreous
Avhite irrorated AV'ith red- brown ; tAvo black discoidal points ;
a slightly Avaved blackish medial line Avith a broAvn shade
before it arising at vein 6 ; a diffused slightly waved reddish
broAvn postmedial line and two subterminal lines ; a black-
brown terminal line ; cilia reddish brown except towards
tornus. Underside ochreous Avhite irrorated Avith brown
especially on basal area ; fore wing with dark brown costa!
fascia and the veins streaked Avith broAvn, small blackish
spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars, postmedial line
dark brown, excurved beloAv costa and at middle, then in-
curved, folloAved by another slightly Avaved line, subterminal
line strong, dark broAvn, folloAved by another diffused broAvn
line ; hind wing with blackish discoidal bar, a dentate dark
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302
postmedial line followed by a less distinct line, and a waved
dark subterminal line followed by an indistinct line.
9- Wings more strongly irrorated and shaded with brown ;
fore wing without the black spots on the subterminal line.
Ab. 1. More ochreous ; wings less strongly irrorated
and shaded with brown.
Hab. Cam kroons, Ja R., Bitje (Bates), 1 <$, 2 $ type;
Uganda, Kafu R. ( Neave ), 1 $ ; Rr. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje
(Neave), 2 <$, 2 $ ; Loren co Marques, 1 ; Natal,
Malvern (Marshall), 1 <$. Exp. 30-34 millim.
Maxera euryptera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown, the head between
antennae and base of patagia with some deep blood-red ;
palpi deep blood-red with a blackish stripe at sides ; fore legs
deep blood-red on inner side ; anal tuft ochreous white. Fore
wing dark brown with a purplish grey tinge ; the costa deep
blood-red towards base ; a black point in middle of cell and
discoidal bar ; postmedial line formed by black striae defined
on outer side by white scales, obliquely excurved to discal
fold and incurved below vein 5, some short ochreous white
streaks beyond it on costa ; a faint diffused dark subterminal
shade, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a slight waved
dark terminal line. Hind wing dark brown with a purplish
grey tinge ; a dark discoidal bar ; postmedial line represented
by a series of black striae defined on outer side by white scales,
excurved beyond the cell and slightly below submedian fold ;
a subterminal series of whitish points on the veins ; a line
waved dark terminal line. Underside dark brown tinged
with grey ; fore wing with black spot in middle of cell and
discoidal lunule defined by white, postmedial line indistinct ;
dark defined on outer side by whitish, obliquely excurved
to vein 5, then incurved, some white marks beyond it on
costa, an indistinct whitish subterminal line excurved below
vein 7 and at middle ; hind wing with blackish discoidal
bar defined I >v whitish, an indistinct dark postmedial line
defined on outer side by whitish, excurved beyond the cell,
an indistinct waved whitish subterminal line.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 £, Obuassi
(Bergman), 1 $, 1 9 ; S. Nigeria, Ilesha ( Humfrey ), I $;
Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 5^1$ type. Exp. 48, 9 42
millim.
Genus CARSINA.
('arsi.ua. Hmpsii. .Touru. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vi. p. 251
! 1924)
Type.
obliqua, Moore.
Carsina undulifera, n. sp.
9- Head and tegulae bright rufous, the antennae dark brown ;
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303
thorax and abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous and slightly
irrorated with red-brown ; fore tibiae and tarsi dark red-brown.
Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with
dark brown ; a slight dark subbasal point below the cell ;
a waved rufous antemedial line from cell to inner margin
defined on outer side by ochreous ; minute dark spots in
middle of cell and on discocellulars ; medial line red-brown,
oblique and irregularly waved from vein 7 beyond the cell to
inner margin and with a red-brown shade beyond it extending
to the postmedial line, which is faint and ochreous to just
below vein 7 where it is slightly angled outwards, then
double red-brown filled in with ochreous and waved, incurved
below vein 4 and with ochreous band beyond it from vein 5
to inner margin ; a double diffused slightly waved red-brown
subterminal line, oblique from apex to discal fold, excurved
at middle, then again oblique to submedian fold ; a series of
minute dark red-brown spots before termen. Hind wing
ochreous suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; a small
blackish discoidal spot ; an oblique almost straight red-brown
medial line ; a narrow slightly waved ochreous postmedial
band defined on inner side by diffused red-brown ; two
diffused very slightly waved red-brown subterminal lines ;
a series of small dark red-brown spots before termen. Under-
side ochreous suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; fore
wing with dark brown spots in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars, a diffused oblique red-brown postmedial line with
an ochreous shade beyond it, then a red-brown shade before
the more ochreous terminal area ; hind wing with red-brown
discoidal spot, rather diffused medial and postmedial lines
slightly excurved to vein 5, and red-brown subterminal
shade.
Hab. Assam, Khasis, Cherrapunji, 1 $ type. Exp. 46
millim.
Genus LOXIODA.
Loxioda, Warr. Seitz. Gr. Selim, pal. 3, p. 386 (1913)
Pyraliflesthes, Warr. Seitz, Gr. Schm. pal. 3, p. 401 (1913)
Type.
similis , Moore.
amata , Butl.
Loxioda alternans, n. sp.
Head and thorax creamy white tinged with red-brown ;
palpi bright rufous, white at tips ; abdomen creamy white.
Fore wing creamy white tinged and slightly irrorated with
brown ; traces of two oblique diffused brownish antemedial
lines ; slight blackish points in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars ; an oblique diffused brown medial shade and two
oblique diffused postmedial lines ; an obliquely incurved
brown line with slight rufous suffusion on its outer side from
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apex to inner margin beyond middle ; a diffused brown
subterminal line from the curved line to inner margin ; a
terminal series of bl^ek striae ; cilia reddish brown with fine
ochreous line at base and dark line near tips . Hind wing
creamy white ; an oblique diffused brown medial line not
reaching costa, two similar postmedial lines, and two sub-
terminal lines extending to costa ; a fine blackish terminal
fine ; cilia with a fuscous shade through them from vein 3
to tornus. Underside of fore wing suffused with rufous, the
inner area whitish ; hind wing irrorated with rufous and with
traces of two oblique postmedial lines.
Hcib. Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 $ ; Cold Coast, Kumasi
( Whiteside ), 2 $ type- Exp. 22-24 millim.
Loxioda oxyperas, n. sp.
F $. Head and thorax whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen
whitish slightty irrorated with brown ; frons and palpi at
sides and the legs reddish brown. Fore wing whitish tinged
with red-brown and slightly irrorated with brown ; black
points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; a very faint
oblique brown line from costa towards apex to middle of
inner margin ; an oblique brown line from apex to inner
margin beyond middle, dark to vein 4, then obsolescent ; a
faint oblique diffused whitish line from termen below apex
to inner margin before tornus ; a terminal series of black
points. Hind wing white faintly tinged with brown. Under-
side white, the fore wing and costal area of hind wing tinged
with red-brown.
Hob. Bengal, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Loxioda ectherma, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with red-
nrown. Fore wing creamy white tinged and irrorated with
red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ;
indistinct oblique red -brown antemedial, medial and post-
medial lines ; an obliquely incurved double line filled in with
creamy white from apex to inner margin beyond middle,
the inner line red-brown, the outer dark brown ; a diffused
reddish brown subterminal line ; a terminal series of black
strife. Hind wing creamy white slightly tinged with red-
brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a fine dark
brown terminal line. Underside whitish irrorated with
rufous.
Hah. S. Nigeria, Oban Distr. {Talbot), 1 $ type. Exp.
20 millim.
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Genus OXIDERCIA.
Oxidercia, Hiibn. Yerz. p. 340 (1827)
Gangra, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 104 (1862)...
Paranympha, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 73
Type.
toxea, Stoll.
atripustula, Walk.
toxea , Stoll.
Oxidercia lepraota, n. sp.
cJ. Head and tegulae bright rufous, the frons and rest of
loi ax paler rufous; antennae dark brown; palpi bright
rufous, the 3rd joint white ; abdomen whitish tinged with
rufous ; pectus and ventral surface white ; legs bright rufous,
t e fore tibiae fringed with white and blackish scales. Fore
wing whitish suffused with bright rufous to the postmedial
line, the terminal area irrorated with brown ; antemedial
line brown, angled outwards below costa, then waved ;
orbicular and reniform whitish defined by brown, the former
round, the latter expanding below into a large rounded patch
extending to below vein 2, some chocolate-brown before it
in discal fold and some fiery red on median nervure, a
chocolate-brown patch with some fiery red on it beyond it
before the postmedial line which is dark brown, waved,
strongly incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of small
dark brown rather lunulate spots, oblique below vein 4 ;
a terminal series of small rather triangular dark brown
lunules. Hind wing whitish suffused with rufous, the inner
area with some dark brown irroration ; a large round whitish
spot at end of cell defined by dark brown and with dark
point on it at lower angle of cell, a dark line from its hiner
edge to inner margin, some fiery red before and beyond the
round spot ; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer
side by whitish, waved, excurved beyond the cell, then in-
curved to the lower edge of the spot and diffused and black
below it ; a subterminal series of small dark brown spots ;
a waved blackish terminal line. Underside of fore wing
whitish, suffused with fulvous red to the postmedial line
except on inner area, the spots in and at end of cell as above
but the latter with rather waved edges, some red-brovn
irroration beyond the postmedial line below vein 4 and a small
subapical spot ; hind wing suffused with fulvous red to the
postmedial line except on inner area, a small white spot
defined by dark brown before the upper edge of the round
discoidal patch.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Rodway), 1 $ type. Exp.
36 millim.
Oxidercia tliermeola, n. sp.
<?• Head and thorax deep red-brown ; antennae dark
brown with white points on the shaft in front towards base ;
frontal tuft whitish at sides ; palpi with the 3rd joint irrorated
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30(5 •
XOCTU I ILK.
with white ; abdomen red-brown with some whitish irroration ;
pectus, fore legs and ventral surface of abdomen white
irrorated with red-brown, the fore tarsi whitish, the mid
and hind legs red-brown, the tibiae slightly irrorated with
whitish. Fore wing deep red- brown ; some whitish at base
of inner margin ; antemedial line brown defined on inner side
by grey, waved ; orbicular a small round grey spot defined
by brown ; reniform with grey annulus defined by brown,
large, figure-of-eight -shaped ; postmedial line brown defined
on outer side by grey-wliite, angled outwards at vein 6, then
dentate, incurved below vein 4, some ochreous points beyond
it' on costa ; a subterminal series of whitish striae defined
on inner side by slight dentate dark marks ; a fine waved
dark terminal line ; cilia with slight ochreous spots at base
towards apex. Hind wing deep red-brown; the base whitish;
a round grey spot at lower angle of cell, its centre suffused
with brown ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side
by grey- white, excurved beyond the cell ; a subterminal
series of grey-white striae defined on inner side by slight dark
brown marks ; a fine waved dark terminal line. Underside
bright red-brown ; fore wing with the orbicular white, the
reniform with its annulus represented by minute white spots
and extending to vein 2, the postmedial line defined on outer
side by white, the subterminal striae white ; hind wing with
large figure-of-eight-shaped discoidal mark with some brown
in centre defined by white spots, the postmedial line defined
on outer side by white, the subterminal striae white.
$. Head, thorax, and wings bright chestnut-red ; fore
wing with the orbicular and reniform fulvous yellow, the latter
with brown points in upper and lower parts ; hind wing with
the centre of the discoidal spot tinged with yellow and
with slight brown mark near its inner edge ; underside more
fulvous red, the stigmata of fore wing fulvous yellow, of
hind wing white.
Hnb. Venezuela, 1 $ ; Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Oxidercia sciogramma, n. sp.
Head and thorax bright red-brown ; antennae black-
brown with white points on the shaft in front towards base ;
frontal tuft white at sides ; palpi with the extremity of the
2nd joint white, the 3rd white irrorated with dark brown ;
abdomen bright red-brown mixed with whitish ; fore tibia?
black mixed with white, the fore tarsi whitish ; ventral
surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing bright chestnut-
brown tinged with violaceous and slightly irrorated with dark
brown, the costal edge dark brown ; antemedial line dark
brown, incurved in the cell and excurved in submedian
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interspace ; orbicular and reniform rather incompletely
defined by brown, the former round, the latter large, figure-of-
eight-shaped ; medial line brown, excurved in the cell ;
postmedial line diffused, dark brown with some purplish grey
scales on its outer side except towards costa, slightly waved,
oblique to vein 6 and strongly incurved below vein 4, some
white points with dark brown between them beyond it on
costa ; a curved subterminal series of small dark brown spots
defined on outer side by whitish ; a waved dark brown line
just before termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing bright
chestnut-brown tinged with violaceous and irrorated with
dark brown ; a large discoidal spot defined by dark brown,
rather constricted at middle and with some brown in upper
and lower parts ; a rather diffused brown line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line diffused black-
brown with some purplish grey scales on its outer side except
towards costa, dentate, oblique to vein 5 and incurved below
vein 4 ; a curved subterminal series of small dark brown
spots defined on outer side by whitish ; a waved black -brown
line just before termen ; cilia dark brown. Underside
brighter rufous, the terminal areas paler and on fore wing
with white and dark brown irroration on costal half ; the
stigmata of both wings with white annuli, incomplete above,
the postmedial lines dark brown defined on outer side by
white, slightly waved, the small dark subterminal spots
distinctly defined on outer side by white.
Hab. Venezuela, 1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim.
Oxidercia asapliisema, n. sp.
9. Head and thorax bright red-brown ; antennae with
whitish points on the shaft in front towards base ; palpi wit
the 2nd joint white at extremity, the 3rd white irr orate
with red-brown ; abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown ;
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ; fore legs
white, the tibiae irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing
bright red-brown ; antemedial fine indistinct, brown, angled
outwards below costa, then waved ; a round brown spot in
middle of cell and some slight dark marks on the discocellu-
lars ; postmedial line indistinct, dark brown, waved, oblique
to vein 6 and strongly incurved below vein 4, some short
white streaks beyond it on costa ; a curved subterminal
series of small dark brown spots ; a waved black terminal
line forming points at the interspaces. Hind wing bright
red-brown tinged with grey and with slight dark irroration ;
a faint brown annulus at lower angle of cell with dark point
in centre, a faint waved line from it to inner margin ; post-
medial line blackish defined on outer side by grey and with
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rather diffused blackish beyond it below vein 2, dentate,
excurved beyond the cell ; a curved subterminal series of
minute blackish spots defined on outer side by whitish ; a
waved black terminal line forming points at the interspaces ;
cilia with some black at tips. Underside pale chestnut-recl,
the inner areas whitish ; fore wing with round whitish spot
defined by blackish in middle of cell, and three minute blackish
points on discocellulars, postmedial line very indistinct with
white and black point at discal fold and white bar defined
by black in submedian interspace ; hind wing with figure-of-
eight-shaped discoidal mark faintly defined by brown and
with brown points in its upper and lower parts, placed on a
curved waved red-brown antemedial line, the postmedial line
and subterminal spots as above.
Hah. Br. Guiana, Rockstone (Pattis), 1 $ type. Exp.
34 millim.
Oxidercia thaumantis, n. sp.
Paranympha toxea, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 418 (part.), nec
Stoll.
$. Head and thorax bright chestnut-red ; antennae red-
brown ; palpi with the 3rd joint white irrorated with rufous ;
abdomen pale red-brown, the anal tuft chestnut-red ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen white ; fore tibiae white
irrorated with brown, the tarsi white. Fore wing bright
chestnut-red ; a faint reel antemedial line, angled outwards
below costa, then waved ; a faint red annulus in middle of
cell ; reniform indistinctly defined by red, figure-of-eight -
shaped, very large and extending to vein 2 ; postmedial line
slightly waved, faint and obliquely excurved to vein 4, then
brown slightly defined on outer side by grey, strongly incurved
and traversing the lower part of the reniform, some white
points beyond it on costa, a curved subterminal series of small
dark brown spots defined on outer side by whitish ; cilia
crimson at base, red-brown at tips. Hind wing bright
chestnut-red ; a large round greyish brown discoidal spot
defined by dark brown to centre faintly defined by brown
and with dark point in centre, some fiery red before and
beyond it ; postmedial line dentate and defined on outer side
by grey, red-brown to vein 2, then rather diffused blackish,
excurved beyond lower angle of cell ; a curved subterminal
series of small dark spots ; a slight dark terminal line. Under-
side crimson-red with some yellowish mixed especially on
terminal areas, the inner areas grey ; fore wing with the
stigmata grey suffused with pale red-brown, the reniform
with its centre defined by red-brown, the postmedial line
defined on outer side by grey; hind wing with the stigma
white with brown point in centre and minute white spot
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before its upper edge, the postmedial line defined on outer
side by small white spots.
Ab. 1. Hind wing with the centre of the discoidal spot
irrorated with black.
Ab. 2. Deeper red-brown.
Ab. 2. Paler and more grey-brown.
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa {Trujillo), 1 $ ; Guatemala, Guate-
mala City ( Rodriguez ), 1 $ ; Br. Guiana {Roberts), 2
Potaro R., 1 $ type. Exp. 38-42 millim.
Oxidercia carpnophora, n. sp.
cJ. Head and thorax deep chocolate-brown, the antennae
with white points on the shaft in front towards base, the
frontal tuft white at sides, the 2nd joint of palpi white at
extremity, the 3rd joint white irrorated with red-brown ;
abdomen chocolate-brown tinged with grey ; fore legs dark
red-brown mixed with white, the tarsi white tinged with red,
the fore and mid legs red, the tarsi red-brown ringed with
white ; ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with red.
Pore wing chocolate-brown, the terminal area tinged with
grey except towards costa, the costa irrorated with white
to the postmedial line ; antemedial line dark brown defined
on inner side by grey, angled outwards below costa, then
excurved ; orbicular a minute round ochreous spot tinged
with red-brown ; reniform ochreous tinged with red-brown,
defined by dark brown and its centre by red-brown with a
small dark spot in its lower part, rather constricted at discal
fold and extending to well below the cell ; postmedial line
dark brown defined on outer side by grey, oblique to vein 7,
slightly incurved at discal fold, oblique below vein 4 and
excurved at vein 1, some whitish points beyond it on costa ;
a subterminal series of slight whitish points defined on inner
side by red-brown ; cilia with some pink at base and tips.
Hind wing chocolate-brown suffused and irrorated with
purplish grey except the disk, the base whitish ; a large
discoidal ochreous spot tinged with red-brown, defined by
blackish and its centre by dark brown with a small dark
spot in centre, round with its upper edge expanding into a
lobe ; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by
grey, obsolete towards costa, excurved beyond lower angle
of cell, then incurved ; a subterminal series of slight whitish
points defined on inner side by red-brown ; cilia with some
pinkish at base and tips and a slight dark line through them.
Underside chestnut-red, the terminal areas greyish suffused
with red-brown ; fore wing Avith the inner area whitish,
the stigmata white, the reniform with irregular outline rather
broken up into spots, the postmedial line defined on outer
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side by white s trite ; hind wing with the discoidal spot white
with rather irregular outline and minute white spot before
its upper edge, the postmedial line defined on outer side by
small white spots, a distinct subterminal series of white
points.
Hab. Brazil, Rio Grand do Sul, 1 $ type ; Peru, 1 o .
Exp. 40 millim.
Oxidercia micleola, n. sp.
9- Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous ; an-
tenrne grey-brown with white points on the shaft in front
towards base ; palpi ■with the 3rd joint yellow ; abdomen
brown tinged with grey ; pectus and ventral surface of
abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown ; legs white
irrorated with dark brown, the tarsi yellow. Fore wing
brown strongly suffused with purple-grey, the costal area
rufous with an ochreous tinge to the postmedial line ; ante-
medial line dark slightly defined on inner side by whitish,
sinuous ; a white point in middle of cell ; reniform white
defined by blackish, with red-brown points and irroration
in upper and lower parts, constricted at discal fold, extending
to well below the cell ; postmedial line dark, defined on outer
side by whitish towards inner margin, slightly sinuous, ex-
curved from below costa to vein 4, then obliquely incurved,
some white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series
of whitish points defined on inner side by slight dark marks ;
a fine waved dark terminal line ; cilia whitish at apex, with
some whitish at tips and a dark line through them. Hind
wing purple-grey irrorated with dark brown, the base whitish ;
a large rounded discoidal spot ochreous tinged with red-
brown and defined by blackish, some deep chocolate -brown
beyond it ; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by
grey, obsolete towards costa, angled outwards beyond the
cell, then obliquely incurved ; a subterminal series of minute
blackish spots ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia with a slight
dark line through them and some whitish at tips. Underside
of fore wing white irrorated with dark brown, the inner area
grey, the terminal area suffused with chocolate-brown between
vein 4 and submedian fold, the reniform with rather irregular
outline, the postmedial line defined on outer side by white
striae ; hind wdng with the discoidal spot white with red
brown suffusion in centre, and minute white spot before its
upper edge, the postmedial line defined on outer side bv
white striae, a subterminal series of minute white points.
Hab. Br. Guiana {Roberts), 1 9 tvpe. Exp. 34 millim.
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Oxidercia excisa, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous white slightly tinged with
red-brown, the antennae, palpi and legs more strongly tinged
with red-brown, the tarsi ringed brown and whitish ; abdomen
whitish slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing ochreous
white tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with
brown ; a brown point in the cell near base ; antemedial line
red-brown, excurved below costa and cell and incurved in
the cell ; a whitish point slightly defined by brown in middle
of cell ; reniform blackish suffused with and defined by
greyish white ; medial line red-brown, oblique to discal fold,
then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line red-brown, somewhat
dilated at costa, oblique to vein 7, then defined on outer side
by slight whitish points, excurved at vein 4, then incurved ;
an indistinct waved reddish brown subterminal line, excurved
at middle and incurved below vein 3, ending at tornus ; a
terminal series of slight dark brown lunules. Hind wing
ochreous white tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated
with brown, the costal area whitish ; a large rounded red-
brown spot at lower angle of cell, slightly defined by whitish
and placed on a dark line from discal fold to inner margin ;
a curved dark minutely waved postmedial line defined on
outer side by whitish ; a subterminal series of slight dark
spots defined on outer side by whitish ; a terminal series of
blackish points. Underside of fore wing rufous irrorated
with red-brown, the inner and terminal areas white, a small
brown spot in middle of cell, the reniform defined by small
brown spots, a curved brown medial line except on inner
area, postmedial line brown, curved and minutely waved,
double and filled in with white except towards costa, obsolete
on inner area, subterminal line lunulate, excurved at vein 7
and at middle, a terminal series of minute dark lunules ;
hind wing whitish tinged with rufous on costal half and
irrorated with brown, a blackish point in middle of cell and
minute blackish lunules on each side of the discocellulars
placed on a sinuous brown medial line, postmedial line curved
and minutely dentate, defined on outer side by white, a
subterminal series of small dentate dark marks defined on
outer side bv white, a terminal series of minute blackish
lunules.
Hob. Brazil, Rio Janeiro, Tajuca (Wagner), 1 $ type.
Exp. 36 millim.
Oxidercia discophora, n. sp.
Paranympha toxea. Druce, Riol. Centr.-Am.,Het. i. p. 418 (part.), nec Stoll.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white suffused with
reddish brown ; antennae and 3rd joint of palpi dark brown ;
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N0CTU1DJE.
ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey -white
suffused with reddish brown and irrorated with dark brown ;
antemedial line dark brown, sinuous ; a minute white spot
defined by dark brown in middle of cell ; reniform whitish
with a brown and blue-white bar in centre, figure-of-eight-
shaped, extending to below the cell ; a rather diffused brown
medial line, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ;
postmedial line dark brown slightly waved, excurved to
vein 4, then incurved, the costal area beyond it with rather
darker suffusion ; a subterminal series of blackish points,
incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of blackish points.
Hind wing grey-white tinged with reddish brown and irrorated
with dark brown ; a rather diffused oblique dark antemedial
line from cell to inner margin ; a blackish discoidal point ;
a rather lunulate bright chocolate-brown spot defined by
whitish just beyond lower angle of cell between vein 5 and
submedian fold ; postmedial line blackish, curved, dentate,
interrupted by the low er part of the chocolate-brown spot ;
a subterminal series of minute black spots, obsolescent
towards costa ; a terminal series of black points. Underside
of fore wing with the disc suffused with rufous, a minute
dark spot in middle of cell, the discocelullars defined by a
fewr dark scales, the medial line more diffused and oblique to
median nervure, a faint subterminal line excurved below vein
7 and at middle ; hind w ing with diffused dark antemedial
line and small black discoidal spot.
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui ( Ribbe ), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Exp. 34 millim.
Oxidercia cymatistis, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous ;
tarsi browmer slightly ringed with white. Fore wing rufous ;
antemedial line indistinct, red-browm, incurved in the cell ;
orbicular and reniform greenish white defined by purple-
brown, the former minute, round, the latter figure-of-eight-
shaped, its lower part much larger and extending to vein 2,
its centre with red-brown discoidal striga and small annulus
filled in with whitish at lower angle of cell ; a faint oblique
brown medial line ; postmedial line red-brown defined on
outer side by grey- white, waved, oblique to vein 6 and below
vein 4 ; a subterminal series of indistinct diffused dark spots
in the interspaces defined on outer side by whitish, incurved
belowr vein 3 ; a terminal series of slight dark spots. Hind
wing rufous ; an oblique brown discoidal bar ; postmedial
line red-brown defined on outer side by grey -white, minutely
waved and slightly curved ; a subterminal series of faint
dark spots in the interspaces defined on outer side by whitish ;
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a terminal series of slight dark spots. Underside with the
inner areas whitish ; fore wing with dark spots in middle
of cell and on discocellulars, postmedial line brown, oblique
to vein 7 then inwardly oblique with faint whitish spots
and diffused brown beyond it to vein 2, a diffused brown
subterminal line ; hind wing with brown discoidal bar, post-
medial line brown, slightly waved, with faint whitish spots
and brown suffusion beyond it except on inner area.
Hob. Brazil, Amazons, Para ( Goeldi ), 1 $ type. Exp.
44 millim .
Genus CRYPTOCHROSTIS. Type.
Cryptochrostris, Hiibn. Verz. p. 297 (1827) hyphenoe, Stoll.
Mandela, Walk. Joura. Linn. Soc.,Zool. ix. p. 192 (1867) . crocea, Walk.
Cryptochrostis fulveola, n. sp.
$. Head and tegulte pale red-brown mixed with white ;
palpi rufous irrorated with dark brown and with some white
in front ; thorax and abdomen fulvous, the latter with
whitish segmental lines ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen white, the legs slightly irrorated with brown and
the fore tibiae suffused with fulvous. Fore wing fulvous
slightly irrorated with dark brown, the costal area purplish
white irrorated with black-brown to beyond middle ; ante-
medial line with oblique blackish bar from costa, then almost
obsolete and erect ; medial line with oblique blackish bar
from costa, then faint, angled outwards at discal fold, then
oblique ; a blackish point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line with oblique blackish bar from costa, then faint, excurved
to vein 4, then incurved ; the postmedial part of costa with
some white points with black between them ; small sub-
terminal blackish spots with white centres above and below
vein 7, then faint fuscous and white points and a whitish bar
defined on each side by black at inner margin ; a terminal
series of blackish striae ; cilia with blackish line through
them, the tips chequered blackish and white above and
below middle. Hind wing fulvous ; a sinuous white discoidal
bar with a faint brown line from it to inner margin ; post-
medial line faint, brown, curved and waved ; a subterminal
series of slight black points ; a fine black terminal line ;
cilia with a black line through them, the tips chequered white
and blackish. Underside of fore wing with the costal and
inner areas to beyond middle and the cell white irrorated
with brown, the rest of wing rufous to vein 3 and fiery-red
below that, striated with blackish, a black point in middle
of cell and discoidal striga, a medial line below the cell,
postmedial line with oblique black striga from costa, fuscous
and excurved between veins 6 and 3, then incurved small
subterminal black spots above and below vein 7 and a bar at
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inner margin ; hind wing yellow irrorated with black-brown,
the inner area whitish, a black discoidal point and medial series
of dark stria?, a postmedial series of dark striae excurved below
costa and above inner margin and with minute fiery red spots
at discal and submedian folds, a subterminal series of blackish
points, the termen tinged with fiery red especially towards
apex and tornus.
Hah. Br. Guiana, Berbice, 1 $ ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro,
Tijuca (Wagner), 2 $ type. Exp. 36-38 millim.
Genus THIOCHROA, nov.
Type, T. flavala.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
angled with hair above at middle, the 3rd in male moderate
and thickly scaled, in female long ; frons smooth, with slight
ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
bipectinate with rather long branches to two-thirds length,
the apical part with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with
hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibia? slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base
of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the costa
moderately arched towards apex which is somewhat pro-
duced, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Tliiochroa flavala, n. sp.
Head yellowish white with reddish brown bars at middle
and above frons and between antenna?, which are pale red-
brown with the basal joint fiery red in front ; palpi rufous
with a white line at extremity of 2nd joint ; tegula? pale
red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; thorax and
abdomen pale sulphur-yellow ; legs irrorated with brown, the
tibiae with blackish bars at extremity, the fore tibiae with pale
red streak in front, the mid tibiae with small red spot before
extremity. Fore wing pale sulphur-yellow, the costal and
terminal areas irrorated with brown, the costal edge brown
irrorated with white and with rufous shade below it ; faint
oblique antemedial and medial pale brown lines ; a black
point in middle of cell ; postmedial line pale brown, excurved
below costa, then oblique, some white points with brown
between them beyond it on costa ; traces of a waved brown
subterminal line defined on inner side by clear spots of the
THIOO'ITROA.
31-5
ground colour and with black point before it above vein 5 ;
a terminal series of dark striae ; cilia ochreous brown with a
dark line through them and white tips. Hind wing pale
sulphur-yellow, the terminal half irrorated with brown,
oblique pale brown ante- and postmedial lines ; a subterminal
black point at cliscal fold ; cilia pale red-brown. Underside
white ; fore wing strongly irrorated with red-brown to sub-
median fold, dark points in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars, a waved brown medial line, postmedial line excurved
below costa and incurved below vein 4, a subterminal black
point at discal fold,; hind wing with black discoidal point,
oblique brown postmedial line, and subterminal series of
blackish points.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Rodway), 1 o, 1 $ type,
Potaro R. (Roberts), 1 §. Exp. $ 32, $ 36 millim.
Thiochroa deilinias, n. sp.
Head white tinged with yellow, a crimson bar above frons
and some scales between antennae which are brown with
the shaft pale towards base ; palpi with the 2nd and 3rd
joints tinged with rufous and irrorated with red-brown,
fiery red spots on 1st joint and base of 2nd ; tegulse pale
red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; thorax and
abdomen pale yellow ; legs irrorated with brown, the fore
tibiae strongly irrorated, tinged with rufous and with red
mark in front, the hind femora with black point at extremity.
Fore wing very pale yellow slightly irrorated with rufous,
the costal edge tinged with crimson to middle ; a faint
fulvous yellow antemedial line, excurved below costa, then
sinuous and retracted to inner margin ; a black point in
middle of cell ; fulvous yellow medial and postmedial lines,
angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; the costa dark
brown with white points on it towards apex ; traces of a
double waved brown subterminal line with a dark point on
the inner line at discal fold ; cilia with a deep rufous line
through them, the tips white, chequered with rufous on apical
half. Hind wing very pale yellow slightly irrorated with
rufous ; oblique fulvous yellow ante- and postmedial lines ;
traces of a double waved brown subterminal line with a
dark point at discal fold ; cilia with a rufous line through
them. Underside white ; fore wing with the costal half
thickly irrorated with red-brown ; dark points in middle of
cell and on discocelullars, medial line as above, the post-
medial line excurved below costa, then oblique, a subterminal
black point at discal fold ; hind wing with black discoidal
point, a faint oblique brown postmedial line.
Hab. Guatemala, Cayuga (Schaus), 1 q ; Venezuela,
Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas, 2 <J, 2 $ type. Exp. 40 millim.
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Genus METAPROSPHERA, nov.
Type, M. modesta, Bull. (Renodes), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879,
p. 67.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and strongly fringed with hair above towards ex-
tremity, the 3rd short and thickly scaled in male, longer in
female ; frons smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate with long
branches to near apex ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with
hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum but
without crests. Fore wing with the costa rather arched
towards apex which is somewhat produced, the termen
obliquely curved in male, oblique below vein 4 in female,
not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from
just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
termen oblique to vein 3 where it is produced to a lobe in
male, the tornus obliquely truncate ; the cell in male very
short ; veins 2 and 3 from a point well before angle of cell ;
4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
Avith the cell near base only ; in female the cell about one-
fourth length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle and 5 from
just above angle.
Genus CLAPRONIA, nov.
Type, C. albicilia.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
in male curved and smoothly scaled in front and greatly
dilated and flattened behind, the 3rd minute, with small
triangular tuft of hair in front ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate
with rather long branches to near apex ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair, the hind tibiae of male with the
medial spurs absent, the 1st joint of tarsus fringed with hair
above ; abdomen with slight rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore wing Avith the costa rather arched
towards apex Avhich is somewhat produced, the termen
evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and “> from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind Aving with the
cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing Avith the cell near base only.
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Clapronia albicilia, n. sp.
<$• Head, tegulEe, and shoulders rufous ; antennse grey-
brown ; palpi whitish, the hollowed out expansion of the
2nd joint brown, the 3rd joint blackish ; thorax and abdomen
pale grey tinged with brown, the latter with the extremity
wrhite with a black bar before it ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white, the fore and mid femora and tibiae
tinged and irrorated with brown, the hind tibiae with slight
blackish rings at middle and extremity. Fore wing grey
tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with brown
except on terminal area, some black irroration below basal
part of costa, the costal edge whitish on medial area ; ante-
medial line black at costa, then rufous, waved ; medial line
rufous, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique and
sinuous ; a curved black discoidal striga ; postmedial line
black at costa, then red-brown, oblique to vein 7, then in-
wardly oblique and sinuous, a red-brown shade beyond it
with rather waved outer edge, and some white points with
blackish between them on costa ; a subterminal series of dark
points from below costa to vein 2, incurved at discal fold ; a
terminal series of dark striae ; cilia white towards tornus.
Hind wing grey tinged with red-brown, the terminal area
chocolate-brown, narrowing to tornus, the hair on inner
margin white ; an oblique red- brown antemedial line ; a
black discoidal point ; postmedial line red-brown defined on
outer side by white, oblique ; a subterminal series of minute
dark spots slightly defined on outer side by whitish, arising
below vein 7 and forming a bar towards tornus ; a black
terminal line defined on inner side by a fine white line ; cilia
pure white. Underside of fore wing grey tinged with brown,
the disc suffused with dark brown, the costa whitish to bey nd
middle, a black point below base of costa, another in middle
of cell, and a discoidal striga, medial line blackish, postmedial
line blackish, oblique to vein 7, then waved, a dark shade
beyond it ; hind wing grey- white, the costal area irrorated
with blackish, the termen suffused with fuscous, a black
discoidal striga, medial and postmedial lines excurved below
costa, then waved to vein 2, a subterminal series of small
blackish spots.
Hcib. Br. Guiana, Demerara (Rodway), 1 type. Exp.
26 millim.
Genus ORSA.
Type.
Orsa, Walk, xxxiii. 1112 (18G5) erytlirospila, Walk.
Orsa orbifera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey tinged with
reddish brown ; antennae grey-brown, the shaft white above
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towards base ; frontal tuft white at sides ; palpi grey irrorated
with red-brown ; legs whitish suffused with brown ; ventral
surface of abdomen white. Fore wing grey-white sparsely
irrorated with dark brown, the basal area more thickly
irrorated ; antemedial line brown, incurved in the cell, then
waved and inwardly oblique, with a faint brown line before
it below submedian fold ; a small brown annulus with whitish
centre in middle of cell ; reniform yellowish tinged with
rufous and confluent with a patch above it on costal area,
forming an oblique conical patch defined by diffused red-
brown, some minute red-brown spots on inner and lower
edges of the centre of reniform which extends to below the
cell ; postmedial line deep red-brown, slightly waved, oblique
to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, defined on outer side by
rather diffused red-brown to vein 3, extending on costal area
to the subterminal line which is represented by a series of
minute wedge-shaped marks ; a terminal series of minute
black-brown lunules ; cilia brown with a yellowish line at
base and white tips. Hind wing grey-white sparsely irrorated
with dark brown, the inner area more thickly irrorated ; a
round rufous spot defined by dark brown just beyond lower
angle of cell and with a slight shade from it to inner margin ;
postmedial line double, dark brown filled in with whitish,
from vein 6 to inner margin, slightly curved and waved ; a
subterminal series of minute rather wedge-shaped black
spots ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia yellow
mixed with red-brown. Underside of fore wing with the cell
and area below it more suffused with brown to the yellow
patch which is diffused and ill-defined, extending along the
costa to apex, the postmedial line double and filled in with
white, a sinuous brown subterminal line defined on outer side
by whitish ; hind wing with black point in middle of cell
and striae on each side of discocellulars, the postmedial line
double and filled in with white, the subterminal spots con-
nected by a dentate line, defined on outer side by white on
the apical area, where there is a dark patch.
Hob. Brazil, Espiritu Sto., 2 $ type. Exp. 30 millim.
Genus G0NI0HELIA, nov.
Type, G. gallinago, Feld. ( Selenis ), Reis. Nov. pi. 1 18. f. 9
(1874).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly angled with hair behind at middle, the 3rd long and
smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with pointed tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate
with short branches ending in bristles, the apical part with
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319
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed
and without crests ; tibiae moderately clothed with hair, the
coxae and pectus clothed with long hair in male ; abdomen
with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen oblique below
vein 4 and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind whig with the termen crenu-
late and excised at discal fold ; the cell about half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Goniohelia astrapetes, n. sp.
Q. Head and thorax whitish suffused with red-brown ;
abdomen grey-brown slightly irrorated with blackish ; an-
tennae blackish ; frons with slight Avhite spots at sides ;
legs whitish mixed with blackish, the spurs banded black and
white, the tarsi whiter : ventral surface of abdomen white
slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish suffused
with red -brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; a
curved black subbasal striga from costa where it is defined
on outer side by white ; antemedial line double, dark brown,
very oblique to median nervure and angled outwards below
costa and in the cell, below the cell the lines rather widely
separated, filled in with red- brown and inwardly oblique,
the outer line black and angled outwards above and below
submedian fold ; a minute white discoidal spot defined by
black ; medial line indistinct, treble, red-brown, oblique and
sinuous to beyond the cell, then inwardly oblique and dentate
to vein 1, then very oblique ; postmedial line double, brown,
filled in with white and defined on inner side by white, very
oblique and sinuous to vein 6, then waved to below vein 5,
then reduced to slight dentate marks to vein 3, then oblique
and waved to vein 1 below which it is very oblique, the area
between it and the subterminal line red-brown with some
white points on costa and a pale patch below costa with a
slight blackish streak on it ; subterminal line white, minutely
dentate between veins 7 and 5 and oblique below vein 4 ;
a series of black points before termen and a dark red-brown
spot at middle of termen. Hind wing whitish, the basal area
suffused with brown, the rest of wing tinged with red- brown
and irrorated with darker brown ; a small white discoidal
spot ; an oblique crenulate brown medial line defined on each
side by white from vein 6 to inner margin ; postmedial line
double, the inner line black-brown and rather diffused on
inner side, the outer slight, waved, excurved between veins
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5 and 2 ; a slightly waved whitish subterminal line defined on
inner side by brown and by black towards inner margin ;
a series of black striae defined on inner side by white before
termen and a dark brown spot at middle of termen. Under-
side whitish tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with
brown ; fore wing with the inner area and the inner half of
terminal area white, a minute white discoidal spot defined
by dark brown, traces of three medial lines, oblique to beyond
the cell, then inwardly oblique, postmedial line double,
minutely waved, oblique to vein 6 and inwardly oblique
below vein 4, an oblique dark brown subterminal band from
above vein 4 to submedian fold conjoined to a spot on termen
at vein 4 ; hind wing with slight whitish discoidal bar defined
by brown and with black point on its lower part, traces of
three medial lines, incurved below vein 3, and the 1st line
blackish from lower angle of cell to inner margin, postmedial
line double, curved, crenulate, the inner line black, a red-
brown shade between it and the slight whitish subterminal
line, a red-brown patch at middle of termen.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo (Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp.
36 millim.
Goniohelia pangraptica, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark brown mixed with whitish and pale
red-brown ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft with a reddish
tinge ; antennae black ; lower part of frons white ; tarsi
jrown ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen dark
brown mixed with grey. Fore wing with the basal area dark
brown mixed with grey ; a sinuous black subbasal line defined
on outer side by whitish from costa to median nervure ;
antemedial line defining the dark area, black defined on outer
side by whitish, slightly waved, oblique to submedian fold,
then inwardly oblique ; the rest of wing pale reddish brown
tinged with grey ; a minute white discoidal spot defined by
black ; two faint brown medial lines, the inner oblique to
the discoidal spot, the outer to beyond the cell, then inwardly
oblique and slightly waved ; postmedial line black, defined
on each side by white at costa, oblique and slightly sinuous
to vein 6, then indistinctly double and filled in with whitish,
minutely waved and incurved below vein 4, a semicircular
patch tinged with rufous beyond it from costa to vein 6,
with some white points on costa with dark brown between
them ; subterminal line pale red-brown with minute white
points at the veins, defined on inner side by deep chocolate-
brown with slight brown streaks before it on the veins to
vein 6 and excurved below vein 7, then waved and slightly
excurved at middle ; a fine waved dark terminal line forming
black points at the interspaces defined on inner side by white
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between veins 7 and 4. Hind wing whitish, the basal area
suffused with brown, the medial area irrorated with brown,
the terminal area reddish brown ; two indistinct waved
brown medial lines, excurved beyond the cell ; postmedial
line black defined on outer side by white, minutely waved
and slightly curved ; a subterminal series of white points on
the veins ; a slight waved dark terminal line forming black
points at the interspaces slightly defined on inner side by
white. Underside whitish tinged and irrorated with brown,
the terminal areas more suffused with brown especially on
hind wing ; fore wing with minute white discoidal lunule
defined by black, postmedial line black defined on outer side
b}^ whitish, waved, oblique to vein 6 and inwardly oblique
below vein 4, a waved whitish subterminal line; hind wing
with rather diffused dark medial line excurved beyond the
cell, curved slightly waved black postmedial line defined
on outer side by whitish, and sub terminal series of white
points, the inner area white.
Hah. Peru, Chaquimayo ( Watkins), 1 1 ^ type, Chan-
chamayo, 1 $. Exp. 34 millim.
Goniohelia phseogonia, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown, the vertex of
head and tegulse with some white, the latter edged with
white ; antennae dark brown, the shaft ringed with white
towards base ; lower part of frons white at sides ; palpi
black-brown mixed with white, the extremity of 2nd joint
and the base and extremity of 3rd joint white ; tarsi ringed
with white ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated
with brown. Fore whig reddish brown mixed with whitish ;
a waved black -brown subbasal striga from costa to median
nervure, defined on outer side by white then by rather
diffused brown ; antemedial line indistinctly double, filled hi
with red-brown, the outer line strong and black-brown,
curved and waved, the inner indistinct, a white point on it
at costa ; a minute white discoidal lunule defined by black ;
traces of two brown medial lines, oblique to beyond the celfi
then waved, inwardly oblique below vein 4 ; postmedial line
black, defined on each side by white at costa, then on outer
side only, oblique and sinuous to discal fold, then waved
and inwardly oblique below vein 4, a triangular dark brown
patch beyond it on costal area defined on outer side by diffused
white and with some white points on costa ; a waved whitish
subterminal line, oblique below vein 4 ; a waved dark terminal
line forming black points at the interspaces ; cilia dark brown
with a pale line at base. Hind wing dark brown mixed with
whitish, the terminal area red-brown ; a whitish discoidal
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point ; a double minutely waved dark medial line slightly
excurved beyond the cell ; postmedial line black slightly
defined on outer side by whitish, minutely waved ; traces
of a punctiform whitish subterminal line ; a waved dark
terminal fine forming black points at the interspaces ; cilia
darker at tips. Underside whitish tinged and thickly irrorated
with red-brown ; fore wing with the inner area white, a small
white discoidal lunule defined by black, two oblique medial
lines towards costa, then an inwardly oblique shade to sub-
median fold, postmedial line black slightly defined on outer
side by whitish, bent outwards below costa, then waved
and oblique below vein 4, a slight brown subterminal shade ;
hind wing with minute white discoidal lunule defined by
black, diffused dark medial line excurved beyond the cell,
black postmedial line excurved and waved to vein 2, and
slight subterminal shade.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, l <$ type ; Peru, Yahuar-
mayo, 1 $. Exp. £ 30, £ 34 millim.
Genus TYMPANOBASIS, nov.
Type, T. thyrsipalpis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
typically long and thickly scaled at extremity only ; frons
smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with
small spreading crests ; fore and mid tibiae slightly fringed
with hair, the hind tibia} with tuft of scales between the
spurs ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; (5 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a minute
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; (5, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only ; the costa strongly lobed at base
in male and the fore wing with large fovea on upperside
between veins 1 a and b.
Tympanobasis thyrsipalpis, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown, the head and teguhe with
white mixed ; abdomen grey-brown ; palpi with the 3rd
joint whitish at base and white at tips ; pectus, legs and
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323
ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown,
the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing grey-
brown with a reddish tinge, the basal area darker brown ;
a curved white mark at base from costa to submedian fold,
with a white point beyond it in the cell and a short down-
curved streak below the cell ; the fovea pale ; antemedial
line slight, white, angled inwards in the cell and oblique
towards inner margin ; orbicular and reniform very large,
Avith very fine white annuli defined by black-brown scales,
the former elongate elliptical, the latter rather quadrate and
slightly angled inwards at median nervure ; postmedial line
fine, black-brown, slightly defined on inner side by whitish,
strongly bent outwards below costa, then oblique to discal
fold and inwardly oblique below vein 4, with some rufous
on its outer edge from below costa to vein 4, then whitish
defined on outer side by a black line, some white points
beyond it on costa ; a slight waved whitish subterminal line
closely approximated to the postmedial line except towards
costa ; a series of slight black striae defined on inner side by
white before termen. Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous
gloss. Underside dark reddish brown, the inner areas whitish.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 £ type. Exp. 26
millim.
Tympanobasis pterogoneis, n. sp.
o- Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous, the
prothoracic crest and tips of patagia dark red-brown ;
abdomen ochreous white mixed with dark red-brown, espe-
cially at sides ; antennae black- brown ringed with whitish
towards base ; palpi and legs red-brown ; the tarsi dark brown
with pale rings. Fore wing ochreous white tinged with rufous
and irrorated with a few black scales, the terminal area
suffused with brown ; the base and antemedial area brown
to vein 1, the fovea pale with a minute black spot above it ;
orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black, the former
round, the latter somewhat angled inwards at median nervure ;
an oblique rather diffused dark brown line from lower angle
of cell to inner margin with a brown shade before it ; post-
medial line double, dark brown filled in with whitish, strongly
bent outwards below costa, excurved and slightly waved to
vein 4, then incurved, some pale points with red- brown
between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line slight,
brown, closely approximated to the postmedial line except
at costa, with minute dentate black marks before it from
below costa to vein 4, then oblique ; the apical part of termen
pale with slight dark streaks on the veins ; a terminal series
of dark strise ; cilia dark red-brown. Hind wing dark
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red-brown with a silvery leaden gloss. Underside of fore wing
red -brown, the apical part of costal area and the terminal
area paler ; hind whig ochreous suffused with red-brown, a
curved brown postmedial line and rather diffused subterminal
line.
The lateral claspers are long, curved keel-shaped with a
series of upright processes above like feathers just emerging
from the quill.
$. Fore wing with the medial area paler, the oblique line
from lower angle of cell slight and without the brown shade
before it ; hind wing without the silvery leaden gloss ;
underside ochreous suffused with red-brown and irrorated
with dark brown.
Flab. Panama, La Chorrera (Dolby -Tyler), 1 type !
Br. Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 $. Exp. 18 millim.
Tympanobasis tumidioosta, n. sp.
d1. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with
red-brown, the patagia with a few dark brown scales ; antennae
grey-brown ; palpi red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged
with red-brown, the fore legs redder brown with the tibiae
ringed with white, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white.
Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown especially on
terminal half ; subbasal line red-brown, minutely waved,
from costa to the fovea which is whitish ; antemedial line
double, red -brown, obliquely curved and minutely waved ;
reniform defined by red-brown with some white scales on its
edges, rather narrow ; medial line red-brown, oblique and
sinuous to the reniform, slightly waved beloiv the cell ; post-
medial line double, browm filled in with whitish, bent out-
wards below' costa, then obliquely excurved to vein G near
the subterminal line, incurved below vein 3 and angled
inw'ards above inner margin ; the apical part of costal area
white with some oblique red -brown bars from costa ; an
indistinct brown subterminal line, obsolete tow-ards costa,
slightly excurved at vein 6 and incurved above vein 1 ; a
dark terminal line ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing w hitish
suffused with red-brown ; some dark scales on inner margin
towards tornus and a dark point on termen at vein 1 . Under-
side of fore wing red-brown, the inner area whitish ; hind wing
white, the costal area suffused and irrorated with red-brown,
an indistinct curved red-brown postmedial line from costa
to vein 2.
Hab. Peru, Cuzco Mts. ( Garlepp ), 1 type. Exp. 16
millim.
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Genus RENODES.
Type.
Renodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 367 (1852)
Dngnssa, Walk. xv. 1592 (1858)
Apphndnna, Walk, xxxiii. 1094 (1865)
curvicosta, Guen.
eupithecioides, Walk.
liturata, Walk.
Renodes phaeoscia, n. sp.
(J. Head, tegulae, and shoulders dark red- brown ; thorax
and abdomen red-brown mixed with some greyish ; antennae
grey-brown ; palpi with the extremities of the joints whitish ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen red-brown
mixed with whitish. Fore wing grey suffused with red-
brown and irrorated with dark brown, the outer half of
medial area and the terminal area darker brown except
towards costa ; antemedial line indistinct, dark brown,
excurved below costa, then oblique and waved, a blackish
point before it in the cell and a slight red-brown discoidal
lunule ; postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by
ochreous whitish, oblique and sinuous to vein 7, then inwardly
oblique, some whitish points with red-brown between them
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of small black-brown
spots defined on outer side by whitish, the spots above and
below vein 5 rather diffused on inner side, incurved below
vein 3 ; a dark brown terminal line and fine pale line at base
of cilia. Hind wing greyish suffused with red-brown and
irrorated with dark brown ; tAvo slight dark discoidal striae ;
a dark red-brown shade before the postmedial line which is
deep red-brown defined on outer side by white, oblique ; a
subterminal series of minute black spots, incurved at discal
fold and beloAV vein 3 ; a red -brown terminal line and ochreous
line at base of cilia Avhieh have a fine brown line through
them. Underside of fore wing red- brown, the basal area
paler and irrorated with brown, the costa ochreous to beyond
middle, a black point in middle of cell and ochreous-white
discoidal lunule defined by black, postmedial line oblique
to vein 7, then inwardly oblique and Avaved, a maculate dark
subterminal line from below costa to vein 2 ; hind Aving
ochreous white thickly irrorated with broAvn, the terminal
area more suffused with broAvn, a black discoidal spot defined
by Avhitish, crenulate postmedial line, and rather diffused sub-
terminal line incurved at discal fold and oblique beloAV vein 3.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 <$ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Thermesia glauceseens, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.p.401 (necWalk.).
Head and tegulse pale red-broAvn ; thorax and abdomen
purple-grey tinged Avith red-broAvn ; antennae blackish ;
Renodes flavilinibata, n. sp.
320
NOCTl'lDJu.
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish irrorated with
brown. Fore wing purple-grey irrorated with brown, the
terminal area suffused with reddish brown ; antemedial line
blackish, angled outwards below costa, incurved in upper
part of cell, then oblique ; a small white discoidal lunule
defined by brown ; postmedial line dark red-brown defined
on outer side by yellowish, oblique to below vein 7, then
inwardly oblique, some white points with dark brown between
them beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of small
rather wedge-shaped dark spots slightly defined on outer
side by white ; a fine slightly waved brown terminal line ;
cilia dark brown with a yellowish line at base. Hind wing
purplish grey suffused with red-brown and irrorated with
brown ; a minute dark brown discoidal lunule ; an oblique
deep red-brown postmedial line, rather diffused on inner
side and defined on outer side by yellowish ; a subterminal
series of slight dark points defined on outer side by whitish,
incurved below' vein 3 ; a fine red-brown terminal line and
yellow line at base of cilia. Underside purplish grey suffused
with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing
with blackish point in middle of cell, small white discoidal
lunule defined by brown, postmedial line brown, oblique to
below' vein 7, then inwardly oblique and crenulate, a sub-
terminal scries of slight blackish spots ; hind wing with black
discoidal bar, crenulate brow n postmedial line, and subterminal
series of slight blackish spots.
Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion), 2 $,
Coatepeque (Champion), 1 £, Sail Isidro (Champion), 1 $,
Cerro Zunil (Champion), 1 £, Zapote (Champion), 1 <$, 7
Exp. 32-36 millim.
Renodes albilimbata, n. sp.
(J. Head and base of teguke pale red-brown, the tips of
tegulse dark brown ; thorax and abdomen purple-grey
suffused with brown ; antennae blackish ; frons with w hite
lines at sides ; palpi dark brown slightly irrorated with
whitish, the extremities of the 2nd and 3rd joints white ;
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with
brown. Fore wing purple-grey tinged with brown and
slightly irrorated with blackish especially towards base ;
antemedial line black, angled outwards below costa and in
lower part of cell, then oblique and slightly excurved above
vein 1 ; a small white discoidal lunule defined by blackish ;
postmedial line blackish, oblique to below vein 7, then in-
wardly oblique and defined on outer side by yellowish, some
white points with dark brown between them beyond it on
costa; a subterminal series of blackish points, incurved at
REVOKES. — SELENIS.
327
discal fold and below vein 3 ; a whitish line at base of cilia.
Hind wing purple-grey tinged with brown and slightly irrorated
with blackish ; a blackish discoidal striga ; postmedial line
deep red-brown, rather diffused on inner side and defined on
outer side by white, oblique ; a whitish line at base of cilia.
Underside purplish grey suffused with brown and irrorated
with dark brown ; fore wing with white discoidal lunule
defined by black and indistinct dark postmedial line oblique
to below vein 7, then inwardly oblique ; hind wing with
black discoidal striga and indistinct diffused dark postmedial
line.
Hab. Peru, Rio Ucajuile, Contamino, 1 <$. Exp. 26
millim.
q. Head and tegulse deep chocolate-brown slightly irrorated
with white, the frontal tuft edged by white, the antennae
with white points on the shaft towards base ; palpi irrorated
with some white scales and white at tips ; thorax ochreous
suffused with red-brown ; abdomen deep chocolate-brown ;
legs dark red -brown slightly irrorated with whitish, the tarsi
black-brown ringed with white. Fore wing deep chocolate-
brown tinged with leaden grey, the costal area ochreous
tinged with red-brown from the postmedial line below vein 7
to inner margin near base, its lower edge sinuous and excurved
just beyond lower angle of cell, the costa more suffused with
red-brown between the lines ; a dark brown subbasal striga
from costa ; antemedial line dark brown, slightly angled
outwards at subcostal nervure, bent outwards at median
nervure, then oblique and defining the ochreous area ; a
minute black spot in middle of cell and minute white discoidal
lunule defined by red-brown ; three dark brown bars from
medial part of costa and three faint waved lines from cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line with dark brown striga from
costa, then pale red to below vein 7, then dark brown, bent
outwards below costa, then slightly waved to below vein 7,
then incurved and slightly sinuous, some white points with
dark brown between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line reddish ochreous, forming small spots defined on each
side by dark brown above and below vein 6, almost obsolete
between veins 5 and 3, then incurved ; a slight waved black
terminal line forming points at the interspaces and a fine
rather punctiform ochreous line at base of cilia. Hind wing
chocolate-brown with a faint purplish tinge ; postmedial line
Genus SELENIS.
Selenis. Guen. Noct. iii. p. 361 (1852)
Type.
suero, Cram.
Selenis projiciens, n. sp.
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N0CTU1DJE.
dark brown defined on outer side by some whitish scales,
curved and slightly waved ; subterminal line red- brown,
slightly incurved and defined on inner side by whitish below
vein 3 ; a fine waved dark terminal line and whitish line at
base of cilia. Underside dark reddish brown irrorated with
whitish especially on costal area of fore wing and basal half
of hind wing ; both wings with small white discoidal spot,
three indistinct brown medial lines, and a minutely waved
postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish scales, on
fore wing oblique to below vein 7.
Hab. Haiti ( Tweedie ), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Selenis monogonia, n. sp.
Selenits sueroides, Druce. Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 406 (part.), nee
Guen.
$. Head, tegulse, and abdomen red-brown mixed with grey-
white ; thorax grey-white mixed with red-brown ; antennae
dark brown ; palpi with the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints
whitish ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen red-
brown mixed with whitish. Fore wing with the costal area
white tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with red-
brown towards costa from apex to inner margin near base,
the rest of wing dark red to the postmedial line and the
medial part of postmedial area, the inner part of postmedial
area and the terminal area red-brown suffused with grey ; a
dark red-brown point in middle of cell and faint oblique striga
from costa to upper angle of cell ; postmedial line dark
brown defined on outer side by whitish, oblique to vein G,
then inwardly oblique and very slightly excurved below
vein 3, some whitish points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct
dark subterminal line, obsolete towards costa, excurved
and with a whitish point on it below vein 7, then slightly
waved and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark
points with white points beyond them at base of cilia. Hind
wing grey suffused with red-brown, the basal area strongly
suffused with deep red-brown extending to the postmedial
line on costal area and leaving the inner margin whitish ;
an indistinct sinuous dark medial line ; postmedial line dark
brown, angled outwards at discal fold and excurved at sub-
median fold ; a subterminal series of slight reddish ochreous
spots in the interspaces defined by diffused dark red-brown ;
a terminal series of dark points with white points beyond
them at base of cilia. Underside red-brown mixed with
whitish ; fore wing with dark discoidal spot with whitish
streak before it and spot beyond it, dark postmedial line
excurved beyond the cell, and sinuous subterminal series of
small white spots ; hind wing with dark discoidal spot, medial
KHABDOTLNA.
329
line excurved beyond the cell, curved postmedial line, and
subterminal series of slight whitish spots.
Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan {Champion), 1 $ type,
Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30 millim.
Genus RHABDOTINA, nov.
Type, R. vittifera.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male somewhat
laminate and minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales, the tegulae triangularly fringed with
large scales behind, the metathorax with depressed crest ;
fore and mid tibiae rather strongly fringed with hair, the hind
tibiae slightly fringed ; abdomen with some rough hair at
base of dorsum and with slight lateral tufts of hair on medial
segments, but without crests. Fore wing rather narrow, the
apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ;
Cp 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Rhabdotina vittifera, n. sp.
g. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with
orey, the tegulae darker brown, whitish at base ; antennae
black ; palpi red -brown, the 2nd and 3rd joints whitish at
extremities ; legs grey-brown, the tibiae whitish at extremi-
ties, the fore tibiae with small whitish spot at middle, the tarsi
dark brown ringed with whitish, the mid and hind tarsi
whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen pale red-brown with
deep red-brown sublateral stripes. Fore wing red-brown
mixed with some whitish to the postmedial line, then slightly
irrorated with whitish ; antemedial line very slight, dark
defined on inner side by grey, black from vein 1 to inner
margin, oblique to subcostal nervure, slightly angled outwards
at submedian fold, then oblique and with slight black spot-
before it above inner margin ; reniform very large, longi-
tudinally elliptical, with slight whitish annulus defined by
black-brown and with black points on its inner and outer
sides at discal fold, some whitish above it below the origin
of the postmedial line, which is black-brown defined above
and below by white and very strongly bent outwards just
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below costa, then defined on outer side only by whitish,
oblique to vein 6, incurved to vein 4, then oblique and dentate ;
two small semicircular white marks on postmedial part of
costa ; an obliquely downcurved white line across apical
area ; black streaks partly defined above and below by white
above and below vein 7, then traces of a waved whitish
subterminal line with white points on veins 5 to 3 ; the
terminal area with slight white streaks on veins 7 to 3 extend-
ing to the cilia ; a series of dark spots just before termen
defined by some white scales. Hind whig dark brown with a
cupreous gloss ; cilia white at tips. Underside dark reddish
brown ; fore wing with the terminal half of costa whitish
expanding into a patch at apex and with two black marks
towards apex ; hind wing with the costa white towards
apex.
Hub. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas (Kluges),
1 o type. Exp. 30 millim.
Genus PARORENA, nov.
Type, P. sminthochroa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to just above vertex of head, broadly scaled in front
and with large tuft of hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd short and thickly scaled ; Irons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and
without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 0 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the termen verj- slightly excised at discal fold ;
the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Parorena sminthochroa, n. sp.
r£. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with
grey ; palpi white at extreme tips ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen dark brown mixed with white, the tarsi
dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing purplish grey
tinged with brown and irrorated wit h black, the terminal
area suffused with dark brown ; antemedial line double,
the outer line black, the inner less distinct, erect and slightly
waved ; reniform small, blackish with a grey striga in centre ;
medial line double, the inner line black, the outer less distinct,
PARORENA. — MELAKOPHTHALMA.
381
excurvecl beyond the cell and very slightly waved ; post-
medial line double, dark brown, curved and minutely denta.e,
some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line
white, slightly excurved below vein 7, more strongly at
middle, ending at tornus ; a lunulate black terminal line,
slightly defined on inner side by white ; cilia with three hue
blackish lines through them. Hind wing reddish brown,
tinned with grev towards termen ; a fine dark terminal
line; cilia whitish with two fine brown lines near base and
some brown at tips. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused
with brown except on inner area, a dark bar from costa
beyond middle ; hind wing whitish irrorated with brown,
the costal area tinged with red-brown, a dark discoidal bar,
curved postmedial line and diffused subterminal line .
Hab. Mexico, Guadalajara ( Goldsmith ), 1 o type ; Brazil,
Rio Janeiro, Tijuca (Wagner), 1 <$. Exp. 22-24 millim.
Genus LEUCOTELA. nov.
Type L. nigripalpis, Walk. (. Marimatha ), xxxiv. 1204
(18650 Druce. Biol.-Centr. Am.. Het., i. p. 463 (1891). . .
Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd model at ,
thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes
large,' round; antennae of female with bristles and cilia;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without
crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 ancl o
from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. H
wins with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angfe • 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, / fiorn
upper ’angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus MELANOPHTHALMA, nov.
Type, M. signata, Butl. (Adenia), A. M. N. H. (5) v. p. 393
<1: Proboscis fully developed ; palpi dovneurved extending
about twice the length of head and ringed wnth ta above
and below ; frons smooth, with pointed tuft of han abo\ e
eves large round; antennae of male with slight bristles an
cilia ■ thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without
crests • tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled
and without create. Fore wing with the apex rounded, Ae
termen evenly curved and not crenulate, 'vei <>
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N0CTUI1LL
before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 7 from
just beyond the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5
fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus GLYMPIS.
Ecregma, Walk. xvi. 251 (1858), nec Walk. xii. 966... damcetesalis, Walk.
tjlympis. Walk. xix. 852 (1859; damcetesalis. Walk.
Aluaca, Walk, xxxiv. 1152 (1865) eabolialis, Walk.
Perta, Walk, xxxiv. 1195 (1865) arenalis, Walk.
Sanacea, Walk, xxxiv. 1203 (1865) truncatalis, Walk.
Glympis nigripuncta, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with fiery red ;
antenna; and palpi at sides dark brown ; tarsi brown ;
abdomen ochreous slightly tinged with fiery red. Fore wing
ochreous. tinged with fiery red ; antemedial line black, much
interrupted, slightly excurved below costa, then rather in-
wardly oblique ; reniform incompletely defined by black ;
postmedial line brownish with a series of small black spots
on it, some black scales beyond it and distinct spots from
vein 3 to inner margin, slightly excurved to vein 4, then slightly
incurved ; a subterminal series of black spots, incurved at
discal fold and below vein 3 ; some black scales on costa
towards apex ; a terminal series of small black spots. Hind
wing ochreous white, the terminal area tinged with pale
red ; a terminal series of black points. Underside yellow
suffused with fiery red, the inner areas whitish ; fore wing
with brownish discoidal hmule and indistinct diffused curved
postmedial and subterminal lines except on inner area ;
hind wing with indistinct diffused red postmedial and sub-
terminal fines except on inner area.
Hab. C. Brazil, Chapada [Robert), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
Glympis holothennes, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with
fiery red, the ventral surface brighter red ; palpi deep red-
brown at sides ; fore legs suffused with red-brown, the tarsi
dark brown. Fore wing ochreous whitish suffused with
fiery red ; antemedial line red-brown defined on inner side
by whitish, slightly excurved below costa, then erect ; a
reddish brown discoidal bar ; postmedial line red-brown
defined on outer side by whitish, slightly excurved below costa,
hen oblique ; a subterminal series of black points and a
GLYMPIS.
333
terminal series. Hind wing ochreous white suffused with
fiery red. Underside whitish suffused with fiery red, the
inner area of fore wing white ; both wings with faint discoidal
spot and traces of postmedial fine.
Hcib. Jamaica (Kaye), 1 $ type ; Cuba, Santiago ( Schaus),
1 o. Exp. £ 24, $ 22 millim.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with
reddish brown ; antennae brown. Fore wing ochreous tinged
with red-brown and in-orated with brown especially towards
costa ; antemedial line dark brown, slightly angled outwards
below costa, then punctiform ; reniform defined by dark
brown ; postmedial line with small dark brown spot at costa,
then indistinct, reddish brown, excurved below costa and at
middle, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 ; the post-
medial area suffused with dark brown and a patch of dark
brown suffusion at middle of terminal area ; subterminal line
indistinct, pale ochreous, waved ; a terminal series of black
points Hind wing pale ochreous tinged with brown, the
terminal area suffused with brown ; a slight brown discoidal
lunule and subterminal shade more distinct at tornus; a
terminal series of black striae. Underside of fore wing suffused
with fulvous yellow and with some fiery red below postmedial
n f p.nsta. the inner area whitish, a brownish discoidal
Glympis umbrifera, n. sp.
millim.
Glympis brunneigrisea, n. sp.
millim.
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334
Glympis phseotherma, n. sp.
(J. Head and thorax bright red-brown slightly mixed with
whitish ; abdomen darker brown, the ventral surface bright
red-brown irrorated with whitish. Fore wing bright red-brown
irrorated with dark brown ; antemedial line yellow defined
on outer side by black, slightly excurved below costa, then
erect ; reniform defined by blackish ; postmedial line yellow
defined on inner side by black, very slightly excurved below
costa and incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of small
rather wedge-shaped black spots defined on outer side by
white, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved below
vein 3 ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing dark
red-brown ; a terminal series of blackish strife. Underside
of fore wing greyish brown, the costal area from end of cell
and terminal area to vein 2 suffused with fulvous yellow ;
hind wing fulvous yellow irrorated with brown, the inner
area whitish, indistinct curved brown postmedial and sub-
terminal lines except on inner area.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 £ type- Exp. 24
millim.
Glympis poliophaea, n. sp.
§. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with purplish
grey ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen dark
brown irrorated with white, the tarsi ringed with white.
Fore wing dark brown suffused with purplish grey and
slightly irrorated with black ; antemedial line black, slightly
incurved in submedian interspace ; a black point in middle
of cell ; reniform defined by black, small, elliptical ; post-
medial line black, excurved beyond the cell to which it is
closely approximated, then erect ; traces of a subterminal
line with a few white scales on it, incurved below vein 3.
Hind wing dark brown glossed with purplish grey. Underside
brown tinged with purplish grey.
Hab. Centr. Brazil, Chapada (Robert), 1 $ type. Exp.
22 millim.
Genus KHADIRA.
I ype.
Khadira, Moore, Tr Zool. Soc. xi. p 09 (1831) nurantia, Moore.
Khadira euryzona, n. sp.
Head and thorax purplish rufous mixed with ochreous ;
palpi with two black rings near extremity of 3rd joint ;
pectus and legs whitish tinged with rufous, the fore tarsi
ringed with darker brown ; abdomen deep orange, the ventral
surface whitish. Fore wing white tinged in parts with rufous,
striated with rufous and with black on the veins ; a subbasal
KHADIRA. OTHREIS.
335
red-brown striga from costa ; antemedial line red-brown,
slightly excurved below costa, then rather oblique and almost
obsolete towards inner margin ; a rather diffused oblique
red-brown line from origin of vein 2 to inner margin ; a
chocolate-brown point in middle of cell ; reniform defined
by red-brown, rather pointed above, its lower part forming a
lobe running inwards above median nervure ; traces of two
postmedial lines, excurved and with whitish band beyond
them to vein 4, then strongly incurved and with white spot
defined on inner side by red-brown between them below
vein 3 ; an oblique red -brown streak from apex to the whitish
band beyond the postmedial lines at discal fold, with traces
of two waved rufous subterminal lines from it to inner margin,
excurved at middle. Hind wing deep orange ; a large black
lunule beyond lower angle of cell between vein 4 and submedian
fold ; a terminal black band from costa where it extends to
near middle to submedian fold towards which it narrows,
its inner edge bent outwards at vein 6, then curved, the cilia
beyond it chequered black and white. Underside of fore
wing orange, the costal area and apical area to vein 2 white
tinged faintly with rufous, an oblique black medial band
from below costa to submedian fold, and a broader curved
band from below costa beyond middle to submedian fold
near termen ; hind wing with the costal area except at base
and the apical area to vein 4 white, a curved black band
from vein 7 beyond the cell to termen at submedian fold.
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo [Cowan), 1 $ type. Exp.
116 millim.
Genus OTHREIS.
Othreis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 264 (1S27) fullonicci, Linn.
Acacallis , Hiibn. Yerz. p. 265 (1827) procus, Cram.
Corycia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 265 (1827) cajeta, Cram.
Ophicleres, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. Lep. p. 99 (1833) . imperator, Boisd.
Vandnna, Moore, Tr. Zool. Soc. xi. p. 72 (1881) dividens, Walk.
Argadesa, Moore, Tr. Zool. Soc. xi. p. 74 (1881) materna, Linn.
Halastus, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) ix. p. 376 (1892) divitiosa, Walk.
Othreis mionopastea, n. sp.
Head and thorax bright fulvous, the patagia with some
brown hair and white scales towards extremity ; antennse
brown ; palpi brownish at sides, the 3rd joint brownish ;
pectus and legs orange, the fore legs suffused with red- brown
and with silvery white spot at extremity of tibiae ; abdomen
orange. Fore whig bright rufous mottled with moss-green ;
two obscure oblique and slightly sinuous rufous lines from
middle of costa to inner margin before middle ; an elliptical
moss-green discoidal spot with curved brownish striga in
centre ; traces of a diffused rufous postmedial line, excurved
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to vein 4, then incurved ; an oblique dark brown line from
costa just before apex to vein 2, then more erect to inner
margin beyond middle ; a shade formed by moss-green
mottlings oblique from apex to vein 5, then subterminal and
below vein 2 diffused to teruien ; a curved rufous shade
before termen between veins 7 and 2. Hind wing orange ;
a large oblique lunulate black patch beyond lower angle of
cell between veins 4 and 1 ; a curved black subterminal band
from below costa to vein 2, rather broad above and narrowing
below, its edges rather irregular, some brown above it on
costa. Underside of fore wing orange, the costal edge striated
with brown, the apical area pale reddish brown to vein 3, a
broad oblique black band with irregular edges from upper
end of cell to submedian fold, and a broad curved band
with diffused outer edge from below costa beyond middle to
termen between vein 3 and submedian fold, some brown
suffusion below it at tornus ; hind wing with the black patch
rather smaller, its outer edge angled outwards in submedian
fold, the subterminal band not extending above vein 7.
Hah. Malay States, Pahang {Craddock), 1 q type. Exp.
108 millim.
Genus FERENTA.
, type.
Coronis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 265 (1827', nee Latr. Crust. 1824 . stolliana, Stoll.
Ferenta , Walk. xii. 961 (1857) stolliana, Stoll.
Ferenta incaya, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax red-brown ; tarsi ringed with whitish ;
abdomen dark red-brown suffused with blue except the hair
at base of dorsum, the ventral surface paler red-brown
Fore wing red-brown with some whitish striae, the terminal
area tinged with grey ; a chocolate-brown subbasal line
slightly defined on outer side by greyish from costa to sub-
median fold ; a chocolate-brown antemedial line faintly
defined on outer side by greyish, straight and inwardly
oblique ; an oblique slightly excurved chocolate-brown medial
line from costa to discal fold, then traces of a pale line with a
chocolate-brown point at submedian fold ; a chocolate- brown
discoidal bar defined on outer side by whitish ; postmedial
line rather diffused chocolate-brown defined on outer side by
white, straight and somewhat oblique to vein 4, then very
obliquely incurved and slightly sinuous, crossing a small
diffused rufous and yellowish patch above vein 2, then defined
on outer side by whitish and rufous, some dark striae beyond
it on the veins and in submedian interspace and a reddish
ochreous shade from it below vein 3 to termen above tornus ;
a chocolate-brown terminal line from apex to vein 2. Hind
wing dark chocolate-brown glossed with blue ; an oblique
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337
orange band from middle of costa to termen at submedian
fold where its extremity is bent towards tornus, its edges
sinuous and its inner edge bent outwards at vein 3. Under-
side cliocolate-brown ; fore wing with some pale hair in and
below base of cell, an oblique yellow band with sinuous edges
from below costa beyond end of cell to near termen at vein 1.
Hab. Peru (Simons), 1 $ type. Exp. 66 millim.
Genus MESOGENEA. T
Mesogenea, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 363 (1902)... varians, Hmpsn.
Mesogenea costimacula, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and prothorax velvety black, the rest of
thorax white tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated
with blackish ; palpi white at base ; tarsi dark brown ringed
with white ; abdomen dark reddish brown, the ventral
surface whitish irrorated with red-brown, subterminal series
of small black- brown spots. Fore wing whitish tinged in
parts with red- brown, especially the terminal area, and sparsely
striated with dark brown, the costa more strongly striated
with black and with rather quadrate black-brown medial
and postmedial patches on costal area ; traces of a blackish
antemedial line, angled outwards below the costa and inwards
in the cell, oblique below the cell ; a black point in middle
of cell ; a small blackish patch beyond lower angle of cell
before the trace of the postmedial line, which is very obliquely
excurved to vein 4, then retracted along median nervure to
the antemedial line, then oblique and slightly excurved above
inner margin ; a terminal series of minute black points ; cilia
dark reddish brown except towards tornus. Hind wing
reddish brown, the interspaces paler except towards termen ;
cilia whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing red-brown, the
boner and terminal areas pale, some small dark brown spots
on costa towards apex ; hind wing whitish suffused with brown,
the costal area tinged with red-brown and irrorated with
brown.
Ab. 1. Fore wing greyer.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 ; Portuguese
E. Africa, Pvuo Valley (Neave), 1 ^ ; Mashonaland ( Bobbie ),
1 1 $ type. Exp. S 24’ ? 26 milhm.
Mesogenea excavata, n. sp.
9. Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale red-brown
and slightly irrorated with brown, the frontal tuft darker
brown ; tarsi ringed with whitish ; abdomen whitish tinged
with pale red-brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with pale
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red-brown and slightly striated with blackish, the costal area
irrorated with black towards apex ; antemedial line blackish,
angled outwards below costa, then oblique ; a black point
in middle of cell and slight brownish discoidal striga ; post-
medial line very indistinctly double, brown filled in with
whitish, very obliquely excurved to vein 4, then retracted
to median nervure near origin of vein 2 and excurved above
inner margin ; a subterminal series of slight blackish points,
excurved at middle ; a series of minute black points at base
of cilia. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown especially
on terminal area. Underside white ; fore wing tinged with
rufous below the costa and on terminal area ; both wings
with the costal area irrorated with dark brown.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with patch of leaden fuscous suffusion
on inner half of medial area and oblique shade from apical
part of costa to beyond lower angle of cell.
Hab. N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 2 $ type. Exp. 22
millim.
Genus ISADELPHINA, nov.
Type, I. retracta, Hmpsn. (Cosmophila), P. Z. S. 1910, p. 432,
pi. xxxvii. f. 20.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, slightly fringed with hair
in front and also behind at extremity, the 3rd long and
smoothty scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male somewhat laminate and
almost simple ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed
and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled, the inner medial
spur of hind tibiae very long ; abdomen rather dorsally
flattened, smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a short areole ;
11 from cell ; the male with a small fovea at base of inner
margin above with some rough hair beyond it. Hind wing
with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 stalked ;
5 fully developed from lower angle ; (>, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Isadelphina lacteifascia, n. sp.
(j'. Head and thorax yellow suffused with rufous ; the
dorsum of thorax black with white streak ; antennae dark
brown ; palpi with the 3rd joint dark brown ; abdomen
dark fuscous brown ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen creamy white, the tarsi brown ringed with white.
Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous and striated with dark
ISADELPHINA.
339
brown, the area beyond the oblique fascia from apex suffused
with brown ; a subbasal patch of blackish brown suffusion
from costa to below the cell where it joins some blackish
round the fovea on inner area ; a black point in middle of
cell ; an oblique bluish white fascia irrorated with blackish
and defined on each side by blackish from apex to inner
margin beyond middle, then extending along inner margin
to near base, joined at discal fold by a slight oblique black
line from costa above end of cell ; a subterminal series of
black points and a series at base of cilia. Hind wing dark
fuscous brown. Underside of fore wing dark brown, the
costal and terminal areas yellow suffused with red-brown
and irrorated with brown, the inner area white ; hind wing
whitish suffused with brown, the costal area yellow tinged
with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 1 $ type. Exp.
26 millim.
Isadelphina xylochroa, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with
grey ; antennae tinged with fuscous ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing red-brown tinged
with grey and striated with brown ; a minute blackish spot
in middle of cell. Hind wing reddish brown. Underside
reel-brown, the inner area of fore wing whitish.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 £ type. Exp.
30 millim.
Isadelphina cheilosema, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax whitish suffused with pale red-brown ;
antennae fuscous brown ; Irons and palpi red- brown, the
latter white at tips ; pectus whitish ; legs brown, the tarsi
ringed with whitish ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral
surface whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing red-
brown suffused with grey- white, the costa rufous to end of
cell ; antemeclial line indistinct, red- brown faintly defined
on iimer side by whitish, slightly waved ; ■ a minute brownish
annulus in middle of cell and two brown discoidal points
with a brown point just before them in discal fold ; post-
medial line brown, punctiform, slightly excurved below
vein 7 and more strongly below vein 5, then retracted to
lower angle of cell and erect to inner margin ; a semicircular
rufous subterminal patch on costa with curved maculate
line from it to a blackish patch on inner margin ; a fine
waved whitish terminal line with slight red-brown spots
before it ; cilia reddish brown. Hind Aving Avith the basal
half ochreous Avhite, the terminal half broAAm ; cilia Avith a
fine whitish line at base and whitish tips. Underside of fore
z 2
340
NOC’TllD.i:.
wing red-brown with some whitish on terminal part of costal
area and the inner area whitish, a slight brown postmedial
line on costal area ; hind wing white, the costal area tinged
with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with brown, a
brown discoidal spot, and curved postmedial line.
$. Hind wing uniform brown.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos {Dudgeon), 1 £, Old Calabar
{Crompton, Sampson), 6 <$, 7 $ type. Exp. 20-26 millim.
Isadelphina rufaria, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red -brown ; palpi at
base, pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen creamy
white. Fore wing bright red-brown, the terminal area
faintly striated with brown, the costal edge whitish ; a slight
blackish subbasal striga across the cell ; an erect antemedial
blackish line, almost obsolete towards costa ; a small round
black spot in middle of cell and two on the discocellulars ;
postmedial line slight blackish, slightly oblique to vein 3
where there is a black spot before it beyond the end of cell,
then obsolete and retracted to median nervure before end of
cell and obliquely excurved to inner margin ; a rather oblique
series of small blackish spots between veins 7 and 3 before
the subterminal series of slight blackish points. Hind wing
red-brown, the cilia whitish tinged with red-brown. Under-
side of fore wing rufous, the inner area whitish ; hind wing
whitish tinged with rufous ; the costal and terminal areas
very faintly striated with red-brown, faint traces of a post-
medial line.
$. Fore wing without the black spots on discocellulars,
beyond lower angle of cell, and between veins 7 and 3.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with a whitish mark below middle of
costa and a patch round the black spot in middle of cell.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 <$, 3 $ type.
Exp. 36-42 millim.
Isadelphina albistellata, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax purplish red-brown ; pectus and legs
whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with
white ; abdomen dark grey-brown, the ventral surface white
tinged with red-brown. Fore wing purplish red-brown ;
faint traces of a waved dark antemedial line ; orbicular
pure white, rounded ; two small pure white discoidal spots ;
a faint brown postmedial line, obliquely downcurved to
vein (>, excurved below vein 5, at vein 3 retracted to below
end of cell, then oblique to inner margin ; an indistinct pale
subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by darker
brown, excurved at middle ; a fine whitish terminal line
ISADELPHINA. — DREPAXOPHILETIS.
341
forming minute points at the interspaces ; cilia grey-brown
with a slight pale line at middle and pale tips. Hind wing
grey-brown with the interspaces paler except on terminal
area ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and whitish tips.
Underside of fore wing grey-brown, the inner area whitish, a
diffused dark postmeclial line on costal area ; hind wing
Avhitish suffused with grey -brown.
Hab. N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 1 $ type. Exp.
28 millim.
Genus TEINANOMIS, nov.
Type, T. marina, Druce ( Ipnea ), Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i.
p. 482, pi. 40. f. 10 (1891).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint extending about twice the length of head, moderately
scaled below and strongly fringed with hair above except
towards base, the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons
smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
with hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair, the mid tibiae of male dilated with a fold
containing a tuft of long hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests, long in male.
Fore wing rather narrow, the apex somewhat produced, the
termen oblique below vein 4, slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and
5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus DE,EPAN0PHIL2TIS, nov.
Type, D. siderosticta, Holl. ( Rhescipha ), Psyche, vii. p. 32,
pi. f. f. 9 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head, smoothly scaled in front
and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd long
with wedge-shaped tuft of hair behind ; frons smooth, with
ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with fasciculate cilia; 'thorax clothed chiefly with scales
and with large triangular ridge-like dorsal crest ; tibiae
fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the costa arched towards apex which is produced and acute,
the termen strongly excurved at middle, excised above and
below middle and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
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of cell ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing •with the
cell near base only.
Drepanophiletis castaneata, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax chestnut red slightly mixed with
yellowish, the palpi at sides and shoulders fiery red ; pectus
and legs white, the fore tibice red-brown in front ; abdomen
white suffused with grev-brown, reddish at base, the ventral
surface white. Fore wing chestnut brown sparsely irrorated
with black scales, the terminal area white tinged with rufous
except towards costa ; antemedial line slight, red-brown
broadly defined on inner side by reddish yellow and narrowly
on outer side, excurved to median nervure, then bent inwards
and sinuous to inner margin ; postmedial line indistinct,
red-brown defined on outer side by whitish, excurved to vein
4, then incurved ; traces of a sinuous brown subterminal line
with small black spots on it above and below vein 4 and a
white spot defined by red and traversed by a red striga in
submedian interspace ; a brownish terminal line ; cilia
whitish at base, brown at tips. Hind wing dark reddish
brown, the cilia whitish. Underside white tinged with brown,
the costa of fore wing brown.
Hah. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 ^ type. Exp .
42 millim.
Genus G0NI0PHILA, nov.
Type, G. excavata, Swinh. (Cosmophila), A. M. N. H. (7), xv.
p. 158 (1905).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, smoothly scaled in front and
slightly fringed Avith hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair aboA’e ; eyes large,
round ; an ten me of male typically serrate and with fascicles
of long cilia, the apical part ciliated ; thorax clothed almost
entirely AAith scales and without crests ; femora and tibiae
fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen Avith dorsal crests
on tAvo basal segments and small lateral tufts of rather long
hair. Fore Aving typically with the costa somewhat excised
at middle and arched toAvards apex Avhich is produced and
acute, the termen excised beloAv apex and strongly excurved
at middle, then oblique ; \reins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; (i from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing Avith 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell ; the male Avith a very large
GONIOPHILA. — THALATTA.
343
semicircular costal fold on underside of basal half of costa
extending to below the cell and fringed with hair. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, <
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Goniophila niphosticha, n. sp.
Q. Head and thorax pale red-brown irrorated with a few
black scales ; palpi blackish towards tips ; pectus whitish ;
legs grey-brown ; abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore
wing grey suffused with pale red -brown and sparsely irrorated
with black scales, the terminal half of costal area white, the
area beyond the postmedial line red-brown tinged with
fiery red on apical half ; traces of two sinuous brownish
medial lines ; a faint dark striga on lower cliscocellular ;
postmedial line represented by a diffused dark shade obliquely
incurved from costa near apex to vein 2 with some slight
fiery red marks beyond it, and by an incurved silvery white
line faintly defined by fiery red from vein 3 to vein 1 near
tornus ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with
brown, the cilia whitish at tips. Underside white tinged with
broAvn, the apical area of fore wing and hind wing except
inner area irrorated with a few black scales ; fore wing w ith
diffused dark discoiclal spot and oblique subterminal shade
from costa to vein 6 with some white beyond it ; hind wing
with dark discoidal lunule.
Hab. Burma, Hsipaw (de Niceville), 1 $ type. Exp. 38
millim.
Genus THALATTA.
Thalatta, Walk. xiii. 996 (1857)
Type.
precedens, Walk.
Thalatta melanogramma, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown slightly mixed with whitish ;
palpi whitish in front ; pectus whitish ; abdomen pale red-
brown, the crests darker, the ventral surface whitish tinged
with red-brown. Fore wing pale red-brown slightly irrorated
with darker brown, the postmedial area rather paler ; ante-
medial line black, angled outwards below costa, then oblique
to submedian fold where it is excurved, angled inwards at
vein 1 ; a white point in middle of cell and slight blackish
discoidal striga ; a brown shade before the postmedial line
which is black, excurved below costa, at middle and above
inner margin, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved and
sliffhtlv sinuous below vein 4 subterminal line represented
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NOCTUIDiE.
by a series of dentate dark marks slightly defined on outer
side by white, excurved below vein 7, angled outwards above
and below vein 4, then incurved ; a waved dark terminal
line and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish
suffused with reddish brown, the costal area paler ; a fine
brown terminal line ; cilia chequered whitish and brown.
Underside white suffused and irrorated with reddish brown
except on inner areas ; hind wing Avith brown discoidal bar.
Hab. Punjab, Jubbulpur, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Genus SAVARA.
Savant, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 184 (1S(52).
Pseudogonitis, Hnipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 412 (1894)
Type.
contmria. Walk.
brunnea, Moore.
Savara catortha, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax red-brown with a slight greyish tinge ;
antennae red-brown ringed with whitish towards base ; palpi
chocolate-brown irrorated with white and white in front ;
pectus whitish ; legs chocolate-brown irrorated with white,
the tarsi ringed with white, the spurs ringed dark brown and
white ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing red-brown
glossed with grey ; antemedial line indistinct, dark brown
with slight white points on it towards costa, oblique, waved ;
a white point defined by dark brown in middle of cell ; a
curved brown discoidal bar with white points on its outer
side at angles of cell ; postmedial line dark brown defined
on outer side by rather diffused white, the brown obsolete
towards costa, then with points on its outer side, almost
straight and erect, some white points beyond it on costa ; a
subterminal series of small blackish spots, incurved to vein 0
where it is angled outwards, then incurved and slightly
excurved at middle, some bluish white suffusion beyond it
from apex to vein 6 ; cilia chocolate-brown. Hind wing
grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; the cilia rufous, white at
tips. Underside of fore wing with the costal and terminal
areas irrorated rufous and white, the disk with some purplish
red suffusion, the postmedial area suffused with grey on inner
half and the terminal area with red-brown from below apex
to vein 4, postmedial line fuscous defined on outer side by
white, excurved to vein 5, then incurved, a sinuous subterminal
series of fuscous spots ; hind wing white irrorated with rufous,
a blackish postmedial line interrupted at the veins and strongly
excurved at middle.
Hab. Be. N. Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 $ ; New Georgia
(Meek), 1 $ type. Exp. 40 millim.
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Genus ANOMIS.
Anomis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 249 (1827) exacta , Hiibn.
Cosmophila, Boisd. Faun. Ent. Madag. p. 94 (1833) ... flava, Fabr.
Gonitis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 403 (1852) editrix, Guen.
Amarna, Walk. x. 477 (1856) discursa, Walk.
Rusicada, Walk. xiii. 1006 (1857) fulvida, Guen.
Sccedisa, Walk. xiii. 1007 (1857) pida, Sepp.
Ristra, Walk. xv. 1842 (1858) illita, Guen.
Deremma, Walk, xxxiii. 863 (1865/ simulatrix, Walk.
Tiridata , Walk, xxxiii. 870 (1865) subulifera, Guen.
Capitaria, Walk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 42 (1869) ... sablineata, Walk.
Deinopalpus, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 47 (1894) leona, Scliaus.
Alabama, Grote, Abh. Nat. Ver. Brem. xiv. p. 122
(1896) argillacea, Hiibn.
Eualabama, Grote, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xxxiv. p. 419
(1895), non descr. argillacea, Hiibn.
Molopa, Swinh. A. M. N.H. (7) ix. p. 420 (1902) planalis, Swinh.
Anomis esocampta, n. sp.
Cosmophila vitiensis, Hmpsn. Monogr. Christmas I. p. 67, pi. is. f. 12
(1900), nec Butl.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with grey ; antennae
red-brown ; palpi and fore and mid legs bright red-brown ;
pectus and hind legs whitish tinged with brown ; abdomen
dark grey-brown with some whitish at base, the ventral
surface red-brown, white towards base. Fore wing red-brown
tinged with grey and striated with blackish, the veins of
terminal area finely streaked with whitish ; antemedial line
indistinct, brown, oblique and sinuous to median nervure,
then incurved and excurved above inner margin ; a white
point defined by dark brown in middle of cell ; reniform
dark brown, ill-defined ; postmedial line dark brown slightly
defined on outer side by white, excurved to vein 4, then
retracted to lower angle of cell with a slight downwards curve
at vein 3, then erect and straight to inner margin ; sub-
terminal line very indistinct and formed by blackish striae,
oblique to discal fold, excurved at middle, then incurved ;
the termen and cilia chocolate-brown, the latter with a fine
pale line at base and white tips except at middle. Hind
wing dark brown with a reddish tinge, the cilia with a fine
white line at base and white tips. Underside of fore wing
grey-brown, the costal area and terminal area towards apex
bright red-brown, the former with some white irroration
towards apex ; hind wing whitish, the costal area and terminal
area except towards tornus tinged and streaked with bright
red-brown, the inner area suffused with grey -brown.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the postmedial area suffused with
blackish.
Hab. Christmas I. (Andrews), 4 2 $ type. Exp. 30-
34 millim.
XOCTUIDJE.
34G
Anomis trichomosia, n. sp.
(J. Head and thorax fiery red mixed with some ochreous,
the vertex of head brownish white, the patagia with some
white hair on upper edge and grey-brown at extremities ;
pectus and legs red-brown mixed with whitish, the tarsi
ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the genital tufts
creamy white, the ventral surface pale red- brown. Fore
wing fiery red irrorated with yellow, the costal area grey-
brown except towards base, expanding to vein 6 beyond the
postmedial line, the veins streaked with grey-brown ; ante-
medial line indistinct, red-brown defined on inner side by
grey, oblique, sinuous ; a white point in middle of cell and
white discoidal striga ; postmedial line red-brow'n defined
on outer side by grey, excurved below' vein 7, incurved at
discal fold, excurved below vein 5, angled at vein 3, then
retracted to median nervure before end of cell and erect
and straight to inner margin ; subterminal line greyish
defined on inner side by diffused deep red, waved, excurved
below vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; cilia deep red,
white at tips, except at middle. Hind wing dark greyish
brown, the cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing grey-
brown, the costal area reddish brown irrorated with whitish,
the terminal area whitish suffused with brown, the inner
area white ; postmedial line brown, excurved below costa,
then oblique, sinuous and almost obsolete on inner half, a
subterminal shade forming a triangular blackish patch irrorated
with white on costal area ; hind wing with the costal half
rufous irrorated with white, the inner half brownish white, a
slight white discoidal spot and curved waved brown post-
medial line ending at submedian fold.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 Exp. 34 millim.
Anomis pyrotherma, n. sp.
(J. Head and thorax bright rufous, the tarsi red-brown
ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown, the basal crest
rufous, the sides and genital tufts white, the ventral surface
rufous. Fore wing fiery red, the base and costal area to the
postmedial line fulvous yellow', the hair on basal hmer area
red-brown ; antemedial line excurved and white below costa,
then indistinct, red-brown, defined on inner side by yellowish
and sinuous to vein 1 where it terminates ; a white point
in middle of cell and white striee at angle of cell ; postmedial
line red-brown, defined on outer side by white towards costa,
then slightly by whitish, excurved below costa, bent inwards
between veins (5 and 5 with a slight outwards curve at diseal
fold, excurved beknv vein f>, then retracted with a down-
wards curve to lower angle of cell and erect and straight to
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inner margin ; subterminal line defined on inner side by
diffused dark red-brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle
and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; cilia white at
tips. Hind wing dark red-brown, the base paler ; cilia white
at tips. Underside of fore wing rufous, the disc suffused
with grey-brown, the costal area irroratecl with white, the
terminal area paler ; hind wing rufous irroratecl with white,
a small white cliscoidal spot, postmedial line dark brown
defined on outer side by white, curved and waved, bent
outwards just below vein 2, a diffused sinuous dark brown
subterminal line, and a dark terminal line from apex to
vein 2.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo (Watkins), 1 <7 type. Exp.
38 millim.
Anomis badia, n. sp.
Head whitish mixed with rufous, the antennae and
thorax bright rufous ; pectus and legs whitish tinged with
rufous, the fore tibiae and tarsi rufous, the former white on
outer side, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen red-brown,
the ventral surface white towards base and with darker lines
on three medial segments. Fore wing bright rufous with a
cupreous red gloss ; traces of a sinuous brown and w hitish
antemedial line from costa to median nervure ; a minute
white point in middle of cell ; a faint diffused brownish
discoidal bar with some whitish scales on it ; postmedial line
dark brown defined on outer side by whitish to vein 3, then
indistinct, strongly excurved below costa, bent inwards
between veins 6 and 5, excurved below vein 5 and angled at
vein 3, then retracted to median nervure before end of cell
and oblique and sinuous to inner margin ; a faint diffused
waved brownish subterminal line, incurved below vein 3 ;
cilia dark red-brown. Hind wing dark red-brown, the cilia
whitish mixed with brown. Underside of fore wing whitish
tinged with rufous except on inner area, the disc suffused
with grey-brown, a curved brown postmedial line from costa
to vein 6 ; hind wing white irrorated with pale red, a cum ed
slightly waved red postmedial line from costa to vein 1.
Hab. Fr. Guiana, Cayenne (Schaus), 1 o type. Exp.
30 millim.
Anomis poliopasta. n. sp.
£. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed
with some whitish ; antennae red-brown ; fore tibiae w hite
on outer side, the tarsi ringed with white . Fore wing dark
reddish brown mixed with grey ; antemedial line biown
defined on inner side by some white scales, oblique, slightly
sinuous to submedian fold and incurved abo\ e a ein 1 ,
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N'OCTUIDJE.
orbicular dark red-brown AAfith minute white point in centre,
round ; reniform dark red-brown, somewhat constricted at
middle ; postmedial line brown slightly defined on outer
side by Avhite, oblique and sinuous to beloAV ATein 7 where it
is excurved, bent inwards between veins 6 and 5, excurA'ed
beloAA- vein 5, at vein 3 bent inwards to median nervure before
end of cell, and strongly excurA’ed below submedian fold ;
subterminal line whitish slightly defined on inner side by
diffused broAvn, AvaA’ed, excurved at middle, then iucurA'ed
and ending at tornus ; cilia red-broAvn, chequered whitish
and dark broAvn at tips. Hind A\riug dark grey-broAvn with a
reddish gloss ; cilia Avhite tinged Avith broAvn. Underside of
fore Aving dark reddish brown, the costal area irrorated AAith
Avhitish, the postmedial area to A^ein 5 and the terminal area
Avhitish irrorated a\ ith broAvn, a curved brown postmedial line
from costa to A’ein 5 ; hind Aving red -brown irrorated Avith
white, a small Avhite discoidal spot, a curA'ed slightly waA'ed
red-brown postmedial line defined on outer side by white,
and a slightly sinuous subterminal brown shade.
Hab. Chili (Sadler), 1 $ type. Exp. 40 millirn.
Anomis xanthomicta, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax pale rufous ; pectus whitish ; legs
whitish suffused Avith rufous ; abdomen grey-broAvn tinged
with rufous, the ventral surface rufous Avith dark lines on
three medial segments. Fore wing bright rufous mixed
Avith some yelloAv, the terminal area suffused with brown ;
antemedial line brown defined on inner side by white, oblique
and straight ; a minute Avhite point defined by rufous in
middle of cell ; a white discoidal line defined on inner side
by rufous ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side by
white, excurA'ed bcloAv costa, incurved at discal fold, excurved
at middle, at A'ein 3 bent inwards to lower angle of cell, then
erect and straight to inner margin ; subterminal line rather
diffused dark broAvn, angled outwards at vein fi and bcloAv 4,
then incurved and ending at tornus ; cilia dark brown, Avhite
at tips. Hind wing grey-brown Avith a reddish gloss ; cilia
white tinged with broAvn. Underside of fore wing reddish
broAvn, the costal area irrorated yelloAvish and red-brown,
the terminal area grey-brown, the inner area white, a curved
brown postmedial line from costa to A'ein 5, and faint sub-
terminal shade ; hind Aving white, the costal half tinged Avith
rufous, a faint curved rufous postmedial line from costa to
submedian fold with minute dark points at the veins, and
faint subterminal shade.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas ( Klages ),
I $ type. Exp. 2(> millim.
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Anomis phanerosema, n. sp.
Head and thorax fulvous red ; fore tibiae white on outer
side, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen dark grey-brown,
the basal crest fulvous, the sides ochreous, the ventral surface
red-brown, whitish at base, the three medial segments with
dark lines. Fore wing fulvous red ; some brown at base of
inner margin and a minute tuft of silvery white scales at
base ; antemedial line very indistinct, brownish defined on
inner side by a few white scales, oblique, waved ; a minute
white point in middle of cell ; reniform black-brown, obso-
lescent above and forming a rounded patch below ; post-
medial line indistinct, red-brown defined on outer side by
some white scales, excurved below vein 7, bent inwards
between veins 6 and 5 with a slight outwards curve at discal
fold, excurved below vein 5 and angled at vein 3, then retracted
to median nervure before end of cell and oblique and waved
to inner margin ; traces of a waved brownish subterminal
fine with an oblique diffused dark bar from vein 2 to tornus ;
cilia silvery white at tips. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia
rufous. Underside of fore wing whitish, the costal and
terminal areas suffused with rufous, the latter with dark
streaks on the veins towards apex, the disc suffused with
reddish brown, a curved red-brown postmedial fine from
costa to vein 6 ; hind wing with the costal half rufous irrorated
•with whitish, the inner half whitish tinged with rufous, a
-waved rufous postmedial fine from costa to vein 1, excurved
below costa, a dark terminal line to vein 2, and brownish
patch in submedian interspace.
Hob. Peru, Huancabamba, Cerro del Pasco, 2 $ type.
Exp. 48 milfim.
Anomis endocklora, n. sp.
(j>. Head and tegulae yellow tinged with rufous ; thorax
pale brown tinged with yellow ; antennae brown ; palpi,
except the tuft behind the 3rd joint, and fore legs red-brown ;
pectus and mid and hind legs whitish, the tarsi brown ringed
with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the crests yellowish, the
ventral surface whitish towards base. Fore wing olive-
brown tinged with purplish grey, the inner area from near
base to the postmedial fine suffused with yellow extending
just into the cell, the terminal area tinged with yellow, the
costal area irrorated with white ; antemedial fine brown,
oblique towards costa, slightly angled outwards in the cell
and submedian fold and excurved above inner margin ; a
white point in middle of cell surrounded by diffused red-brown ;
reniform rather diffused red-brown, extending to well below
the cell and with slight whitish striga in centre ; some purplish
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XOCT L'IDJE.
white on costal area before and beyond the postmedial line
which is brown, angled outwards below costa, then incurved,
dentate at veins 4, 3, then retracted to median nervure near
origin of vein 2, then erect with a very slight inwards curve
to inner margin ; subterminal line defined on inner side by
diffused brown, excurved at vein 7, then incurved, angled
outwards at vein 4, then again incurved and ending at tornus ;
cilia white at tips to vein 5 and chequered with white at
tips below vein 4. Hind wing greyish brown, the cilia white
tinged with brown. Underside whitish ; fore wing with the
disc suffused with brown, a curved brown postmedial line
from costa to vein 6 ; hind wing with the costal half tinged
with red-brown, a curved brown postmedial line from costa
to vein 2.
$. Head and thorax yellow tinged with brown ; fore wing
more uniform yellow tinged with olive -brown, the costal area
irrorated with white and with some white suffusion beyond
the postmedial line.
Hab. Gold Coast, Cape Coast Castle ( Higlett ), 1
Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 q type ; S. Nigeria, Yaba (Mac fie),
1 ; Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 Exp. cJ 40,
$ 42 millim.
Anomis lophognatha, n. sp.
Head and thorax purplish-red, the vertex of head and
dorsum of tegulse whitish ; antennae brown ; palpi bright
rufous, the tuft behind the 3rd joint whitish tinged with
rufous ; pectus whitish ; legs bright rufous, the spurs and
tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft
and ventral surface bright rufous. Fore wing bright purple-
red, the costal area slightly irrorated with whitish, the post-
medial area more strongly tinged with purple except on
inner area ; antemedial line red-brown defined on inner side
by white points, oblique and waved to submedian fold, then
incurved to vein 1 and excurved above inner margin ; a
white point in middle of cell ; reniform rather deeper red
and very ill-defined, with tAvo Avhite points on it ; postmedial
line dark brown defined on outer side by white scales, oblique
and somewhat dentate to below vein 7, angled imvards on
veins 6 and 5 and outwards on veins 4, 3, then retracted to
loAver edge of reniform and erect and sinuous to inner margin ;
subterminal line only defined by the brown suffusion on its
inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, then Avaved, incurved
below vein 3 and ending at tornus; cilia dark brown; Avhite
at tips. Hind wing grey-broAvn, the cilia. Avhite at tips.
Underside of fore Aving grey-broAvn, the costal area and terminal
area to vein 4 red ; hind wing av it h the costal half pale red,
ANOAIIS.
351
the inner half white, a curved slightly waved brown post-
medial line, and fine terminal line.
$. Head and thorax uniform purple-red ; fore wing more
uniform purple-red slightly irrorated with white, the post-
medial line more strongly defined on outer side by white to
lower angle of cell, the white more diffused below the costa.
Hob. Mauritius ( Manders ), 1 o, Curepipe ( Tulloch ), 1
1 Exp. $ 38, $ 42 millim.
Anomis polymorpha, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish,
the patagia with some dark brown scales ; abdomen grey-
brown ; palpi and fore legs bright red-brown ; pectus, mid
and hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged
Avith red-broA\Tn ; tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore Aving
red-broAvn tinged with grey and irrorated Avith dark brown
especially on costal area, the costal edge bright red- brown ;
a subbasal black striga from costa ; antemedial line indis-
tinctly double, oblique, dentate ; orbicular bright red-broAAm
Avith a white point in centre, round ; reniform dark broAvn
suffused with bright red-broAvn, constricted at middle and
Avith white points in upper and loAver parts ; postmedial line
black, dentate from below costa to vein 3 and slightly bent
inwards at vein 4, at A*ein 3 bent inwards to loAver angle of
cell, oblique and dentate beloAv vein 2, a faint dark line
beyond it ; subterminal fine dark, diffused, indistinct except
toAvards costa, Avaved, excurved beloAv vein 7 and at middle.
Hind wing dark brown tinged with grey, the cilia whitish.
Underside of fore wing grey-broAvn, the costa rufous, the
inner area Avhitish, a faint obliquely curATed dark postmedial
fine from costa to vein 4 and a subterminal bar from costa ;
hind A\ring whitish suffused Avith grey-broAvn, the costal area
tinged Avith rufous, a curved slightly waved dark postmedial
fine from costa to vehi 3 with black points at the veins.
Ab. 1. Fore wing whitish broAvn.
Ab. 2. Fore wing very pale red-brown.
Ab. 3. Fore Aving Avhitish suffused with blood-red.
Ab. 4. Fore Aving Avith the area beyond the postmedial
line suffused Avith white.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 8 8 $ type ;
Portuguese E. Africa, Mt. Chiperone {Neave), 2 Exp.
34-40 millim.
Anomis schistosema, n. sp.
Head and thorax orange-yellow suffused Avith fiery red ;
antenme red-broAA'n ; the basal joint white in front ; fore tibiae
and 1st joint of tarsi pure Avhite on outer side ; pectus whitish
behind ; abdomen pale rufous, the sides whitish, the ventral
NOCTUIDiE.
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surface pale red-brown with dark lines on three medial
segments. Fore wing orange-yellow suffused with fiery red,
the costal edge red-brown ; antemedial line red-brown,
obliquely curved ; a small pure white spot defined by brown
in middle of cell ; reniform represented by a pear-shaped
white spot defined by brown and with some rufous in centre
above, and an oblique elliptical white spot defined by brown
and with some rufous in its upper part below ; postmedial
line red-brown, excurved below costa, incurved between veins
6 and 5, angled outwards at veins 4 and 3, then retracted
to median nervure before end of cell and slightly incurved
to inner margin ; subterminal line defined by diffused red-
brown on inner side, waved, angled outwards above vein b,
excurved at middle and incurved below vein 3 ; cilia dark
red-brown. Hind wing purplish red, the cilia pure white
at tips. Underside of fore wing pale red, the disc tinged
with purplish red, a red-brown postmedial line excurved
below costa, then oblique and obsolescent towards inner
margin, and a subterminal red-brown patch on costa ; hind
wing white, the costal area tinged with pale red, a slight
curved red postmedial line from costa to vein 3.
Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp.
54 millim.
Anomis leucosema, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax yellow tinged with rufous ; antennae
red-brown ; legs with the spurs and tarsi dark brown ringed
with white ; abdomen pale red-brown, the basal crest dark
brown, the crest on 2nd segment reddish yellow, the ventral
surface red-brown with darker lines on three medial segments.
Fore wing orange-yellow tinged with fulvous red, the costal
edge red-brown ; a dark brown subbasal point on vein 1 ;
antemedial line indistinct, red-brown, oblique, sinuous ; a
white point slightly defined by brown in middle of cell ;
reniform faintly defined by red-brown, its upper part small
with its annulus represented by small white spots, its lower
part large, round, white with rufous mark in centre, produced
to slight streaks on the veins ; postmedial line red-brown with
a slight white mark at costa, excurved below costa, incurved
at discal fold, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then retracted
to below end of cell and erect with a slight outward curve
to inner margin ; subterminal line faint, red-brown, excurved
below vein 7, angled outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved
and ending at tornus ; cilia bright rufous, white at tips to
vein 4, then chequered with white at tips. Hind wing pale
red-brown, the cilia rather deeper red-brown. Underside of
fore wing with the disc rufous, the marginal areas whitish
AN 0 MIS.
353
and pale red-brown, postmedial line dark brown defined on
outer side by white towards costa, excurved below costa,
then oblique and with a slight inwards curve below vein 3,
a blackish subterminal patch on costal area and some white
points on costa, the veins of terminal area streaked with
brown ; hind wing with the costal half pale rufous with some
white irroration on the veins, the inner half whitish, a curved
brown postmedial line from costa to submedian fold, and a
fine terminal line from apex to vein 4.
Hub. Uganda, Entebbe ( Minchin ), 1 $ type. Exp. 48
millim.
Anomis pyrocausta, n. sp.
S- Head and thorax fiery red mixed with some yellowish ;
antennae red-brown ; palpi, pectus and legs red-brown, the
last irrorated with whitish, the tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen dorsally whitish suffused with brown, the crests
rufous, the ventral surface red-brown with darker lines on
three medial segments. Fore wing yellowish suffused with
red and striated with blackish especially on terminal area,
the costal area whitish thickly striated with red- brown, the
veins slightly streaked with white ; a white sub basal point
on subcostal nervure ; antemedial line dark brown defined
on inner side by white, from cell to inner margin ; a white
point defined by diffused red- brown in middle of cell ; a
white discoidal bar defined on inner side by red-brown and
with blackish spots on its outer side above and below ; post-
medial line dark brown defined on outer side by white, ex-
curved below costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 4, then
oblique to vein 3, then retracted to lower angle of cell and
erect to inner margin ; subterminal line indistinct, brown,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle, incurved at discal fold
and below vein 3 ; cilia bright rufous at base, chequered
white and black at tips. Hind wing white, tinged with
reddish brown except on basal and inner areas, the termen
and cilia more suffused with purplish brown. Underside of
fore wing white suffused with red-brown except on inner
area, the costal area barred with red-brown, the terminal
area slightly striated with red-brown, an obliquely curved
postmedial line from costa to submedian fold ; hind wing
with the costal half red-brown, the veins slightly irrorated
with white, the inner half white, a curved postmedial line
from costa to vein 3, the terminal area striated with brown to
submedian fold.
Ab. 1. Head, thorax, and fore wing pale ochreous tinged
with red.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 2 £ ; N. Nigeria,
Zungeru ( Mac fie ), 1 type. Exp. 30-34 millim.
2 a
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NOCTULDAJ.
Anomis calamodes, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red-
brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown and
striated with dark red-brown ; a slight red-brown subbasal
line from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line red-brown, in-
wardly oblique to median nervure where it is strongly bent
outwards, then again oblique, a white point defined by red-
brown in middle of cell ; an oblique red-brown discoidal
line ; postmedial line red-brown, angled outwards below
costa, then oblique to vein 4 on which it is retracted to lower
angle of cell, then nearly erect to inner margin ; cilia red-
brown. Hind wing pale red-brown. Underside of fore wing
whitish suffused with red-brown, an oblique red-brown post-
medial line from costa to vein 7 ; hind wing white tinged with
red-brown, the costal and terminal areas striated with red-
brown.
Hub. Singapore (Ridley), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Anomis holortha, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown with a
slight greyish tinge. Fore wing dark red-brown tinged with
purplish grey and slightly irrorated with blackish ; ante-
medial line dark brown defined on inner side by pale red,
oblique and straight ; a whitish point in middle of cell and
pale reddish discoidal bar ; postmedial line dark brown
defined on outer side by pale reddish, inwardly oblique and
straight ; a subterminal series of small blackish spots defined
on outer side by white, angled outwards at middle ; a choco-
late-brown terminal line and fine pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing red-brown with a slight greyish tinge. Underside
of fore wing red-brown, the costal area greyish irrorated with
dark scales, the inner area whitish, a rather diffused curved
red-brown postmedial line ; hind wing whitish tinged with
pale red and irrorated with chocolate-brown, a rather diffused
curved red-brown postmedial line.
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak, Paku ( Shelford ), 1 $ type. Exp.
38 millim.
Anomis albipunctula, n. sp.
{J. Head and thorax red-brown with a slight greyish tinge ;
antenna; black-brown ; pectus and legs white tinged with
brown ; abdomen grey- brown, the ventral surface white
tinged with brown. Fore wing red-brown with a greyish
tinge ; antemedial line dark brown, oblique, waved ; a white
point defined by dark brown in middle of cell ; two white
discoidal points ; postmedial line black-brown, excurved
below costa, then maculate to vein 3, incurved at discal
AXO.M1S. XANTHAXOMIS.
353
foid and excurved above vein 4, then retracted to near origin
or \ ein 2 and oblique and sinuous to inner margin ; sub-
terminal line defined on inner side by diffused brown, excurved
at middle and incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a
fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing dark greyish
brown ; the cilia with a whitish line at base.' Underside of
fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown except on inner
and terminal areas ; hind wing whitish, the costal area
tinged with rufous towards base, a diffused curved blackish
postmedial line from costa to beyond lower angle of cell and
a blackish shade before termen.
Hcib. Singapore (Ridley), 2 type. Exp. 36-38 millim.
Anomis microdonta, n. sp.
d> • Head and thorax bright red - brown ; palpi white in
front ; pectus and legs whitish, the fore and mid tibiae rufous
slightly irrorated with white, the tarsi rufous ringed with
v'hite ; abdomen dark grey- brown, the ventral surface red-
brown, whitish towards base. Pore wing red-brown tinged
with grey, the costal area slightly irrorated with white ;
antemedial fine dark brown defined on inner side by some
white scales, oblique and irregularly dentate ; a white point
defined by diffused red-brown in middle of cell ; reniform
rather diffused red-brown with white points in upper and
lower parts ; postmedial line black-brown defined on outer
side by white points, oblique to costa, then waved and
maculate to vein 3 where it is retracted to lower angle of
cell, then rather oblique and excurved in submedian inter-
space ; subterminal line defined on inner side by diffused
brown, waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then
incurved ; cilia dark brown, blind wing dark greyish brown,
the cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing grey-brown,
the costal area rufous, the terminal area grey tinged with
rufous to vein 3 ; hind wing grey suffused with brown, the
costal area tinged with rufous, a slight waved red-brown
postmedial line from costa to vein 3.
Iiab. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Boag), 1 $ type. Exp. 36
millim.
Genus XANTHANOMIS, nov.
Type, X. fuscifrons, Walk. ( Cosmophila ), Journ. Linn. Soc.,
Zool. vii. p. 77 (1S64) ; Swinh., Cat. Het, Mus. Oxon. ii.
p. 96 (1900).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled in front, the
3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight
2a _
NOCTl I l).K.
3<j(j
cilia and bristles ; thorax clothed almost entirely with hair
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
with some rough hah' at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex which is
produced and acute, the termen excised to vein 4 where it is
angled, then oblique, slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the termen angled at vein 4 and slightly crenulate ;
the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 0, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Xantkanoinis aurantiaca, n. sp.
o'. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep orange-yellow, the
thorax irrorated with a few black scales ; antennae and palpi
rufous ; pectus white ; legs rufous, the tibiae with some
white on inner side and at extremities, the tarsi white with
dark broAvn spots above ; the anal tuft with brown mixed,
the ventral surface irrorated with a few black scales, whitish
at base. Fore wing orange-yellow tinged with rufous,
irrorated with a few black scales, the terminal half slightly
striated with red-brown, the costal edge white ; a diffused
erect rufous antemedial line ; a black point on a round
rufous spot iu middle of cell ; reniform indistinctly defined
by diffused rufous, rather elliptical ; postmedial line double,
red-brown filled in with violaceous white, oblique from costa
towards apex to inner margin beyond middle, the outer line
less distinct, a white patch slightly tinged with brown and
irrorated with black beyond it at apex and a white and brown
point on vein 7 ; a violaceous white terminal line ; cilia deep
red-brown with some violaceous white mixed. Hind wing
orange-yellow to the postmedial line with the costal area
and inner margin white, the terminal area purplish red-brown
with violaceous white suffusion beyond the postmedial line,
irrorated with a few' black scales ; a slight rufous discoidal
spot ; a double red-brown line filled in with violaceous white
from costa beyond middle to tornus ; the inner line darker
and somewhat diffused on inner side ; an incurved subterminal
series of three white spots defined by fuscous between vein 3
and tornus with a point above them on vein 4 ; a fine viola-
ceous white terminal line ; cilia dark brown mixed with some
violaceous white. Underside of both wings ochreous yellow
faintly striated with red-brown and irrorated with black,
the inner areas white ; fore wing with white subterminal spot
on costa ; hind wing with black discoidal point.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 Arfak Mts.,
Ninay Valley {Pratt), 1 d type. Exp. 40 48 millim.
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Xanthanomis eurogramma, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with some red-
brown and irrorated with a few black scales ; antennae,
frons and palpi dark red-brown, the last with the basal
joint yellow with a brown spot on it, the 2nd joint irrorated
with yellow ; pectus and legs yellow, the fore tibiae dark
brown except at extremities, the mid tibiae streaked with
brown, the hind tibiae irrorated with brown, the tarsi ringed
with brown ; abdomen red-brown mixed with ochreous,
the ventral surface yellow slightly irrorated with brown.
Fore wing pale ochreous tinged in parts with red-brown and
irrorated with black, the terminal area suffused with red-
brown ; traces of a curved red-brown antemedial line ; a
black point in middle of cell ; reniform rufous, rather oblique
elliptical ; postmedial line -double, dark red-brown filled in
with paler red-brown, oblique from costa just before apex to
inner margin beyond middle, some black irrorated with white
beyond it at apex, a minute white spot at vein 7, and an
oblique series of slight black spots ; cilia red-brown. Hind
wing pale ochreous, the basal half irrorated with rufous, the
terminal half suffused with rufous, irrorated with black, the
costal area and inner margin without rufous or black ; post-
medial line double, dark brown filled in with violaceous
white, oblique, from vein 6 to vein 1, a series of slight black
spots just beyond it ; cilia red-brown with a rufous line near
base and dark tips. Underside yellowish white irrorated
with black- brown except on inner areas ; fore wing with
black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars and
curved black striga from costa before apex ; hind wing with
black discoidal point.
Hob. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 £ type. Exp.
40 millim.
Genus STRONGYLOSIA, nov.
Type, S. semiflava.
Proboscis fuliy developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled in front, the
3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without
crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
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NOCTUIUJC.
Strongylosia semiflava, n. sp.
Head and thorax orange-yellow, the latter irrorated
with a few brown scales ; antennae and palpi red -brown ;
pectus and legs paler yellow, the fore and mid tibiae and the
tarsi suffused with red-brown ; abdomen orange-yellow at
base, then pale yellow slightly tinged with rufous, the anal
tuft with black patch above and black below, the ventral
surface pale yellow. Fore wing orange-yellow irrorated with
a few black scales, the terminal area rufous with some
violaceous white suffusion beyond the postmedial line and at
ape;x ; antemedial line indistinct, fulvous yellow, oblique,
slightly incurved at vein 1, a dark point on it in the cell ; a
slight fulvous discoidal spot ; postmedial line double, red-
brown filled in with rufous tinged with violaceous, erect,
the inner line slightly sinuous,* a dentate blackish mark
beyond it below vein 7, then a slight dentate blackish line
defined on outer side bv some white scales ; cilia dark brown
with a fine white line at base. Hind wing yellow, the terminal
area rufous tinged with violaceous white and with slight
streaks of black scales on veins 5 to 2 ; a double red-brown
line filled in with rufous tinged with violaceous white from
costa beyond middle to tornus, very slightly excurved at
middle ; cilia dark brown to vein 2 with a white line at base,
then whitish tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing
yellow slightly tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few
black scales, the inner area whitish, a small black spot in
middle of cell, discoidal point, and faint erect postmedial
line ; hind wing yellowish white, the costal area yellower
irrorated with a few black scales, the terminal area irrorated
with a few dark scales to vein 3, a faint postmedial line.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 2 £ type. Exp.
26 millim.
Genus STRIAPTERA. nov.
Tvpe, S. cinnamomeus , B.-Bkr. ( Camptoch ilus), Nov. Zool.
xv. p. 224 (1908).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to well above vertex of head, broadly
scaled in front and very broadly behind except towards
base, the 3rd rather long and broadly tufted with scales in
front and behind ; frons with tuft of hair above ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of female almost simple : thorax clothed
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed
with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with the
costa arched, the apex somewhat produced, the termen
slightly excised below apex and excurved at middle, then
oblique, slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 1 1 from
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cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of
wing ; vein 3 from just before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Genus AXIOCTETA. Type_
Axiocteta, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii. p. 105 (1902) cenoplex , Turn.
Axiocteta inetaleuoa, n. sp.
q . Head and thorax pale brick-red ; antennae browner ;
pectus and legs whitish tinged with pale red, the legs slightly
irrorated with brown ; abdomen yellowish white with some
pale red at base of dorsum. Fore wing pale brick-red slightly
irrorated with blackish ; an indistinct waved brownish
antemeclial line ; a fuscous shade on discocellulars ; post-
medial line indistinct, fuscous, incurved below vein 4 and with
round white spot before it in submedian interspace ; a series
of black points before termen, excurved at middle ; the
termen and cilia redder brown. Hind wing yellowish white
with a series of blackish points before termen from apex to
vein 2 ; a slight brown streak on terminal part of vein 1.
Underside of fore wing very pale red, the inner area whitish.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 type. Exp.
24 millim.
Axiocteta eucanipima, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax ochreous white, the vertex of head
with rufous streak with some black scales on it, the frons
and palpi suffused with rufous, the latter irrorated with
black ; antennae tinged with brown ; abdomen ochreous
white suffused with reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous
white suffused with purplish rufous except the cell, the inner
area except towards tornus and a band beyond the post-
meclial line except towards costa ; traces of an inwardly
oblique rufous antemedial line ; reniform diffused purplish
rufous with a black point in lower part, inwardly oblique,
rather pointed at upper extremity ; postmedial line rufous,
inwardly oblique, from below costa to vein 1 ; an indistinct
oblique slightly curved rufous subterminal line ; a series of
rufous points before termen ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing
ochreous white, the termen tinged with purplish pink from
below apex to vein 1 ; a series of slight red -brown points
before termen between veins 7 and 2. Underside ochreous
white ; fore wing tinged with rufous except the inner area,
a postmedial red-brown bar from costa ; hind wing with black
discoiclal point, a series of blackish points before termen
from apex to vein 2.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Up. Setekwa R., Snow Mts.
(Meek), 1 g type. Exp. 32 millim.
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Genus STYGIONYX. nov.
Tvpe, S. montana, Joieev & Talbot ( Hypena ), A. M. N. H.
(8), xx. p. 54, pi. 1. f. 7 (1917).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, the 2nd joint
extending about twice the length of head, broadly scaled
and with triangular tuft of scales above at extremity, the
3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth with pointed
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and
without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with
dorsal crests on two basal segments only. Fore wing with
the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved,
the inner margin highly arched ; vein 3 from well before
angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well
above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Genus RH0D0DACTYLA.
Type.
Rhododaetyla, Warr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 247 elicrina. Feld.
Rhododactyla micra, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; palpi
deep red-brown ; abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown,
the ventral surface deeper red-brown. Fore wing red-brown
mixed with whitish, the costa striated with red-brown ; an
indistinct waved red-brown antemedial line ; a curved brown
discoidal striga ; post media! line brown, minutely dentate,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an indistinct waved
red-brown subterminal line, excurved below vein 3 ; cilia
rufous, whitish at tips, deeper red-brown at apex and middle.
Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown ; an indistinct
sinuous brown postmedial line ; a fine terminal brown line
to vein 2 ; cilia red-brown to vein 2 with a whitish line at
base. Underside of fore wing brown, the costa mottled
red-brown and whitish, the inner area whitish, a curved
brown postmedial line slightly incurved at diseal fold ; hind
wing whitish, the costal half mottled with red-brown, a red-
brown discoidal striga, sinuous postmedial line, and minutely
waved subterminal line defined on outer side by whitish.
Hab. Peru, 8. Domingo (Oclcenden), 1 type. Exp. 18
nn'llim.
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Genus PLUSIODONTA.
Plusiodonta, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 359 (1852)
Deva. Walk. xii. 962 (1857)
Gadera, Walk. xii. 964 (1857)
Odontina, Guen. Maillard’s Reunion Lep. p. 42
(1862)
Tafalla, Walk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 42 (1869) .
Type.
compressipalpis, Guen.
stimulans, Walk.
incitans, Walk.
excavata, Guen.
clavifera, Walk.
Plusiodonta basirhabdota, n. sp.
q. Head and thorax red- brown mixed with purplish grey ;
antennae and palpi dark red- brown ; pectus and legs whitish
suffused with brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white ;
abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface white suffused with
brown. Fore wing purple-grey suffused with brown, a
triangular patch from costa on which it extends from base
to near middle, to above vein 1 and the terminal area dark
red-brown ; the patch with two slight yellowish bars suffused
with red, its edges defined by silvery whitish and with the
slight dark antemedial line from its apex to inner margin ;
a fine double oblique slightly waved dark medial line, a
dark brown shade beyond it from below costa to the tooth
on inner margin ; reniform with pale annulus and its centre
defined by brown, slightly angled inwards on median nervure ;
postmedial line fine, double, brown, excurved below costa
and between veins 5 and 3, then oblique to vein 2 where
there are dark points before and beyond it, angled outwards
below vein 2, then again oblique to inner margin ; an oblique
silvery white streak from apex below which there is some
black beyond it to inner margin just beyond the postmedial
line ; subterminal line blackish, slightly angled outwards at
veins 7 and 6, incurved at discal fold, then excurved and with
whitish bar on it from the silvery streak to vein 4, incurved
below vein 3, then slightly waved to inner margin ; a white
line before termen between veins 6 and 4 and a slight waved
white line on termen from apex to vein 4 ; cilia with some
grey towards apex and below submedian fold. Hind wing
grey-brown, the cilia whitish at tips. Underside pale grey-
brown, the costa of fore wing irrorated with whitish.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, N. Kavirondo, Slopes of Mt. Elgon
( Neave ), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Plusiodonta achalcea, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with some
white ; pectus and legs whitish mixed with red-brown, the
tarsi pale brown ringed with whitish ; abdomen grey-brown,
the crests red -brown mixed with whitish, the ventral surface
white slightly irrorated with brown. Fore wing bright red-
iS'OCTUIDJE.
3 ;2
brown mixed with some grey-white to the postmedial line
and on costal area to apex ; a slight oblique silvery whitish
line from costa near base to the antemedial line at vein 1 ;
antemedial line indistinct, brown, sinuous, an oblique silvery
striga on it from submedian fold to vein 1 ; an indistinct
brown medial line, incurved in the cell, oblique and slightly
sinuous from median nervure to inner margin ; reniform
slightly defined by brown ; postmedial line indistinctly
double, brown, oblique to vein 7 where it is excurved, then
inwardly oblique and slightly excurved between veins 5 and
3 ; a sinuous subterminal band from costa to vein 3, angled
outwards at vein 7, then incurved, defined on inner side by a
fine brown line and on outer by an oblique silvery streak
with diffused black beyond it from below apex to vein 5,
some diffused black before its lower extremity, and a patch
from vein 3 just beyond the postmedial line to terminal
part of inner margin, defined by brown lines, on inner side
with silver inside it and incurved between veins 3 and 1, its
outer side excurved just below vein 2 ; some diffused whitish
at middle of terminal area ; a waved dark terminal line ;
cilia dark brown with some whitish at base in the interspaces.
Hind wing grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; cilia whitish
tinged with brown. Underside of fore wing grey-brown, the
costa and apical part of termen whitish irrorated with
brown ; hind wing whitish tinged and irrorated with brown.
Hab. Natal, Malvern (Marshall), 1 $ type, Maritzburg
(Behrensburg), 1 Exp. 40 millim.
Plusiodonta ionoclirota, n. sp.
Gadera chalsytoides, Saalm. Lep. Madag. p. 396, f. 203 (nec Guen.).
Head and thorax brown mixed with grey ; pectus and legs
whitish suffused with brown ; abdomen grey- brown, the
ventral surface whitish. Fore wing purplish grey suffused
in parts with red-brown, especially a triangular antemedial
patch from costa to submedian fold and the postmedial
area ; a silvery patch on costa on the antemedial patch
which is defined on outer side by the slight silvery antemedial
line with some diffused black beyond it to submedian fold,
slightly excurved below costa, then oblique to submedian
fold, where it is angled inwards, then excurved to inner
margin ; an indistinct double oblique sinuous brown medial
line ; reniform with slight whitish annulus, its centre defined
by dark brown ; postmedial line double, blackish, oblique
to vein 7 where it is acutely angled outwards, then very
inwardly oblique and slightly excurved between veins f> and
3, and just below vein 2 ; a slightly sinuous black subterminal
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line from costa to vein 3, slightly defined on outer side by
silver and excurved at vein 7, some black suffusion before its
lower extremity above a patch from vein 3 just beyond
the postmedial line to terminal part of inner margin, the
patch defined by a slightly sinuous black line with silvery
inside it, rounded above and narrowing somewhat to inner
margin ; a triangular blackish patch defined by whitish on
terminal area from below apex to vein 3. Hind wing grey-
brown. Underside grey- white suffused with brown.
Hab. Gold Coast, Aburi ( Armstrong ), 1 $ type ; S. Nigeria,
Sapele {Sampson), 1 ; Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 <$.
Exp. 30-34 millim.
Plusicdonta euclialcia, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with some
whitish ; antennae blackish ; palpi irrorated with a few
white scales ; abdomen grev-brown, the anal tuft whitish ;
legs dark brown, the tarsi slightly ringed with white ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown.
Fore wing bright red-brown, the antemedial area, the post-
medial area except a fascia below vein 3 and the terminal
area towards tornus brilliant metallic gold irrorated with
red-brown, the rest of medial area except towards costa
and the apical part of terminal area with a slight golden gloss,
the medial area with slight bluish white irroration ; a faint
waved subbasal line from costa to vein .1 ; antemedial line
slight, brown, irregularly waved, bent inwards at median
nervure and outwards above vein 1 ; a faint inwardly
oblique waved brown medial line with some white scales on
it, another darker line arising from it at subcostal nervure,
bent outwards to before the reniform and oblique below the
cell ; reniform defined by red-brown ; postmedial line slight,
dark brown, excurved below costa, incurved at cliscal fold,
excurved beyond lower angle of cell and with silvery points
on its outer side above and below vein 4, then obliquely
incurved and slightly waved ; a maculate golden subterminal
band defined by waved black lines from below costa to vein 3,
incurved below vein 6, and an irregular patch defined by
waved black lines from above vein 2 to inner margin at
tornus ; a terminal series of white striae and the cilia dark
brown mixed with white from apex to vein 3. Hind wing
grey-brown, the cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing
fuscous brown, the inner area bluish grey ; hind wing bluish
white tinged with brown.
Hab. Be. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 2 type. Exp.
42 millim.
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Plusiodonta chalcomera, n. sp.
o'. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish ;
antennae dark brown ; tarsi brown ringed with whitish ;
abdomen whitish dorsally suffused with reddish brown,
ventrally tinged with red-brown. Fore wing red-brown
mixed with whitish ; a slight oblique dark subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold, defined on inner side by whitish ;
an antemedial band defined by golden scales and with some
dark brown suffusion beyond it from costa to submedian
fold, where there is a slight golden streak below it ; an
indistinct oblique waved brown medial line with some golden
scales before and beyond it on inner margin, some purplish
grey before and beyond it on inner half ; reniform defined
by brown, an oblique rather diffused dark line from it to
inner margin ; postmedial line indistinctly double, dark
brown filled in with purplish grey, excurved below costa
and at middle, then very oblique and excurved below vein 2,
with golden suffusion beyond it from vein 5 to inner margin ;
a subterminal band suffused with gold and defined by waved
blackish lines from costa to vein 3, incurved below vein 7,
and a patch from vein 3 just beyond the postmedial line to
terminal part of inner margin, its inner edge incurved to
vein 1 and its outer edge bent outwards at vein 2 ; some
purplish grey at middle of terminal area with a whitish bar
beyond it on termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with
grey-brown. Underside whitish tinged with grey-brown ;
fore wing with some brownish ochreous on costa towards
apex.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Lagari (Betton), 1 q type. Exp.
38 millim.
Plusiodonta maera, n. sp.
o'. Head and thorax dark brown tinged with purplish grey ;
pectus and hind legs whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi
ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface
white irrorated with brown. Fore wing dark brown suffused
with purple-grey to the postmedial line, the antemedial area,
except towards inner margin, and the subterminal band suffused
with metallic gold ; a faint oblique blackish subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black, defined on
outer side by dark red-brown to above vein 1, bent outwards
in the cell, then slightly waved, some gold scales before and
beyond it at inner margin ; a faint oblique slightly sinuous
brownish medial line ; reniform defined by brown, on inner
side by a double line ; postmedial line double, brown, ex-
curved below costa and at middle, then obliquely incurved ;
a maculate gold suffused subterminal band defined by waved
PUISIODOXTA.
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blackish lines from costa to vein 3, incurved below vein 6,
and a patch with some golden suffusion before it from vein 3
just beyond the postmedial line to inner margin, its inner
edge incurved to vein 1 and its outer edge excurved at vein 2 ;
some slight grey-white lunules on termen from below apex
to vein 4 and a point at submedian fold ; cilia grey- white
at tips. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia whitish at tips.
Underside of fore wing grev-brown, the costa irrorated with
ochreous white, the inner area whitish ; hind wing whitish
tinged with brown especially on the veins and terminal
area, a faint oblique brownish postmedial shade from costa
to submedian fold.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, N’dimu ( Betton ), 2 <$, Njoro ( Cholmley ),
1 $ type. Exp. 44-46 millim.
Plusiodonta megista, n. sp.
§. Head and tegulae rufous mixed with chocolate- brown ;
thorax chocolate-brown ; palpi red-brown, white at extreme
tips ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with brown, the tarsi
brown ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral
surface white irrorated with brown. Fore wing bright red-
brown with some metallic golden suffusion especially on
costal area near base and inner area towards tornus, the inner
area to middle, and a medial shade suffused with purple-
grey ; a slight silvery white streak from below costa near
base to the antemedial line at vein 1 ; antemedial line fine,
brown, curved and slightly sinuous, ending at vein 1 ;
reniform faintly defined by brown, a rather diffused brown
line crossing the cell before it, then oblique to the tooth on
inner margin ; postmedial line faint, brown, excurved below
costa and between veins 5 and 3 where there is a curved
silvery striga beyond it, then oblique to vein 2, where there is
a black point on it, then represented by an oblique purple-
grey bar just beyond the medial line ; a subterminal band
faintly tinged with golden scales and defined by sinuous
blackish fines from costa to vein 3, incurved below vein 7,
and a patch defined by slight blackish fines from below
vein 3 just beyond the postmedial fine to terminal part of
inner margin, its inner edge incurved to vein 1 and its outer
edge sinuous ; a purple-grey patch at middle of terminal
area ; cilia purple-grey mixed with brown from apex to
vein 3. Hind wing grey-brown, the cilia whitish at tips.
Underside of fore wing grey-brown, the costa irrorated with
whitish ; hind wing grey suffused with brown.
Hab. Br. E. Africa. Roromo ( Crawshaij ), 1 $ type. Exp.
46 millim.
Genus RADARA.
Type.
Radara, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i. p. 94 (1862) . varillans , Walk.
Chabora, Walk, xxxiv. 1184 (1865), nee Walk, xx.xiii.
1114 nealcesalin. Walk.
Rhseseiia. Walk. xxxv. 1973 (1S66) subcupraiis, Walk.
Symplusia, Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 28 (1894) stibcupralis, Walk.
Zagorista, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1. p. 318 (1916). debora, Druce.
Chirconia, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1. p. 319 (1916). anartoides, Walk.
Radara thermeola, n. sp.
O. Head and tegulae fiery rufous mixed with whitish ;
thorax and abdomen red-brown mixed with whitish and
tinged with purplish grey ; antennae brown, ringed with
white towards base ; palpi red-brown with some fiery red
in front towards base, the tips white ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish mixed with red-brown,
the coxse and fore tibiae on inner side fiery red, the fore
femora dark brown above, the tarsi brown ringed with white.
Fore wing purple-grey suffused with red-brown, the area
towards the medial line and the medial part of terminal area
red-brown ; a waved red-brown antemedial line, excurved
just below the cell ; a curved brown medial line, slightly
defined on outer side by white towards costa ; a dark brown
discoidal bar suffused with leaden grey ; postmedial line
red-brown, excurved and slightly waved from below costa
to vein 3, then incurved and excurved at submedian fold,
some small white spots with dark brown between them
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line double, the inner line
brown, the outer blackish, slightly incurved below vein 4 ;
a waved brown terminal line ; cilia purplish brown with
slight white marks at base and the tips white from below
apex to vein 4. Hind wing whitish suffused with reddish
brown ; faint diffused brown postmedial and subterminal
lines ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia pale brown, white at
base. Underside whitish tinged with brown and irrorated
with dark brown ; fore wing with the costal area suffused
with rufous, a dark discoidal bar, the postmedial line excurved
below costa and slightly incurved below vein 4, the subterminal
line defined on outer side by fiery red from costa to discal
fold ; hind wing with the costal area suffused with rufous ;
a dark discoidal striga, curved postmedial line, and indistinct
dark subterminal line defined on outer side by fiery red from
costa to discal fold.
Hab. Natal, Durban (Leigh, Clark), 2 $ type. Exp.
32 millim.
Radara byrsopa, n. sp.
d1. Head and tegulje bright red-brown mixed with ochreous
white ; thorax dark red-brown pencilled wit h white ; abdomen
dark red-brown mixed with greyish and with fulvous yellow
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dorsal bands and fine white segmental lines on terminal
half ; antennae whitish tinged with brown ; palpi rufous,
the 3rd joint irrorated with dark brown and with the tips
white ; pectus white ; legs and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish suffused with brown, the fore tibiae with dark bands,
the tarsi brown ringed with white, fore wing purplish grey
irrorated with chocolate-brown, the area towards the medial
line, the postmedial area to vein 3 and the terminal area,
except towards tornus, suffused with deep red-brown ;
antemedial line red- brown, incurved in the cell and oblique
below it ; a curved red-brown medial shade ; the fovea
white with a pale patch below it ; postmedial line dark
brown, arising on outer edge of the fovea, curved to vein 3
where it is angled inwards and excurved at submedian fold ;
some minute white spots on terminal part of costa ; sub-
terminal line white defined on inner side by deep red-brown,
excurved below vein 7, then oblique ; a dark red-brown
terminal line ; cilia white at base, dark brown at tips. Hind
wing whitish suffused with purple-brown ; a dark terminal
line ; cilia white at base, purple-brown at tips. Underside
of fore wing purplish brown with a fulvous yellow patch on
costal area before apex ; hind wing white thickly irrorated
with deep red-brown and with some fulvous yellow at apex,
a brown postmedial line, dark at costa then indistinct,
excurved to vein 3, then incurved .
Hub. Brazil, Rio Janeiro (Wilson), 1 $ type. Exp. 28
millim.
Radara pligeoceps, n. sp.
o- Head and teguke fulvous mixed with white ; thorax
and base of abdomen purple-brown mixed with whitish, the
latter with slight white segmental lines, the rest of abdomen
fulvous yellow with slight brown segmental lines ; antennas
whitish ringed with brown ; palpi rufous, the 3rd joint
irrorated with dark brown, the tips white ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with red- brown,
fore wing violaceous white suffused with purple-brown ; a
sinuous red-brown antemedial line ; some deeper purple-
brown suffusion before the medial line which is oblique and
slightly excurved below the cell, broadly defined on outer
side by violaceous white ; postmedial line dark brown,
curved, from beyond the fovea to vein 3 ; some white points
on terminal part of costa ; subterminal line white defined
on inner side by deep red-brown, slightly curved ; a dark
brown terminal line ; cilia white at base, brown at tips.
Hind wring whitish suffused with purple- brown ; a dark
terminal line ; cilia white, bro vanish at tips. Underside of
fore wing pale purple-brown, the costal area suffused with
red-brown, a brown postmedial line from costa to vein 6,
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and yellowish subterminal bar from costa ; hind wing whitish
thickly irrorated with red-brown, the apical area suffused
with yellow, a brown discoidal point, indistinct curved post-
medial line, and diffused subterminal line.
Hab. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 <$ type. Exp. 22
millim.
Genus MATILOXIS.
Matiloxis, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1. p. 380 Type.
(19L05)... rnbromarginata , Schaus.
Matiloxis erythrolopha, n. sp.
C allop istria juventina, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 501 (part.),
nec Stoll.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown mixed
with purple-grey, the back of head and base of tegulae with
some orange, the frons and basal crest of abdomen scarlet,
the two penultimate segments of abdomen with reddish
bands and purple-grey segmental lines ; palpi with some
scarlet at base in front and the 3rd joint scarlet at base and
tips, their inner side scarlet irrorated with brown ; fore legs
with the coxae and base and tips of tibiae scarlet, the tarsi
ringed with white. Fore wing chocolate-brown irrorated
and in parts suffused with purple ; a chocolate-brown spot
near base of cell ; antemedial line chocolate- brown, oblique
to median nervure where it is bent outwards, then again
oblique and excurved above inner margin where there is a
dark brown spot before it ; a chocolate-brown medial shade ;
a small black-brown spot just beyond lower angle of cell ;
postmedial line chocolate-brown, strongly excurved below
costa, then oblique and sinuous to vein 3 where it is retracted
to lower angle of cell, then rather oblique and excurved below
submedian fold, some white points with chocolate -brown
between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish
defined on inner side by chocolate- brown, oblique and waved
below vein 3 ; a semicircular chocolate-brown shade on
terminal area from apex to vein 2, enclosing some red on
termen ; cilia with a fine white line at base and some white
at tips. Hind wing red-brown, the cilia with some white
at base and tips. Underside of fore wing red- brown, the
costa irrorated with whitish, a slightly sinuous scarlet sub-
terminal line from costa to vein 6, and some scarlet irroration
on terminal area narrowing to a point above tornus ; hind
wing whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark
brown, a dark discoidal bar, slightly waved postmedial
line, and scarlet subterminal line defined on inner side by
brown.
Hub. Mexico, Jalapa (Trujillo), 1 $ type, Godman-Salvin
Coll. Exp. 32 millim.
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Matiloxis flaviceps, n. sp.
(?• Head yellow tinged with scarlet ; thorax and abdomen
dark red-brown mixed with some purple-grey, the latter
with the terminal segments rufous with white segmental
lines ; antennae dark brown ; palpi red-brown with some
pale scarlet in front towards base and on 2nd joint above
towards extremity, their inner sides white ; pectus, femora
and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore tibiae scarlet
on inner sides and with white marks at base, middle and
extremity on outer, the tarsi brown ringed with white, the
mid tibiae scarlet towards base, then pale brown, the hind
tibiae and tarsi pale brown. Fore wing purple-grey, suffused
with chocolate-brown to end of cell, then irrorated with
chocolate-brown ; antemedial line chocolate-brown, incurved
in the cell and angled outwards below it, then oblique and
excurved above inner margin ; a slight elliptical brown
annulus in middle of cell and small chocolate-brown spot
beyond lower angle ; a chocolate-brown medial shade ;
postmedial line chocolate-brown defined on outer side by
whitish, obliquely excurved from below costa to vein 4,
then oblique to vein 3, where it is retracted and obsolescent
to lower angle of cell, then erect and slightly excurved below
submedian fold, some 'white points beyond it on costa ; a
chocolate-brown patch on costal area before the subterminal
line which is whitish to vein 6, then interrupted by a black
patch below vein 4, indistinct, oblique, dentate, slightly
defined on outer side by brown and with a chocolate- brown
bar before it towards inner margin ; a chocolate- brown
terminal line ; cilia white at base, chocolate-brown at tips.
Hind wing uniform chocolate-brown. Underside of fore wing
purplish brown, the costal area irrorated with whitish, a
brown postmedial line excurved below costa and ending at
vein 3, a whitish spot beyond it on costa and a scarlet sub-
terminal spot below costa towards apex ; hind wing red-
brown irrorated with whitish, the inner area whitish, a brown
discoidal bar, postmedial line excurved to vein 4, and diffused
sinuous subterminal line excurved at middle and defined
on outer side by pale scarlet suffusion to vein 2.
Hab. Panama, Cana Mines ( Tylecote ), 1 £ type. Exp.
22 millim.
Genus EUPALINDIA, nov.
Type, E. magnified, Schaus ( Eupalindia , non descr.), Trans.
Am. Ent. Soc. xxx. p. 165 (1904).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd rather long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with.
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NOCTITIDiE.
ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
somewhat laminate and with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with
oblique crest, the metathorax with large spreading crest ;
fore tibiae slightly fringed with hair, the mid and hind tibiae
with tufts of hah1 at the spurs ; abdomen with dorsal crest
at base only and lateral tufts of scales except towards base.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
a short areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from Tipper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus THORACOLOPHOTOS.
Type.
Thoracolophotos, B.-Bkr. Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 261 (1906) . .. elceikei , B.-Bkr.
Thoracolophotos albilimitata, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax grey tinged with red-brown, the
thorax irrorated with black-brown, the thoracic crest dark
brown behind ; the frons with white patch ; pectus whitish ;
tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the ventral
surface white at base, then whitish irrorated with brown.
Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous and irrorated with
raised black-tipped white scales ; an oblique triangular
patch of deep red-brown suffusion overlaying bluish white
from medial part of costa to below vein 3 beyond the cell,
then diffused to termen, its inner edge defined by white
except towards costa and the area beyond it tinged with
bluish to the subterminal line ; a subbasal black striga in
the cell and minute black spot in middle of cell ; two waved
rufous antemedial lines, two similar medial lines rather
bent inwards below the cell, and two similar postmedial
lines, the last retracted at vein 3 to lower angle of cell then
oblique to inner margin and defined on outer side by white ;
an indistinct waved rufous subterminal line excurved at
veins 7 and 6, then with slight dark marks in the interspaces ;
a series of black points before termen ; cilia red -brown.
Hind wing red-brown, the cilia whitish at tips towards tornus.
Underside of fore wing red-brown, the costal and terminal
areas whitish tinged with red-brown, the former irrorated
with black-brown ; hind wing pale red-brown, tin1 costal
area whitish irrorated with dark brown, a series of black
points just before termen from apex to below vein 4.
Hab. Borneo, Kuching ( Shelford ), 1 type. Exp. 4G
millim.
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Genus DEVENA.
Devena, Walk. xii. 965 (1857) atomifera , Walk.
Devena strigania, n. sp.
3- Head and thorax red-brown, the vertex of head and
teguke with a slight pale streak ; pectus whitish tinged
with red-brown ; abdomen red-brown with a greyish tinge,
the ventral surface white tinged with red- brown. Fore wing
red-brown irrorated and striated with dark brown except
at base. Hind wing dark red-brown, the cilia whitish at
tips. Underside of fore wing pale reddish brown, the costa
and apical part of termen whitish irrorated with brown,
the inner area whitish ; hind wing whitish tinged with red-
brown and slightly striated with brown except on inner area.
Hab. Congo ( Marsden ), 1 <J type. Exp. 44 millim.
Genus ATHYSANIA.
Athysania, Hiibn. Verz. p. 263 (1827)
Type.
chorinea, Stoll.
Athysania indentata, n. sp.
$■ Head white, the antennae red-brown, red-brown spots
at sides of frons and the palpi tinged with red- brown except
in front ; thorax red- brown mixed with white and some
opalescent silver, the teguke whiter at base and with rufous
medial line, the patagia edged with rufous above ; pectus
and legs white, the latter suffused with rufous ; abdomen
orange, the ventral surface yellowish white. Fore wing
white suffused with rufous ; a velvety chocolate-brown
cornucopia-shaped patch edged with silvery white from well
before middle to well beyond the cell extending from just
below costa to just above inner margin, its apex above the
inner margin towards base ; an oblique silvery white sub-
basal .line from costa to submedian fold and an oblique
slightly waved silvery white antemedial hue just before the
patch ; the scale-tooth red-brown, a small red-brown spot
on the lower edge of the patch towards its extremity and a
quadrate spot below its extremity ; the outer edge of the
patch slightly dentate to discal fold, where it is angled inwards
and incurved between vein 4 and submedian fold, the white
line defining it followed by a rufous line, dentate to discal
fold, then maculate, followed by another faint maculate
rufous line from costa to submedian fold ; traces of a dentate
blackish subterminal line with black points at the veins
ending on termen above tornus ; a series of chocolate-brown
points just before termen from apex to vein 2. Hind wing
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with the basal half deep orange, the terminal half black-
brown with a chocolate gloss, its inner edge excurved beyond
the cell ; cilia blackish, whitish at tips to vein 2, then orange.
Underside of fore wing with the base of costal area and cell
orange, the inner area whitish, the rest of wing reddish brown ;
hind wing with the orange extending to well beyond the cell
and on inner area to tornus.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas (Klages),
1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.
Athysania chrysotornus, n. sp.
Head white with some rufous on upper part of frons,
the back of head rufous ; antennae dark brown ; palpi pale
rufous, white in front ; thorax deep rufous ; pectus white ;
legs white suffused with red-brown ; abdomen dark greyish
brown, the ventral surface white, the anal tuft white tinged
with rufous. Fore wing deep rufous, the terminal area
suffused with grey ; antemedial line represented by slight
double oblicpie silvery white streaks from submedian fold
to vein 1 ; a black discoidal point ; traces of two waved
brown postmedial lines ; some silvery white irroration on
postmedial costal area ; an indistinct double brown sub-
terminal line from costa to termen above tornus ; the cilia
at the lobe and the inner margin towards tornus yellow, the
latter crossed by a brown striga before tornus ; a whitish
terminal line except towards tornus ; cilia whitish mixed
with red- brown. Hind wing dax-k chocolate-brown with an
oblique orange-yellow band from middle of costa to vein 2
beyond the cell, its lower extremity rounded ; cilia brown and
white mixed. Underside of fore wing dark brown, the costa
x’ufous, some yellowish white below base of costa and in cell,
the inner margin whitish ; hind wing with the yellow extending
on costa and in cell to base and on costa to apex, the basal
inner area whitish, extending on inner margin to tornus.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Demerara {Rodway), 1 q type. Exp.
42 millim.
Athysania flavidens, n. sp.
Gonodonta choninea, Wlk. xii. p. 951 (nec Stoll).
q. Head and thorax deep rufous ; antennae dark brown ;
palpi white in front ; pectus white ; legs whitish suffused
with red-brown ; abdomen chocolate- brown, the ventral
surface white. Fore wing deep rufous ; a slight oblique
antemedial white striga from costa ; a black discoidal point ;
traces of a double dark brown postmedial line, excurved
below costa, then waved, some white scales on its outer edge
at costa ; the terminal area pale grey traversed by three
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double slightly sinuous chocolate-brown lines ; the inner
margin yelloAV towards tornus ; a terminal series of white
strise ; cilia whitish with red -brown mixed. Hind wing
dark chocolate-brown. Underside of fore wing chocolate-
brown with some diffused yellowish at base, the costal edge
yellowish tinged with rufous ; hind wing chocolate-brown,
the costal edge white, some whitish in cell and short streaks
beyond the cell between veins o and 2.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Villa Nova (Bates), 1 <$, Ega
(Bates), 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.
Genus CALPE.
Calyptra, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. ir. p. 78 (1816), non Type,
clescr., nec Klein. Moll. 1753, G. Humphreys, 1797,
non descr capucina, Esp.
Calpe, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (2) p. 16S (1825) capucina, Esp.
Oonodonta, Hiibn. Verz. p. 263 (1827) capucina, Esp.
Orsesia, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 362 (1852) emarginata, Fabr.
H ypocalpe, Butl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 157 fasciata, Moore.
Calpe albivirgata, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white, the frons
with white lines at middle and above, the tegulae with white
medial line defined in front by red-brown and white tips ;
antennae red-brown, the shaft white in front ; palpi with
fine double red-brown line at sides ; abdomen reddish brown,
the ventral surface white tinged with red- brown. Fore wing
red-brown suffused with silvery grey and with numerous fine
sinuous white striae ; a fine whitish streak just below costa to
beyond middle ; diffused oblique red-brown subbasal, ante-
medial and medial lines, the first ending at submedian fold ;
an oblique red-brown discoidal bar with small blackish spots
at angles of cell ; the veins towards end of cell and beyond it
with slight dark streaks ; an oblique brown line defined on
outer side by rufous from apex to inner margin beyond middle,
a red-brown shade beyond it from vein 2 to inner margin,
another from the oblique line at vein 6 to tornus, and a slight
incurved subterminal line from apex to below vein 3 ; cilia
red - brown with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing red-
brown with faint postmedial and subterminal shades ; cilia
yellowish white. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown, the
cell, area just below it, costa and terminal area whitish
tinged with red-brown ; hind wing yellowish white, the costa
tinged and irrorated with red-brown, a dark brown discoidal
lunule with streak before it in discal fold, postmedial band
angled outwards at cliscal fold, and faint subterminal shade.
Hab. Japan, Yokohama ( Pryer ), 1 ; W. China, Omei-
Shan, 2 q type. Exp. 64 millim.
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Calpe argyrosema, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax reddish brown suffused with purple-
grey, the sides of head and basal half of tegulae rufous ;
antennae red-brown ; palpi rufous with brown streaks at sides
and some dark brown above ; pectus in front and fore legs
rufous ; abdomen purplish grey-brown, the ventral surface
greyish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing purple-grey
tinged with brown, the costa red-brown from near base to
middle ; an indistinct double sinuous brown antemedial
line ; a tine oblique sinuous blackish medial line ; an oblique
golden cupreous shade from end of cell to inner margin,
expanding into a lobe beyond the cell, with the rather elliptical
reniform defined by red-brown and with brown striga in
centre on it and an oblique brown line angled outwards on
median nervure near its inner edge ; postmedial line double,
the lines slight, well separated and oblique to vein 6 where
they are angled outwards, then approximated and obliquely
incurved, with an oblique silvery white wedge-shaped mark
on it between veins 6 and 5, followed by a slight line on its
outer side to vein 3 ; a small oblique silvery subapical mark
and an oblique line from vein 7 to the mark on postmedial
line at vein 6 ; the area beyond the oblique line golden
cupreous with an oblique purple-grey line before termen to a
wedge-shaped purple-grey patch on termen between vein 5
and submedian fold ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia purple-
grey with some dark brown at tips to vein 4. Hind wing
red-brown mixed with some whitish except on the veins
and terminal area ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown.
Underside of fore wing red -brown, the costa arid termen
whitish suffused with rufous ; hind wing whitish tinged with
rufous, the costal area irrorated with red-brown, a brown
discoidal lunule, curved postmedial shade, and traces of a
subterminal shade.
Hah. Brazil, Porto Allegro, 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.
Calpe glaucockeila, n. sp.
Head and thorax reddish brown tinged with purple-grey ;
the basal joint of antennae and the excision at base of shaft
white ; pectus and hind legs white tinged with brown ;
abdomen grey-brown, the ventral surface white tinged with
brown. Fore wing reddish brown suffused with purple-grey ;
subbasal line brown, from costa to submedian fold ; ante-
medial line indistinct, brown, slightly sinuous ; an oblique
brown medial line, incurved below submedian fold and above
inner margin ; an oblique golden cupreous shade from end
of cell to inner margin ; reniform defined by brown and with
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brown striga in centre, elliptical ; two slight brown post-
medial lines, the inner slightly angled at vein 6, the outer
strongly angled outwards at vein 7, then oblique and incurved
below vein 3 ; a brown line oblique from apex to vein 3,
then incurved and excurved below submedian fold, slightly
defined on outer side by silvery greenish between veins 5 and
2, a golden cupreous shade before it and beyond it on inner
area to tornus ; dark subterminal points on veins 4, 3 ;
some golden cupreous on termen from below apex to vein 4
and a dark terminal line. Hind wing whitish tinged with
cupreous brown, the veins and terminal area darker brown ;
cilia white. Underside of fore wing cupreous brown, the
inner area whitish ; hind wing white slightly tinged with
brown, the terminal area more suffused with brown from
vein 7 to submedian fold.
Hab. Brazil, Sao Paulo ( D . Jones), 1 U type. Exp. 44
million.
Calpe argyrolampra, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax dark red-brown slightly mixed with
white ; basal joint of antennae white ; abdomen dark red-
brown, the ventral surface whitish suffused with red -brown.
Fore wing dark red-brown suffused with purplish grey ; a
subbasal brown striga from costa ; antemedial line very
indistinct, brown, sinuous ; a slight oblique brown medial
line, bent outwards in the cell, then sinuous ; an oblique
golden cupreous shade from end of cell to inner margin ;
reniform defined by brown, elliptical ; two slight brown
postmedial lines, the inner excurved below costa, then oblique
and incurved below vein 4, the outer angled outwards below
costa, then oblique ; a double oblique brown line from apex
filled in with grey white and slightly incurved below vein 2,
slightly defined on outer side by silvery greenish and with
some grey-white suffusion beyond it, a golden cupreous
shade before it and beyond it on inner area to tornus ; a faint
oblique brown line from termen below apex to tornus ; some
golden cupreous on termen from below apex to vein 4 ; a
dark terminal line and slight whitish line at base of cilia.
Hind wing dark brown with a cupreous gloss. Underside of
both wings uniform dark grey-brown.
Hab. Colombia, Jimenez, 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Calpe igneceps, n. sp.
Head and tegulae red-brown, the head fiery red at sides ;
thorax red-brown tinged with purple-grey ; pectus whitish
tinged with brown ; abdomen reddish brown, the ventral
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surface whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing red-
brown suffused with purple-grey ; a slight brown subbasal
line from ccsta to submedian fold ; antemedial line indistinct,
double, brown, diffused, filled in by a slight cupreous shade
and excurved below the cell ; an oblique brown medial line,
incurved below the submedian fold and above inner margin ;
an oblique golden cupreous shade from costa above end of
cell to inner margin ; reniform faintly defined by brown,
elliptical ; two slight brown postmedial lines, angled outwards
at vein 7, then oblique and incurved below vein 4 ; a brown
line from apex slightly defined on outer side by whitish,
oblique to vein 2, then slightly incurved, a golden cupreous
shade before it and beyond it on inner area to tornus ; some
golden cupreous on termen from below apex to vein 4 ; a
slight brown terminal line and rather paler line at base of
cilia. Hind wing dark red-brown with a slight cupreous
gloss ; cilia paler red-brown, whitish at tips. Underside of
fore wing reddish brown ; hind wing whitish suffused with
red-brown, the inner area whiter, the costal area towards
apex white irrorated with brown.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Potaro R. {Kaye, Roberts), 2 $ type..
Exp. 34 millim.
Calpe aeneofusa, n. sp.
Grassia seqnnlis, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 253 (nec Walk.).
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with purplish
grey ; antennae with white point on basal joint above ;
genital tufts of male whitish. Fore wing red- brown suffused
with purplish grey ; a brown subbasal striga from costa ;
two indistinct brown antemedial lines oblique to submedian
fold, then excurved ; an oblique almost straight medial
brown line ; an oblique cupreous brown shade from end of
cell to inner margin ; reniform slightly defined by brown,
elliptical ; two slight brown postmedial lines, oblique towards
costa, the inner line angled at vein 6, the outer at vein 7,
then inwardly oblique and sinuous ; an oblique brown line
from apex to inner margin towards tornus, incurved at sub-
median fold, a golden cupreous shade before it and on inner
area beyond it to tornus ; some golden cupreous on termen
from below apex to vein 4 and a fine dark terminal line ;
the cilia with slight whitish points at base at the veins. Hind
wing red -brown with a slight cupreous gloss ; cilia white,
tinged with brown towards apex. Underside whitish suffused
with cupreous brown.
Hob. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe), 1 <$, Bugaba {Champion),
2 <J, 1 2 type, Godman-Salvin Coll., Cana Mines {Tylexote),
1 $ ; Peru, Pozuzo, 1 <$. Exp. 30-38 millim.
calm:
LIAPEKA.
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Calpe eustrigata, n. sp.
<$. Head and tegulae rufous mixed with white, the rest of
thorax deep rufous ; frons with white lines at middle and
above, the tegulae with white lines at middle and tips defined
in front by rufous, the patagia with slight white line near
tips ; pectus and legs whitish mixed with rufous, the tarsi
red-brown ringed with white ; abdomen whitish suffused
with red-brown, ventrallv white slightly irrorated with red-
brown. Fore wing deep rufous mixed with violaceous white
especially on costal area and medial part of terminal area,
and with numerous white striae; a slight Avhite streak just
below costa ; diffused oblique deep rufous subbasal, ante-
medial and medial lines, the first ending at submedian fold ;
a rather quadrate deep rufous patch at end of cell ; a very
oblique white streak from costa just beyond the cell ; an
oblique chocolate-brown line defined on outer side by white
from apex to inner margin beyond middle, slightly defined
on inner side by whitish from below costa to vein 2, an oblique
rufous shade beyond it from above vein 3 to inner margin ;
subterminal line indistinct, chocolate-brown, oblique from
apex to discal fold, then excurved to tornus ; the termen
chocolate-brown from apex to vein 4 ; cilia chocolate-brown
with a white line at base. Hind wing whitish suffused with
red-brown especially towards termen ; a faint brown post-
medial line ; cilia white. Underside of fore wing pale red-
brown, the inner area whitish, the costa whitish irrorated
with red-brown towards apex ; hind wing creamy white,
the costal area tinged with rufous towards base and the costa
irrorated with brown except towards base, a slight brown
discoidal spot, a diffused curved postmedial line from costa
to vein 2, the terminal area suffused with brown between
veins 7 and 2.
Hah. Travancoke, Pirmad ( Imray ), 1 £ ; Ceylon, Kandy
(Green), 1 £ type. Exp. 46-48 millim.
Genus DIAPERA, nov.
Type, D. snowi, Smith ( Parora ), J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xvi.
p. 96 (1908) ; B. & McD., Contr. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. Am. ii.
(1) pi. ii. f. 3 (1913).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
fringed with hair behind towards extremity ; frons smooth,
with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with
scales, the prothorax with long oblique crest ; tibiae smoothly
scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing
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with the apex slightly produced, the termen evenly curved
and not crenulate, a small scale-tooth on inner margin at
tornus ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from near
angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with
8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Diapera micropis, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax whitish tinged with red-brown and
irrorated with a few black scales ; pectus, legs and abdomen
whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing whitish tinged with
red-brown and irrorated with large black scales ; a very
indistinct red-brown medial line, oblique to lower angle of
cell, then inwardly oblique ; a small red-brown discoidal
annulus filled in with yellowish white ; postmedial line in-
distinct, red-brown, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique
and waved, some blackish points beyond it on costa ; a very
indistinct slightly waved reddish brown subterminal line ; a
series of black points before termen ; cilia deeper red-brown.
Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown ; a terminal
series of blackish points ; cilia with more white mixed.
Underside of fore wing whitish tinged with red -brown except
on costa and termen, the costa irrorated with black, a whitish
discoidal lunule ; hind wing whitish irrorated with black
except on inner area.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Santo, 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim.
Genus H YP0CALP0PIS, nov.
Type, H. argentescens, Schaus (Makapta), Tr. Am. Ent.
Soc. xxx. p. 106 (1904).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards ex-
tremity, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth,
with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with serrations ending in long bristles and fasciculate cilia ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax
with spreading crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ;
abdomen with slight ridges of hair at base of dorsum but
without crests. Fore wing with the apex rather produced,
the termen strongly curved and not crenulate, the tornus
with a scale-tooth ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ;
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6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Hypocalpopis varians, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with yellow
and irrorated with brown. Fore wing white irrorated and
striated with brown ; antemedial line brown, oblique from
costa to submedian fold, then inwardly oblique ; a small
dark brown spot in the cell towards extremity with some
white scales on it ; reniform slightly defined by brown,
constricted at middle ; postmedial line brown, oblique to
vein 6 where it is acutely angled outwards and met by an
oblique brown streak from apex, then oblique to middle of
inner margin ; some white points with brown between them
on costa towards apex ; a crenulate brown subterminal line
from the oblique streak to inner margin ; a waved red-brown
terminal line. Hind wing white with a faint yellow tinge.
Underside white, the costal area of fore wing tinged with
red-brown.
Ab. 1. Fore wing yellower.
Ab. 2. Fore wing more strongly irrorated with brown ;
hind wing yellower.
Hab. Argentina, La Rioja ( Giacometti ), 1 <^type, Tucuman,
3 $. Exp. 26-30 millim.
Genus PELOBESIS, nov.
Type, P. viridifera.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, moderately
scaled in front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards
extremity ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with long oblique
flattened crest, the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibiae
slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at
base only. Fore wing with the apex produced and acute,
the termen excurved at middle, then crenulate to tornus ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from well below
upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly
stalked ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
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NOCTl ID K.
Pelodesis viridifera, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen silky white mixed with
some chestnut-red ; tegulae with small yellow-green spots
on outer edge ; mid tibiae with small yellow-green spots
near base ; abdomen with the basal crest green. Fore wing
silky white tinged with chestnut -red and irrorated with a
few chocolate-brown scales, some yellow-green below costa
towards base and apex, along terminal part of subcostal
nervure, before the postmedial line at middle and towards
inner margin, and on termen ; subbasal line white slightly
defined by chocolate-brown scales, inwardly oblique to
median nervure, then slightly excurved ; antemedial line
white defined on inner side by chocolate-brown scales, slightly^
excurved at subcostal nervure, then obliquely curved ; orbi-
cular and reniform with white annuli, the former round and
conjoined to the antemedial line, the latter with its inner
edge slightly excurved, its outer edge indented at middle ;
some white points on terminal half of costa with chocolate-
brown between them ; postmedial line white defined on
outer side by chocolate-brown, slightly excurved below costa,
then oblique to vein 4, then very obliquely incurved, a small
chocolate- brown spot beyond it below costa ; subterminal
line whitish defined on outer side by chocolate-brown stria?
in the interspaces, crenulate, Hind wing bright chestnut -red,
the base and inner area whitish ; an indistinct chestnut-red
postmedial line faintly defined on outer side by whitish,
incurved towards inner margin ; a waved chocolate-brown
terminal line except towards tornus, defined on inner side
by white. Underside whitish irrorated with chocolate-
brown ; fore wing with the disc suffused with chestnut-red,
the costa towards apex and termen tinged with green, a
curved slightly waved red postmedial line defined on outer
side by white towards costa and a waved red subterminal
line ; hind wing with the termen tinged with green, a chocolate-
brown discoidal point, waved postmedial line, and sinuous
subterminal line.
Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby -Tyler), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 millim.
Genus SUDARIOPHORA.
Type.
Sudariophora, Zell. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. xxii. p. 489
(March 1872) acutalir , Walk.
Phyp'-onopiis, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 90 (Sept.
1872) acutalis, Walk.
Sudariophora calligrapha, n. sp.
Head and thorax white tinged with pale red-brown and
irrorated with a few blackish scales ; pectus, legs and abdo-
men white tinged with pale red-brown. Fore wing pale
SUDARIOPHORA. BREPAXOBLEMM A.
381
red-brown irrorated with a few black scales and striated
with fine reticulate white lines, the costal area suffused with
white ; an oblique red-brown line defined on outer side by
diffused white from apex to submedian fold below end of
cell ; cilia white at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with
pale red-brown. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused
with pale red-brown except on inner area, an oblique brown
shade from costa beyond middle to lower angle of cell ; hind
wing white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 irrorated
with red-brown, an oblique diffused red-brown line from costa
beyond middle to discal fold at end of cell.
Hab. U.S.A., Texas, Brownville, 1 ^ type- Exp. 32
millim.
Genus LEUCOGRAMMA, nov.
Type, L. hypenoides, Schaus (Phiprosopus) , Pr. U.S. Nat.
Mus. xxx. p. 108 (1906).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, ex-
tending about the length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with
hair above, the 3rd short, blunt ; frons smooth ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly
with scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ;
abdomen with dorsal crests on two basal segments. Fore
wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the
termen oblique from vein 4 to tornus and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus DREPANOBLEMMA, nov.
Type, D. incurvata, Schaus ( Capnodes ), A. M. N. H. (7),
viii. p. 93 (1901).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd rather long and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenn8e of female with
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen
somewhat excurved at middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the tornus obliquely truncate ; the cell about
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one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully-
developecl from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus LOPHUDA, nov.
Type, L. purpuraria, Dogn. ( Margiza ), Het. Nouv. Am.
Sud. viii. p. 72 (1914).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to far above vertex of head, moderately
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except towards
base, the 3rd long and tufted with scales in front and behind
except at tip ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests
on two basal segments. Fore wing with the apex somewhat
produced, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ;
0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus NAZUDA.
Nnzuda, Walk, xxxiii. 1117(1805)
Type.
leucospila, Walk.
Nazuda phcenicistes, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax purplish red ; abdomen whitish with
a purplish red patch at base of dorsum ; antennae whitish
ringed with brown ; palpi white at tips ; pectus and legs
white, the fore and mid legs purplish red in front*; ventral
surface of abdomen white tinged with purplish red. Fore
wing purplish red with slight dark irroration ; antemedial line
indistinct, grey, waved, a paler patch with a yellowish tinge
beyond it on inner area ; reniform greyish indistinctly defined
by brown ; a faint slightly waved greyish postmedial line,
incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ;
traces of a sinuous greyish subterminal line ; a series of
black points before termen. Hind wing purplish red ; a
slight dark point at lower angle of cell ; a faint curved
minutely waved brown postmedial line slightly defined on
outer side by whitish ; a series of black points just before
termen. Underside whitish suffused with red except on
inner area of fore wing and slightly irrorated with brown.
Hah. Bahamas, Nassau (Sir G. Carter), 1 $ type. Exp.
30 millim.
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383
Nazuda holopliasa, n. sp.
Capnodes anyac, Druce, Biol. Oentr.-Am., Het. i. p. 414 (part.), nec Guen.
?. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with red-
brown ; tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing deep red-
brown ; a blackish point in the cell near base ; a faint waved
red-brown antemedial line ; a slight dark point in middle
of cell ; reniform very ill-defined, with slight pale centre
and some minute white points on its outline, placed on a
dark red-brown medial shade ; postmedial line indistinct,
dark reel-brown, oblique towards costa, then dentate, in-
curved at discal fold and below vein 4, some whitish points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, pale defined
on inner side by diffused dark red-brown, excurved below
costa and at middle ; a slight waved dark terminal line.
Hind wing deep red-brown ; a minute white point at lower
angle of cell ; a dentate dark postmedial line ; a faint waved
dark subterminal line ; a waved dark terminal line. Under-
side of fore wing reddish brown, the inner area whitish ; hind
wing grey-white slightly irrorated with fuscous, the costal
area suffused with red-brown, a slight discoidal spot defined
by red-brown, diffused postmedial line, and faint subterminal
line.
Hab. Guatemala, Zapote {Champion), 2 $ type, Volcan de
Atitlan {Champion), 1 $ ; Panama, Chiriqui ( Ribbe ), 1 2,
Goclman-Salvin Coll. Exp. 30-40 millim.
Genus ANTIBLEMMA.
Type.
Antiblernrna, Hubn. Verz. p. 341 (1827) acclinalis, Hiibn.
Capnodes , Guen. Noct. iii. p. 374 (1852) irene, Guen.
Gerisa, Walk. xv. 1612(1858) rufinans, Guen.
Antiblemma trogocycla, n. sp.
C- Head red-brown mixed with some whitish ; palpi red-
brown, the 3rd joint irrorated with whitish ; tegulte bright
red-brown, whitish at base ; thorax white tinged with pale
reel-brown, the patagia with a few dark brown scales, the
metathoracic crest metallic blackish ; pectus and legs ochreous
white, the fore tibiae and mid tibiae at base brown, the tarsi
blackish ringed with white ; abdomen bright red-brown
with some whitish in anal tuft, the ventral surface ochreous
white. Fore wing bright red-brown ; the base whitish
defined by a dark line ; faint sinuous brown antemedial and
medial lines ; a black point in middle of cell and white point
in cell towards extremity ; an elliptical white patch suffused
with pale brown on terminal area from apex to vein 1, defined
XOCTUIDE.
3S4
on inner side by a curved brown line, traversed by the irregular
white subterminal line, angled inwards below vein 7 and
strongly bent inwards below vein 6, angled outwards at
veins 4 and 3 and inwards above and below vein 2, ending
on termen at vein 1, some red-brown suffusion beyond it
between veins 6 and 4, and 3 and 1 ; a terminal series of
black -brown striae ; cilia brownish white chequered with
brown. Hind wing bright red-brown ; a faint brown discoidal
striga and minutely waved postmedial line ; a terminal
series of dark red-brown striae separated by white points
and defined on inner side by white, a curved white mark
before them from submedian fold to tornus ; cilia pale red-
brown, whitish at base and tips. Underside ochreous ; fore
wing tinged with red-brown except the inner area, a blackish
point in middle of cell, faint subterminal shade and terminal
series of striae ; hind wing with slight blackish discoidal
spot, curved brown postmedial line, and subterminal shade.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Manaos (Austen), 1 $ type. Exp.
38 millim.
Antiblemma phcenicopyra, n. sp.
§. Head yellow and fiery red, the antennae blackish with
whitish points on the shaft towards base ; palpi with the
2nd joint crimson, red-brown in front, the 3rd red-brown,
white at base and tips ; tegulae fiery red, yellow at base ;
thorax red-brown and whitish with some fiery red on meta-
thorax ; abdomen grey- brown with fiery red and yellow
patch at base and crimson-red subdorsal patches ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white ; legs whitish
tinged with red-brown, the fore legs red-brown, the tarsi
black-brown ringed with white. Fore wing purplish grey-
brown suffused with crimson-red, especially below basal half
of costa and in the interspaces of terminal half ; a waved
brown antemedial line with whitish points at the costa and
veins and yellow band suffused with fiery red before it ;
a slight dark discoidal lunule ; an elliptical yellow postmedial
patch suffused with fiery red from costa to vein 0, then a
slightly crenulate dark line with yellowish points at the
veins and defined on outer side by crimson-red, slightly
excurved between veins 5 and 3, some white points beyond it
on costa ; a lunulate dark subterminal line with fiery red
patches before it, especially above and below vein 7, and an
oblique fiery-red and yellowish fascia beyond it from apex ;
a terminal series of black lunules with grey points between
them ; cilia grey-brown. Hind wing purplish grey-brown
with some crimson-red suffusion especially in the interspaces
of terminal area ; a dark discoidal bar ; an indistinct slightly
waved brown postmedial line, somewhat excurved beyond
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385
the cell and with white points at veins 4, 3 ; a subterminal
series of rather lunulate black-brown spots ; a waved black
terminal line with whitish points at the extremities of the
veins ; cilia grey- brown. Underside pale red-brown ; both
wings with blackish discoidal lunule ; hind wing with curved
brown postmedial line and faint subterminal shade.
Hab. Panama, Cana Mines ( Tylecote ), 1 $ type. Exp.
42 millim.
Antiblemma furvipars, n. sp.
<?• Head and thorax red-brown mixed with some whitish ;
abdomen grey-brown with some whitish at base and at base
of anal tuft ; antennae blackish with white points on the shaft
above towards base ; palpi dark brown, the 3rd joint white at
base and tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white,
the former red-brown in front, the tarsi dark brown ringed
with white. Fore wing red- brown tinged with purplish grey,
especially on terminal area ; a blackish point in the cell
near base ; antemedial line silvery white, curved and slightly
sinuous, defined on outer side by a yellowish band tinged
with rufous, narrowing to the costa and extending in the
cell to the reniform ; orbicular and reniform dark brown,
the former minute, the latter elliptical with slight yellowish
and rufous suffusion beyond it ; postmedial line with oblique
silvery white bar from costa, then blackish slightly defined
on outer side by reddish yellow to vein 2, minutely waved
and oblique below vein 4, some white points beyond it on
costa ; an indistinct maculate blackish subterminal line,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a terminal series
of black bars. Hind wing red-brown tinged with purplish
grey especially on terminal area ; a brown discoidal spot
and some rufous suffusion beyond the cell ; postmedial line
indistinct, brown, oblique, with minute yellowish spots
tinged with rufous on it between discal and submedian folds ;
a maculate dark red-brown subterminal band ; a rather
lunulate black terminal line. Underside grey tinged with
red-brown, the costal area of fore wing and terminal areas
suffused with fuscous brown ; both wings with black discoidal
spot ; hind wing with minute postmedial black spots above
vein 7 and at submedian fold.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 type. Exp. 22 miliim.
Antiblemma leucocyma, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen grey-brown ;
antennae grey-brown with white points on the shaft above
towards base ; palpi with the 3rd joint dark brown, whitish
at base and white at tips ; pectus and ventral surface of
abdomen whitish ; tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore
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38(5
wing red-brown tinged with grey and irrorated with black ;
obliquely placed black points in and below the cell at base ;
antemedial line silvery white defined on each side by fine
black lines and with some fiery rufous before it except at
costa and inner margin, obliquely curved and slightly angled
outwards at the veins ; a small dark red -brown spot in middle
of cell ; reniform slightly defined bj^ dark red-brown, narrow ;
post medial line black, defined on outer side by silvery white
to vein 6, oblique to vein 7, then waved, inwardly oblique
below vein 4, some fiery rufous suffusion beyond it from
below costa to vein 3 and some white points with dark
streaks between them on costa ; a subterminal series of
black spots, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a
terminal series of black points. Hind wing red-brown tinged
with grey and irrorated with black ; a dark discoidal bar ;
postmedial line black and minutely waved to discal fold,
then rufous with whitish points on it and with black striga
on its inner side at inner margin ; a maculate black sub-
terminal line slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;
a terminal series of black points. Underside of fore wing
pale red-brown irrorated with darker brown, the inner area
whitish, slight dark spots in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars ; hind wing whitish irrorated with black, a black
discoidal spot, a faint curved postmedial line with small
black spots on it except at middle, and faint subterminal
shade.
Hob. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Tijuca {Wagner), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
Antiblemma fulvicentralis, n. sp.
(J. Head, tegulae, and prothorax bright red-brown, the
rest of thorax and abdomen grey-brown with a reddish
tinge ; antennee blackish, the shaft with whitish points above
towards base ; palpi with the 3rd joint black with white
band near base and white tips ; legs grey-brown, the tibia?
at extremities and tarsi blackish ringed with white ; ventral
surface of abdomen white tinged with red -brown. Fore
wing pale red-brown tinged with grey and irrorated with a
few’ dark scales ; an oblique blackish subbasal bar in cell
and submedian interspace ; a silvery white antemedial line
defined by black from costa to median nervure, slightly
angled inwards at subcostal nervure, then a red-brown line
bent inwards to inner margin and with white point at vein 1 ;
a blackish point in middle of cell ; a waved medial red-brown
line, strong to below the cell, then faint ; an oblique silvery
white postmedial bar defined on each side by dark brown
from costa to vein 8 where it is bent outwards, then a dark
red-brown line with a minute white streak on it at vein 7
ANTIBLEMMA.
887
traversing a rather wedge-shaped fulvous patch defined by
dark led- brown, with a dark red-brown mark with small
fulvous spot on it below discal fold, then a very faint slightly
waved red-brown luxe, some small ochreous spots with blackish
between them beyond it on costa, and a dark red-brown
patch below costa on the upper edge of the fulvous patch ;
an oblique blackish subterminal bar from costa and blackish
points between veins 4 and 1 ; a fine waved brown terminal
line with black points at the interspaces. Hind wing pale
red-brown tinged with grey, the terminal area rather redder ;
a faint oblique slightly sinuous brown postmedial line with a
deep chestnut patch on it beyond lower angle of cell with
small fulvous spots on it above and below vein 4, the area
beyond it slightly irrorated with blackish ; subterminal
black points above and below submedian fold and a small
spot at tornus ; a waved brown terminal line with blackish
points at the interspaces. Underside brownish white irrorated
with brown except on cell and inner area of fore wing and basal
area of hind wing ; fore wing with black spot at middle of
costa, points on each side of discocellulars, a faint postmedial
line incurved below vein 4, black streaks on postmedial
half of costa, a subterminal spot below costa, and point
below vein 7 ; hind wing with small discoidal spot, slight
postmedial line angled outwards at discal fold, and diffused
maculate subterminal band.
Hob. Peru, Chaquimayo (Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp. 50
millim.
Antiblemma purpuripic'a, n. sp.
i $. Head dark red-brown mixed with grey ; antennae dark
brown ; palpi dark red-brown, the 3rd joint irrorated with
whitish ; thorax and abdomen bright red-brown ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen brown-white ; legs whitish
suffused with brown, the tarsi black-brown ringed with
white. Fore wing bright red-brown, some darker brown at
base ; a waved red-brown antemedial line with an indistinct
line before it from costa to median nervure ; a black point
in middle of cell ; reniform brownish defined by dark brown,
rather irregular and constricted at middle ; a waved brown
medial line, excurved beyond the cell and approximated to
the somewhat dentate postmedial red-brown line which is
slightly excurved to discal fold, then oblique, a darker red-
brown patch beyond it extending from below costa to above
vein 4 and to near termen where its outer edge is somewhat
dentate ; an indistinct waved red-brown subterminal line
with slight marks formed by white scales on its inner side
from below costa to above vein 4, incurved at discal fold
and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of slight dark
lunules. Hind wing bright red-brown ; a dark discoidal
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striga ; postmedial line indistinct, double, brown, minutely
waved ; subterminal line slight, white, waved, defined on
each side by slight brown marks in the interspaces ; a slight
waved red-brown terminal line. Underside pale red-brown
irrorated with brown ; fore wing with the terminal area
tinged with grey ; a blackish point in middle of cell, curved
discoidal striga, and curved line just beyond the ceh ; hind
wing with dark discoidal striga and slightly curved post-
medial line, the terminal area suffused with dark brown.
Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby -Tyler), 2 $ type ;
Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas ( Klages ), 1
Exp. 34-36 millim.
Antiblemma fulvipicta, n. sp.
Head and thorax deep red-brown with rufous patches on
the patagia ; abdomen grey-brown tinged with rufous towards
base and with slight whitish segmental points ; palpi with
the 3rd joint dark brown irrorated with white at base and
with white tips ; pectus, mid and hind legs, and ventral
surface of abdomen white tinged with brown, the fore legs
dark brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore
wing deep red-brown with a rufous shade from base of inner
margin to apex, the costal area slightly irrorated with grey
towards base ; two indistinct antemedial brown lines slightly
excurved at median nervure ; a minute black-brown spot
in middle of cell ; reniform red-brown defined by darker
brown and with small rufous spot in its lower part, somewhat
constricted at middle ; two indistinct, waved, red-brown
postmedial lines, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; an
indistinct waved interrupted whitish subterminal line, incurved
at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a faint terminal red-brown
line with whitish points at the veins. Hind wing red-brown
with a faint greyish tinge ; an indistinct double brown
postmedial line slightly angled outwards below vein 5 and
with a reddish ochreous shade beyond it between veins 7
and 3 ; a subterminal series of whitish points and striae ; a
faint terminal red-brown line with whitish points at the
veins. Underside grey tinged with red- brown ; fore wing
with dark point in middle of cell and striae on each side of
discocellulars, and subterminal shade ; hind wing with red-
brown discoidal spot, double curved postmedial line, and
strong subterminal shade.
Ab. 1 . Paler red -brown ; hind wing with the pale shade
beyond the postmedial line faint.
Hab. Colombia, Choko Prov., Condoto (Spurrell), 1 1 $
type ; Brazil, Amazons, Para ( Ooeldi ), 1 q. Exp. 34-42
millim.
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Antiblenima glaucosia, n. sp.
3- Head, tegulse, and shoulders dark red-brown ; thorax
■and abdomen paler red- brown tinged with grey ; antennae
blackish with white points on the shaft towards base and
the basal joint whitish ; palpi with the 3rd joint blackish,
white at base and tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
white tinged with red- brown ; fore legs dark red-brown,
the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore wing pale red-
brown with a purple tinge irrorated with a few black scales
and with a whitish tinge to the postmedial line, the costal
area black-brown slightly irrorated with grey ; a faint waved
brown antemedial line with white point at costa ; a small
black spot in middle of cell ; reniform finely defined by
black, faintly on outer side, narrow ; postmedial line blackish
with a white striga from costa and white points at the veins,
obliquely downcurved to vein 7, then waved, incurved below
vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; a dentate
dark subterminal line with a faint pale shade on its outer
side, oblique below vein 3 ; a terminal sei'ies of slight black
lunules with whitish points between them. Hind wing pale
red-brown with some black-brown irroration on inner area ;
two black discoidal points ; postmedial line blackish with
white points at the veins and white spot on its outer side at
inner margin, minutely waved ; a dentate dark subterminal
line with a slight pale shade on its outer side ; a terminal
series of slight black lunules with whitish points between
them. Underside of fore wing pale red-brown tinged with
grey, small black spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars,
a faint postmedial line, incurved below vein 4, and subterminal
shade ; hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown, a blackish
discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial line, and rather
diffused curved subterminal line.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo ( Watkins). 1 g type. Exp. 26
millim.
Antiblemma strigatula, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with
grey, the last with whitish segmental lines towards extremity ;
antennae dark brown with whitish points on the shaft above
towards base ; palpi grey-brown, the 3rd joint whitish at
tip ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; tarsi
dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing grey suffused
with reddish brown and striated with dark brown ; an
■oblique ochreous white bar from middle of costa ; a blackish
point in middle of cell ; reniform reddish brown defined by
blackish, small ; postmedial line with incurved ochreous
white bar from costa, then formed by double blackish striae,
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slightly excurved below costa and incurved below vein 4r
some white points with dark brown between them beyond it
on costa ; subterminal line formed by double blackish striae,
incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal rather lunulate black-
brown line slightly defined on inner side by white ; cilia
grey with two fine blackish lines through them. Hind wing
grey tinged with reddish brown and thickly striated with
dark brown ; a small dark discoidal spot with some rufous
below it ; postmedial fine blackish, excurved, very minutely
dentate and slightly defined on outer side by rufous to vein 2,
then oblique ; a broad rufous subterminal shade slightly
defined on outer side by whitish and excurved at middle ;
a rather lunulate black terminal line slightly defined on inner
side by white ; cilia grey with two fine dark lines through
them. Underside of fore wing grey tinged with rufous
except on costal area and irrorated and striated with dark
brown, the inner area white ; a small black discoidal spot ;
hind wing grey-white irrorated and striated with dark brown,
the costal area tinged with rufous, a small black discoidal
spot, postmedial line faint, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
both wings with terminal series of small rather triangular
black spots.
Hah. Panama, Cana Mines ( Tylecote ), 1 $ ; Brazil, Rio
de Janeiro, Tijuca (Wagner), 1 d type. Exp . 24 millim.
Antiblemma porphyrota, n. sp.
('<i pawl s snbcinevascenis, Draco. Biol. Ocntr.-Am.. Hot. i. p. 415 (part.),
nec Walk.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown suffused with
purple-grey ; antennae dark brown ; palpi red-brown, white
at extreme tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish suffused with brown ; legs red-brown. Fore wing
red-brown suffused with purplish grey ; antemedial line
dark brown faintly defined on inner side by whitish, rather
obliquely curved and slightly sinuous ; reniform obscurely
defined by dark red-brown, narrow ; postmedial line dark
brown slightly defined on outer side by whitish and with
white points at the veins, placed on a red-brown shade,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some whitish points beyond
it on costa ; a subterminal series of obscure dark brown spots,
excurved at middle. Hind wing red-brown tinged with
purplish grey and slightly irrorated with darker brown ; a
dark discoidal bar ; postmedial line dark brown faintly
defined on outer side by whitish and with slight white points
at the veins, slightly excurved beyond the cell ; a subterminal
series of small dark brown spots, slightly incurved at diseal
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fold. Underside greyish tinged and irrorated with red-
brown ; fore wing with the inner area whitish ; hind wing
with small dark discoidal spot and faint slightly curved
brown postmedial line.
Hab. Costa Rica, R. Sucio (Rogers), 1 $ type, Godman-
Salvin Coil. Exp. 42 millim.
Antiblemma nannodes. n. sp.
<J. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the last tinged
with grey ; antennae blackish with white points on the shaft
above towards base ; palpi irrorated with whitish ; pectus,
legs, ventral surface of abdomen, and anal tuft whitish,
the fore and mid tibiae suffused with red-brown, the tarsi
dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown ;
confluent white antemedial spots on and below the costa,
then a sinuous brown line with white points at median nervure
and vein 1 ; reniform indistinctly defined by brown, con-
stricted at middle ; a postmedial white spot at costa, then a
brown line with white points at the veins, incurved and
sinuous below vein 4, some faint pale points beyond it on
costa ; a subterminal series of indistinct dark spots in the
interspaces, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a
terminal series of slight black lunuies. Hind wing pale red-
brown slightly irrorated with darker brown ; a slight brown
discoidal striga ; an indistinct dark postmedial line with
whitish points on it and a small white spot at inner margin,
incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of small blackish
spots, incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a lunulate
dark terminal line. Underside whitish, the costal areas
and terminal areas except towards tornus suffused with
red -brown ; both wings with small dark discoidal spot.
Ab. 1. Fore wing without the ante- and postmedial white
spots on costal area, some whitish beyond the antemedial
line in submedian interspace ; both wings with the sub-
terminal spots denned on outer side by white scales.
9. Fore wing without the ante- and postmedial white spots
on costal area.
Ab. 2. Both wings with the subterminal spots defined on
outer side by white.
Ab. 3. Fore wing with ante- and postmedial white bars
from costa, the medial area yellowish irrorated with red-
brown except on costal and inner areas, the reniform filled in
with white ; both wings with the subterminal spots promi-
nently defined on outer side by white.
Hab. Bahamas, Abaco ( Bonhote ), 1 $ ; Jamaica (Kaye),
1 $, Kingstown ( Strachan ), 1 $ ; Cuba, Santiago (Schaus),
2 j1, 4 $ type. Exp. 22-26 millim.
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Antiblemma diplogramma, n. sp.
3. Head and thorax red-brown with a greyish tinge ;
abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown ; antennas dark
brown with whitish points on the shaft above towards base ;
palpi irrorated with whitish, the 3rd joint blackish, whitish
at base and tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish ; tarsi black- brown ringed with white. Fore wing
pale grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark
brown ; some black scales near base below costa and from
the cell to inner margin ; antemedial line dark brown defined
on inner side by rufous, slightly excurved below costa and
from subcostal nervure to inner margin ; ' a black point in
middle of cell ; reniform rufous defined by black -brown,
somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line black-
brown, defined on outer side by whitish towards costa and
bent outwards below costa, then double and filled in with
rufous, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved below
vein 4, some white points with blackish streaks between
them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line double, black-
brown filled in with reddish ochreous, dentate, incurved at
discal fold and below vein 3, a blackish patch beyond it at
middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia with
two fine brown lines through them. Hhid wing pale grey
tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ;
two black-brown discoidal points with some rufous between
them ; postmedial line double, black-brown filled in with
rufous, oblique and almost straight ; subterminal line double,
black-brown filled in with reddish ochreous, dentate, incurved
at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a terminal series of small
black lunules defined on inner side by white ; cilia with two
fine brown lines through them. Underside of fore wing
pale reddish brown, a blackish discoidal spot, the terminal
area greyish brown with a faint pale dentate subterminal
line ; hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown, a black
discoidal lunule, and rather diffused curved brown post-
medial line, the terminal area suffused with grey-brown and
with faint pale dentate subterminal line.
Hah. Be. Guiana, Rockstone (Kaye), 1 £ type. Exp.
22 millim.
Antiblemma discobola. n. sp.
Head and thorax white faintly tinged with brown, the
frons fulvous with two black points at sides and some black
scales in the tuft above frons ; palpi with the 2nd joint
red-brown except at base and extremity ; fore tibiae fulvous ;
abdomen white with a dorsal blackish patch on 4th segment
and the terminal segments tinged with fulvous. Fore wing
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white slightly tinged with red-brown and irrorated with a
few dark brown scales, the costal edge rufous towards base ;
a small rufous antemedial spot below costa with the red-brown
antemedial line arising from it, incurved in the cell, then
oblique ; a red-brown point in middle of cell ; reniform rufous
defined by red-brown, large, elliptical with its inner edge
incurved above median nervure ; a rufous postmedial spot
on costa traversed by the postmedial line which is whitish
on it, then red-brown, strongly excurved to vein 6 and in-
curved from above vein 4, some white points with reel-brown
between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white
defined on inner side by pale red-brown and on outer side
by faint red-brown suffusion, waved, slightly angled outwards
at vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of
minute dark brown lunules. Hind wing whitish irrorated
with dark brown, the terminal area tinged with red -brown ;
postmedial line deep red-brown, excurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by
red-brown, slightly waved, somewhat excurved at middle ;
a terminal series of minute dark brown lunules. Underside
creamy white ; fore wing suffused with red-brown to sub-
median fold, a black point in middle of cell, indistinct brown
postmedial line excurved to vein 4. and curved subterminal
line ; hind wing with brown point on costa above end of cell
and waved subterminal line from costa to vein 6.
Hab. Colombia, Sta. Marta {Bouchard), 1 type. Exp.
24 millim.
Antiblemma melanosemata, n. sp.
q. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the last tinged
with grey except towards base ; antennae blackish with
white points on the shaft above towards base ; palpi with
the 3rd joint dark brown, white at base and tips ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with
red-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore
wing red-brown tinged with grey and sparsely irrorated with
black ; a rounded black basal patch from costa to vein 1 ;
an obliquely curved pale rufous antemedial line with a conical
black patch beyond it from costa ; orbicular black defined
by whitish, round, touching the black patch from costa ;
reniform black slightly defined by whitish and with pale
mark in its upper part, large and constricted at middle,
confluent with a black patch on costa before the postmedial
line which is paie rufous, excurved below costa, then oblique,
defined below vein 7 by a narrow silvery white band finely
striated with black ; a conical subterminal black patch from
■costa to vein 6 with three white points at costa, then a series
■of small dark brown spots on a pale rufous band beyond the
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silvery band ; a terminal series of slight dark red-brown
lunules defined on inner side by a waved whitish line. Hind
wing red-brown tinged with grey and sparsely irrorated with
black ; a blackish discoidal spot ; postmedial line pale
rufous, almost straight, defined on outer side by a narrow
silvery white band finely striated with black, followed by a
pale rufous band before the subterminal series of slight
blackish spots defined on outer side by whitish ; a terminal
series of small dark red-brown lunules defined on inner side
by a waved whitish line. Underside white tinged with red-
brown and irrorated with black-brown ; fore wing with
black point in middle of cell and small discoidal spot, a faint
line just beyond the cell with black spot at costa, some white
points with dark streaks between them beyond it on costa,
faint subterminal shade, and terminal series of small black
lunules : hind wing with black discoidal spot, diffused oblique
postmedial line with black spot at costa, subterminal shade,
and terminal series of small black lunules.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo ( Watkins), 1 o type. Exp. 34
milliru.
Antiblemma argyrozonea, n. sp.
o- Head, tegulse, and prothorax red-brown, the rest of
thorax ,and abdomen grey- brown ; antennae dark brown
with white points on the shaft above towards base ; palpi
with the 3rd joint irrorated with whitish ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with brown,
the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-
brown tinged with grey ; antemedial line dark brown defined
on inner side by a narrow dull rufous band, curved ; a black
point in middle of cell ; reniform defined by blackish, narrow ;
postmedial line dark brown, excurved from below costa to
vein 4, then oblique, defined on outer side by a narrow dull
rufous band, then below vein 7 by a silvery white band,
finely striated with black, with a dull rufous band beyond
it before the curved subterminal series of small dark brown
spots slightly defined on outer side by grey ; a terminal series
of minute black lunules slightly defined on inner side by
grey. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey ; a black
point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dark brown,
slightly curved and somewhat maculate, defined on outer
side by a narrow dull rufous band followed by a silvery
white band finely striated with black, then a dull rufous
band before the subterminal series of small dark brown spots
defined on outer side bv grey ; a terminal series of minute
black lunules defined on inner side by grey. Underside of
fore wing red-brown tinged with grey, the inner area whitish,
a dark point in middle of cell and discoidal lunule, a faint
AXTIB LEMMA.
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line just beyond the cell and faint subterminal shade ; hind
wing whitish tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal spot,
rather diffused curved postmedial line, and subterminal
shade.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo ( Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 millirn.
Antiblemma stictogyna, n. sp.
o • Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; palpi
white at extreme tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
greyish suffused with brown ; tarsi dark brown ringed Avith
Avhite. Fore Aving dark red-brown ; traces of an antemedial
broAvn line Avith white points at the veins ; a faint broAvn
postmedial line with white points at the A^eins, oblique to
vein 6, then slightly excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some
white points beyond it on costa ; an oblique Avhite sub-
terminal bar from costa, then a series of black points ; a
slightly waved dark terminal line. Hind wing dark red-
broAvn ; a faint oblique dark postmedial line from vein 6
to inner margin with white points at the veins ; a subterminal
series of black points ; a slightly AvaA’ed dark terminal line.
Underside greyish suffused Avith red-brown ; both Avings
with faint curved brown postmedial line.
$. Fore wing with semicircular white patch just beloAA'
costa on outer side of the postmedial line, extending to the
costa at the line.
Hab. Jamaica (Martin, Jack son), 1 q, 1 $ type. Exp.
o 40, $ 42 millirn.
Antiblemma polyoion, n. sp.
Head dark broAvn, the antennae with Avhite points on the
shaft above toAvards base ; the palpi Avith the 3rd joint white
at base and tips ; thorax and abdomen ochreous grey tinged
with red-brown, the latter Avith brown segmental lines ; tarsi
brown ringed with Avhite ; \Tentral surface of abdomen
whitish. Fore wing ochreous grey tinged Avith red-broAvn
and slightly irrorated with dark brown to the postmedial
line, the terminal area dark broAvn mixed with grey ; ante-
medial line dark broAvn, sinuous ; a black point in middle of
cell ; reniform reddish brown defined by dark brown, narrow ;
postmedial line double, dark broAA'n, indistinct at costa,
excurved below costa, then oblique and sinuous, some white
points Avith dark brown betAveen them beyond it on costa ; a
dentate ochreous Avhite subterminal line defined on inner side
by dentate black marks, angled outwards at vein 4 ; a terminal
series of small black lunules defined on inner side by Avhite ;
cilia with a dark patch at middle. Hind Aving Avith the basal
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half ochreous grey tinged with red-brown, the terminal half
dark brown mixed with greyish ; a narrow reddish brown
discoidal lunule defined by dark brown ; postmedial line
double, dark brown filled in with ochreous, rather oblique
and slightly sinuous ; a subterminal series of dentate black
marks defined on outer side by white, somewhat angled out-
wards at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules
defined on inner side by white ; cilia intersected with blackish
at veins 4, 3. Underside ochreous tinged with red-brown,
the terminal areas more brown and grey ; fore wing with
black point in middle of cell and discoidal spot, and faint
postmedial and subterminal lines ; hind wing with black
discoidal spot, slightly sinuous dark postmedial line, and
waved subterminal line.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmavo, 1 £ type, R. Pacaya, 1 $.
Exp. 28, $ 26 millim.
Antiblemma odontozona, n. sp.
o- Head dark brown with some ochreous on frons ;
antennae blackish ringed with white, the basal joint whitish ;
tegulae dark brown with some whitish scales ; thorax and
abdomen ochreous slightly tinged with red-brown ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen creamy white ; tarsi brown
ringed with white. Fore wing ochreous irrorated with red-
brown ; a black point in the cell near base ; a red-brown
subbasal mark above inner margin ; antemedial line red-
brown, somewhat oblique, slightly dentate to above median
nervure ; a blackish point in middle of cell ; reniform suffused
with red-brown and defined by dark brown, narrow ; post-
medial line double, red-brown filled in with ochreous, slightly
excurved below eosta, then oblique and slightly exeurved
beyond lower angle of cell and at vein 1, the area beyond it
bright red-brown to the subterminal line except towards
costa on which are some pale points with dark brown between
them ; subterminal line represented by oblique creamy white
bars defined on inner side bv dentate black marks and on
outer side slightly by dark brown from below costa to vein 3,
then defined on inner side b}^ dark brown, slightly angled
inwards above vein 2 and outwards at vein 2, angled inwards
below vein 2, then excurved, an oblique black bar beyond it
from apex and a dark brown patch at middle with two blackish
marks on the cilia ; a terminal series of small black lunules.
Hind wing with the basal area whitish slightly irrorated with
dark brown, the rest of wing ochreous tinged and irrorated
with red-brown ; a narrow discoidal lunule defined by red-
brown ; a straight oblique red-brown medial line with a
bright red-brown shade beyond it, its outer edge incurved
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at cliscal fold, then excurved to the faint creamy white sub-
terminal line which is excurved and very slightly waved to
vein 4, then incurved and defined on inner side by dentate
deep red-brown marks ; a terminal series of slight black
lunules. Underside ochreous irrorated with red-brown ; fore
wing with blackish point in middle of cell and small discoidal
spot with pale centre, an oblique rather diffused brown
postmedial line, and dark subterminal spots above and below
vein 7 ; hind wing with small dark brown discoidal lunule
with pale centre, faint oblique brown postmedial line, and
subterminal shade formed by small rather dentate dark
spots.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas (Klages),
1 $ type. Exp. 30 millim.
Antiblemma erythromma, n. sp.
(V Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish grey tinged with
red-brown and irrorated with a few black scales ; antennae
blackish with whitish points on the shaft above towards
base ; a black bar above frons ; palpi with dark brown
mixed, the 3rd joint white at base and tips ; pectus and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish, the claspers long and rufous ;
tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore whig purple-grey
irrorated with large black scales ; blackish points in and
below the cell near base ; an incomplete blackish antemedial
annulus below costa with the interrupted blackish antemedial
line arising from it, incurved in the cell and waved below
the cell ; a minute black spot in middle of cell ; reniform
incompletely defined by black, its lower part tilled in with
rufous ; postmedial line blackish, forming a small spot below
costa, then slightly bent outwards, then oblique and rather
irregularly waved, touching the lower extremity of the
reniform and with some red-brown on its outer side beyond
upper and lower ends of cell ; a subterminal series of black
spots with an incomplete waved black line beyond it, oblique
below vein 4 and with the spot at discal fold further from
termen ; a series of minute black spots just before termen ;
cilia with blackish points at base and blackish marks at
veins 4, 3. Hind wing purple-grey irrorated with large
black scales ; an irregularly rounded blackish discoidal spot
with rufous centre ; postmedial line black, irregularly waved,
touching the discoidal spot and oblique below vein 2, some
red-brown on its outer side beyond the cell ; a subterminal
series of black spots with incomplete waved blackish line
beyond it, the spot at discal fold further from termen ; a
terminal series of black points ; the cilia with series of black
points at base with blackish beyond them at tips. Underside
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of fore wing grey-brown irrorated with brown, the inner area
whitish, a blackish point in cell towards extremity and small
discoidal spot, traces of an oblique postmedial line, and an
indistinct curved maculate subterminal line ; hind wing
white irrorated with brown, the terminal area tinged with
brown, a black discoidal spot, slightly waved postmedial line,
and maculate subterminal line.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo ( Watkins), 1 £ type. Exp. 34
millim.
Antiblemma eurytermes, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax bright red-brown mixed with ochreous ;
abdoznen red-brown tinged with greyish and with some
ochreous white at base and extremity ; antennae black-
brown, the shaft with pale rings towards base ; palpi with
the 3rd joint white at base and extremity ; pectus, hind
legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white, the
fore and mid tibiae with whitish bands at extremities, the
tarsi black ringed with white. Fore wing bright red-brown
mixed with some yellowish white azzd irrorated with dark
brown, the medial area yellowish white irrorated with bright
red-brown except towards costa, the postmedial area tinged
with purplish grey aizd irrorated with black, the terminal
area with a purplish grey patch at middle ; antemedial line
red-brown with a yellowish white bar before it from costa,
then defined on inner side by purplish gre.y, bent inwards,
at subcostal nervure and excurved from below the cell to
vein 1 ; a black point on a yellowish white spot in middle
of cell ; reniform rufous defined by dark brown, rather
constricted at middle ; postmedial line red-brown with a
yellowish white spot on its outer side at costa, bezzt outwards
below costa, then double filled in with greyish, the outer
line diffused, oblique and sinuous to inner margin, some
white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct,
pale defined on each side by diffused red- brown and on
inner side by dentate black marks between veins 5 and 2,
then by some black scales, slightly waved, somewhat angled
outwards at veins 4, 3, then incurved ; a series of minute
rather triangular black spots just before termen ; cilia
greyish mixed with brown. Hind wing with the basal half
yellowish white irrorated with red-brown and with some
black scales on inner area, the postmedial area pale violaceous
grey iiTorated with black, the terminal area red-brown tinged
with purplish grey ; a small discoidal lunule incompletely
defined by black-brown ; postmedial line double, red-brown,
the inner line strong, the outer faint, oblique and straight ;
traces of a pale waved subterminal line defined on inner
side by black spots above and below vein 3, incurved at
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discal fold and below vein 3 ; a series of small black lunules
just before termen ; cilia whitish and red-brown. Underside
yellowish ; fore wing with the costal area and terminal half
tinged with grey and irrorated with brown, fore wing with
black point in middle of cell and points on each side of
discocellulars, traces of an oblique postmedial line, a diffused
subterminal line oblique below vein 4 ; hind wing with slight
black marks on each side of discocellulars, brown postmedial
line excurved below costa, and diffused subterminal line.
Hub. Panama, Cana Mines ( Tylecote ), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 millim.
Antiblemma dentimargo, n. sp.
cU Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown, the patagia
with a Avhitish tinge ; antennae darker brown ; palpi with
the 3rd joint white at base and tips ; pectus and ventral
surface of abdomen creamy white ; fore legs dark brown,
the tarsi black-brown ringed with white. Fore wing whitish
suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; a slight dark brown
mark in the cell near base ; an inwardly oblique red-brown
antemedial line defined on each side by whitish ; a minute
dark brown spot defined by whitish in middle of cell ; reniform
red-brown defined by whitish, rather constricted at middle ;
postmedial line red-brown, angled outwards below costa,
then strong, defined on inner side by white and oblique,
some white points with dark streaks between them beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line red-brown defined on outer side
by whitish, dentate, incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series
of small dark brown lunules defined on inner side by whitish ;
cilia whitish with two brown lines through them. Hind
wing whitish tinged and irrorated with red-brown ; a small
brown spot at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line strong,
red-brown defined on inner side by white, obhque and
straight ; subterminal line double, reel-brown filled in with
whitish, slightly waved, incurved at discal and submedian
folds ; a terminal series of small dark brown lunules defined
on inner side by white ; cilia whitish with two fine brown
lines through them. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused
and irrorated with red-brown except on inner area, a brown
point in middle of cell, discoidal lunule defined by brown,
faint oblique postmedial line, and indistinctly double sub-
terminal line ; hind wing creamy white, the costal area
irrorated with red-brown, discoidal bar formed by two
conjoined spots, oblique maculate postmedial fine, and
subterminal line from costa to vein 2, strong towards costa.
Hub. Br. Guiana, Demerara ( Roclway ), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
400
XOCTUIDJE.
Antiblemma ochrozonea, n. sp.
0. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red -brown mixed
with grey-white ; palpi rather long, pale red-brown, the
3rd joint whitish mixed with brown ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing
pale red-brown mixed with some grey-white and slightly
irrorated with blackish ; a white antemedial bar from costa,
then a narrow rather oblitpie ochreous yellow band ; an
ill-defined dark discoidal bar with a white point on it at
upper angle of cell ; a postmedial white spot on costa with
a narrow rather oblique ochreous yellow band from its
lower extremity to inner margin, the costal edge beyond it
white ; an indistinct slightly waved ochreous subterminal
line with a series of blackish spots on its inner side at the
interspaces, incurved at discal fold and excurved at middle,
then oblique ; a crenulate blackish terminal line forming
points at the interspaces. Hind wing pale red-brown mixed
with some grey -white and irrorated with blackish, the costal
area whitish to near apex ; a black discoidal point ; a narrow
ochreous yellow postmedial band, whitish towards costa ; a
subterminal series of small blackish spots except towards
costa ; a crenulate blackish terminal line, forming points at
the interspaces. Underside whitish tinged and irrorated with
red-brown, the bands of upperside faint.
1 1 af). Brazil, Rio Janeiro ( Wilson), 1 $ type. Exp. 36
millim .
Genus MANBUTA.
Manbuta, Walk, xxxiii. 1115 (1865) devia, Walk.
Triommatodes, Warr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 251 plumosa, Warr.
Pagyra, Scliaus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 91 (1901).. calgia, Schaus.
Manbuta rliomboidalis, n. sp.
Head and tegulse bright red-brown, the antennae grey-
brown, the palpi with the 3rd joint dark brown, whitish at
base and tips ; thorax and abdomen reddish brown mixed
with whitish, the anal tuft white ; fore and mid tibiae and
the tarsi dark brown ringed with white ; ventral surface of
abdomen white irrorated with brown. Fore wing whitish
suffused with red-brown, the costal area bright red-brown,
the postmedial area whiter except towards costa ; antemedial
line indistinct, brown with a black spot at costa, sinuous,
angled outwards at vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform faintly
defined by whitish, the former round, the latter with whitish
centre faintly defined by brown, a quadrate black patch
between them, and a truncate triangular patch beyond the
reniform ; two black spots at middle of costa, the outer
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401
slight and two faint diffused brown lines from cell to inner
margin, angled outwards at vein 1 ; postmedial line black
and obliquely downcurved to below vein 7 where it is angled
outwards, slight, dark, incurved and waved below the black
patch beyond the cell, some ochreous white points with dark
streaks between them beyond it on costa ; a diffused white
slightly waved subterminal line, incurved at discal fold and
below vein 3 ; a series of blackish points just before termen
and a fine dark terminal hne. Hind wing bright red-brown ;
an indistinct double oblique waved brown antemedial hne ;
postmedial hne black with a small black spot at inner
margin, waved, angled outwards below vein 4 ; a series of
blackish points before termen and a fine dark terminal hne.
Underside grey ; fore wing suffused with red- brown, a blackish
spot at middle of costa, the discocellulars defined on each
side by blackish, postmedial hne blackish with a black spot
at costa, oblique to vein 7 and inwardly oblique below
vein 4 ; hind wing tinged and irrorated with red-brown,
an indistinct dark antemedial hne with a blackish discoidal
lunule on it with whitish striga in centre, postmedial hne
blackish, waved, excurved at middle.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo (Watlcins), 1 $ type. Exp. 3fi
millim.
Manbuta nephrosema, n. sp.
S- Head and thorax bright red-brown, the head rather
darker ; antennae black-brown ; palpi dark red-brown, the
3rd joint pale at base ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with
dark red-brown, the tarsi black ringed with whitish ; abdomen
grey- brown, reddish at base and extremity, the anal tuft
ochreous white, the ventral surface whitish towards base.
Fore wing bright red-brown ; a blackish point in the cell
near base ; antemedial hne indistinct, dark, waved ; orbicular
and reniform black- brown defined by white, large, the former
rather triangular, the latter placed beyond the cell ; a dark
medial hne, incurved in the cell to well before the orbicular ;
postmedial hne dark, obliquely downcurved to vein 7, incurved
and waved below the reniform, some ochreous white points
beyond it on costa ; a dark shade on costal area before the
very faint waved subterminal hne ; a series of blackish
points before termen and a fine dark terminal hne. Hind
wing bright red-brown ; an indistinct oblique dark antemedial
hne ; a postmedial series of slight dark points, excurved
between veins 5 and 3, then oblique ; a faint pale subterminal
hne, slightly excurved at middle ; a series of blackish points
before termen and a fine dark terminal hne ; cilia whitish
at tips. Underside whitish suffused with red-brown and
thickly irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with slight
2 D
402
NOCTUIDJi.
dark spot in middle of cell with whitish centre ; the disco-
cellulars pale defined on each side by slight dark marks,
postmedial line indistinct, dark, excurved below costa and
incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; hind wing with
oblique sinuous dark antemedial line and waved postmedial
line slightly excurved between veins 5 and 3.
Hob. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 q type. Exp. 46 millim.
Manbuta nephelica. n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen red-brown
tinged with grey ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
tinged with whitish ; tarsi dark brown tinged with white.
Fore wing dark red-brown suffused with purple-grey ; ante-
medial line dark brown, excurved in the cell and above
inner margin ; orbicular and reniform purple-grey, the
former with dark centre, round, the latter with its centre
defined by dark brown ; a patch of dark brown suffusion
between them in the cell and a waved dark medial line ;
some dark red -brown suffusion beyond the cell extending
to costa where it nearly reaches the apex ; postmedial line
dark brown, oblique and with some white scales on it to
vein 7, incurved and waved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of slight dark points ;
a patch of dark red-brown suffusion on terminal area from
below apex to vein 4. Hind wing red-brown suffused with
purple-grey especially on terminal area ; a faint slightly
waved dark postmedial line with a series of slight white points
on it, excurved at middle ; a subterminal series of slight
dark brown spots. Underside purple-grey ; fore wing with
small dark spot in middle of cell with some brown above it
on costa, the discocellulars defined on each side by dark
bars, an indistinct brown postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, a subterminal series of dark spots from below
costa to vein 2 ; hind wing with dark discoidal spot, a faint
diffused brown medial line from costa to vein 2, waved
postmedial line, and slight subterminal spot above vein 6.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 type. Exp. 38 millim.
Manbuta endocliaragma, n, sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown, the last
with the anal tuft whitish ; sides of frons and palpi dark
brown, the latter with the 3rd joint whitish at base and tip ;
fore legs dark brown ; tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white. Fore wine
grey tinged and slightly irrorated with red-brown ; a slight
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403
dark point in the cell near base ; antemedial line slight dark,
waved ; orbicular and reniform very faintly defined by brown,
the former round ; a diffused red-brown medial line, excurved
in the cell ; postmedial line dark brown, minutely waved,
oblique to above vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, a line
formed by brown irroration just beyond it and a patch of
blackish and pale yellow irroration at inner margin ; the
postmedial costal area with some brown suffusion and some
pale points on costa ; an indistinct pale slightly waved
subterminal line defined on inner side by black points and on
outer slightly by brown, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;
a series of black points before termen and a terminal series
of dark striae. Hind wing grey tinged with red-brown and
irrorated with dark brown ; a faint antemedial brown shade ;
postmedial line blackish, waved, excurved beyond the cell
and with patch of blackish and pale yellow irroration beyond
it at inner margin ; a faint brown subterminal shade ; a
series of black points before termen and a terminal series
of dark striae ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown. Under-
side ochreous grey irrorated with brown ; fore wing with the
basal half suffused with brown, the discocellulars defined by
some black scales, a dark brown slightly waved postmedial
line, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; hind wing with faint
oblique diffused dark medial line with the slight blackish
discoidal lunule on it, and slightly waved blackish postmedial
line excurved beyond lower angle of cell.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo ( W at kins), 1 £ type. Exp. 44
millim.
Manbuta ochrosema, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white, the tarsi
banded with grey-brown. Fore wing pale grey-brown ;
antemedial fine brown, waved ; orbicular a small brown
annulus ; reniform incompletely defined by brown and with
its centre defined by brown, oblique ; a rather diffused brown
medial line, excurved to median nervure, then waved ; post-
medial line blackish brown, slightly defined on outer side
by whitish to vein 4, rather dilated at costa, then very ob-
liquely downcurved to vein 6, incurved from below vein 5
and waved below vein 3, some white points with dark brown
between them beyond it on costa ; an oblique sinuous dark
brown line from costa towards apex to just beyond the
postmedial line at vein 4, defined on outer side by whitish
towards costa ; a subterminal series of small dark spots
defined on outer side by whitish, arising below vein 7, incurved
at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a series of blackish points
just before termen and a terminal series of striae. Hind
2d 2
404
ROCTUIDiE.
wing pale grey-brown with slight dark irroration ; an in-
distinct oblique sinuous dark medial line ; postmedial line
blackish, oblique to vein 5, then dentate and with rufous
mark on its outer side at inner margin ; a subterminal series
of small blackish spots defined on outer side by whitish,
almost obsolete towards costa ; a series of black points
just before termen and terminal series of strke. Underside
of fore wing brownish grey, a faint dark spot at middle of
costa, postmedial line faint, excurved from below costa to
vein 4, then incurved, a subterminal series of faint dark
spots ; hind wing white, the costal and terminal areas slightly
irrorated with brown, the discocellulars defined on each side
by blackish strias, the postmedial line blackish, waved,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved.
Hnb. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 1 type. Exp. 38
millim.
Manbuta nipliosema, n. sp.
Head blackish brown ; thorax and abdomen bright
red-brown, the latter with the genital tufts of male ochreous
white ; palpi black mixed with white, the 3rd joint white
at base and tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
ochreous white suffused with red-brown ; fore and mid tibiae
irrorated with black, the tarsi black ringed with white.
Fore wing bright red-brown ; antemedial line very faint,
diffused ; black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ;
an oblique diffused red-brown medial line ; postmedial line
faint red-brown with white points on its outer edge at veins
6 to 1, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal curved series of small
black spots ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
bright red-brown ; a minute black spot in lower angle of
cell ; an indistinct diffused curved red-brown postmedial line
with a series of white points on it and a round silvery white
spot at inner margin ; a subterminal series of small black
spots slightly defined on outer side by whitish ; a terminal
series of black points. Underside ochreous whitish suffused
with pale red-brown ; fore wing with the costa darker red-
brown irrorated with white to beyond middle, dark points
in middle of cell and on discocellulars, traces of a curved
postmedial line, a slight dark subterminal spot above vein 6 ;
hind wing with blackish discoidal striga, diffused curved
red-brown postmedial line, and slight dark subterminal spot
above vein 6.
$. Hind wing without the postmedial white spot at inner
margin.
Hah. Brazil, Sta. Cruz (S. Moor), 1 $ ; Peru, 1 <$, Pozuzo,
1 type. Exp. 48 millim.
MAMMTA.
405
Manbuta ortbogramma, n. sp.
(?• Head and thorax bright red-brown ; antennae grey-
brown ; palpi with the 3rd joint irrorated with whitish ;
legs dark red-brown, the spurs and tarsi blackish ringed
with white ; abdomen brown tinged with bluish grey, the
ventral surface white irrorated with brown. Fore wing
red-brown tinged with purplish grey, the costa bright red-
brown ; antemedial, medial and postmedial lines bright
red-brown, rather diffused and somewhat inwardly oblique,
the medial line with red-brown shade beyond it, narrowing
to costa, the postmedial line defined on outer side by white
points from below costa to vein 3 and with white striga defined
on inner side by chocolate-brown before it at inner margin ;
a subterminal series of blackish points, placed on a purple-grey
shade from below costa to vein 3 and with some whitish
beyond the point below vein 3 ; cilia fuscous brown at base,
pale reddish brown at tips. Hind wing red-brown tinged
with purplish grey ; traces of a red -brown medial line between
discal and submedian folds ; a strong oblique red-brown
postmedial line from vein 6 to inner margin near tornus,
with white points on its outer side at veins 5 to 2 and a white
striga defined on inner side by chocolate-brown before it at
inner margin ; a purple-grey subterminal shade between
veins 6 and 2, with blackish points on its inner side ; cilia
fuscous brown at base, whitish at tips. Underside of fore
wing grey-brown with faint oblique dark postmedial line
and some whitish points on costa towards apex ; hind wing
whitish suffused and irrorated with grey-brown, the terminal
area grey-brown, a slight dark discoidal striga, faint oblique
medial line, and postmedial line excurved below costa.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 type. Exp . 46 millim.
Manbuta melanesia, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark chocolate-brown ;
palpi with the 3rd joint white at tips. Fore wing dark
chocolate-brown ; traces of a sinuous dark antemedial line
with minute white points on its inner side at median nervure
and vein 1 ; a faint dark postmedial line with minute white
points at the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
minute white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal
series of slight blackish spots defined on outer side by pale
scales. Hind wing dark chocolate-brown ; a faint dark
postmedial line with minute white points at the veins, ex-
curved beyond the cell ; a subterminal series of slight black
spots. Underside dark chocolate-brown ; fore wing with
406
NOCTUIDJE.
faint curved postmedial line, the terminal area rather paler ;
hind wing with* indistinct dark postmedial line excurved
beyond the cell.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 <$ type. Exp. 40 millim.
Genus MASSALA.
Massala, Walk, xxxiii. 977 (18G5)
Enjmella, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc.,Zool. ix. p. 189
(18G7)
Typo.
quassa, Walk.
hieroglyphica, Walk.
Massala asema, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous ; spurs and tarsi
red-brown ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen
whitish tinged with rufous. Fore wing paler rufous irrorated
with brown ; a black point in the cell near base ; antemedial
line faint, red-brown, inwardly oblique and slightly sinuous ;
a diffused inwardly oblique red-brown medial line ; post-
medial line indistinct, red-brown, oblique to vein 7, then
slightly waved, incurved below vein 4, some white points
beyond it on costa and an oblique deeper rufous shade from
costa extending to before it beyond upper angle of cell and
ending at vein 4 ; a faint pale waved subterminal line with
slight dark points on its inner side ; a terminal series of
minute dark points. Hind wing pale rufous irrorated with
brown ; a faint oblique red-brown antemedial line ; post-
medial line indistinct, double, red-brown, slightly waved,
somewhat excurved beyond lower angle of cell ; traces of a
pale waved subterminal line with slight black points on its
inner side between vein 5 and submedian fold ; a terminal
series of minute dark points. Underside of foi’e wing pale
red-brown, the terminal area with a whitish tinge, an in-
distinct obliquely curved and slightly waved postmedial
brown line, a waved subterminal line with dark points on it
from below costa to vein 4 ; hind wing whitish tinged with
rufous, traces of a red-brown antemedial line, slightly curved
postmedial line, and subterminal shade.
Hab. Sta. Lucia, 1 $ ; St. Vincent ( H . H. Smith), 1 <$
type ; Grenada ( H . H. Smith), 1 $. Exp. 34-44 millim.
Genus PAPUACOLA. nov.
Type, P. lignicolor.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in front
and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
rather long, thickly scaled and with tuft of hair behind at
middle ; frons smooth with small tuft of hair above ; eyes
FAPUACOLA.
407
large, round ; antennEe of female ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibue
moderately fringe'd with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex produced and acute, the termen oblique below
vein 4 and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about
one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Papuacola lignicolor, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with red-
brown ; antennae brown, whitish above towards base ; frons
and palpi with some crimson and blackish mixed ; fore and
mid tibiae with some crimson mixed and blackish bands
near extremities, the tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore
wing grey tinged with red-brown, the inner and terminal
areas irrorated with a few blackish scales ; small subbasal
black-brown spots on costa and in cell ; a blackish and
red -brown antemedial band, triangularly dilated towards
costa and obsolescent below the cell except at vein 1 ; a
white point on its inner edge in the cell and a waved white
line on its outer edge in the cell with small flesh-coloured
spot beyond it ; a small black spot on its inner edge at costa ;
the postmedial line represented by minute black spots on
costa and at middle of submedian fold and a slight black-
brown spot at vein 6 further from the base, a conical blackish
and red-brown patch beyond it on costal area extending
nearly to the apex, with some ochreous white points at costa
and obliquely-placed grey spots near its outer edge above
and below vein 8 ; a slight waved brown terminal line with
blackish points at the interspaces. Hind wing grey tinged
with red-brown, the inner area irrorated with a few black
and red scales except towards base ; a postmedial series of
slight white points from vein 6 to inner margin, incurved at
discal fold ; a slight waved brown terminal line with blackish
points at the interspaces. Underside grey tinged with rufous
except on terminal areas and irrorated with blackish ; both
wings with small black discoidal spot and curved crenulate
postmedial line, the terminal line more distinct with small
black spots at the interspaces.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $ type ;
Solomon Is.. Bougainville I. (Meek), in Coll. Rothschild.
Exp. 42 millim.
408
NOCTUIDJS.
Genus THERMOSARA, nov
Type, T . diapyra.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with large pointed
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed, the prothorax with spreading crest ; tibiae fringed
with long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the costa
slightly arched towards apex which is somewhat produced,
the termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Thermosara diapyra, n. sp.
Head and thorax crimson ; antennae grey-brown except
towards base ; palpi pale in front and with the 3rd joint
irrorated with blackish ; tarsi dark brown ; abdomen purplish
red, the ventral surface whitish tinged with red. Fore wing
crimson irrorated with brown, the costal edge dark brown ;
a white point above vein 1 near base ; antemedial line
indistinct, brown, slightly waved, excurved below the cell ;
a blackish point in middle of cell ; reniform figure-of-eight-
shaped, with slight dark outline and blackish point in upper
and lower parts ; a rather diffused oblique dark medial
line ; postmedial line dark, dentate, rather oblique to vein 3
with a slight curve inwards at discal fold, incurved below
vein 3 ; an indistinct waved dark subterminal line with
blackish spots at discal and submedian folds ; a series of
black points before termen ; cilia tinged with purple. Hind
wing crimson tinged in parts with brown and irrorated with
blackish ; a black point defined by crimson at lower angle of
cell ; postmedial line indistinct, dark defined on outer side
by crimson, arising at vein 6 and angled outwards at veins
4, 3 ; a subterminal series of small blackish spots ; a series
of black points before termen on crimson spots. Underside
pale purplish rufous ; fore wing with the costal area tinged
with brown to beyond middle, the inner area whitish, the
terminal area slightly irrorated with brown, and a faint
oblique medial line and faint postmedial line except on inner
THEBMOSABA. — CXMOB LEMMA.
409
area ; hind wing with the apical area slightly irrorated with
brown.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Arfak Mts., Ninay Valley (Pratt),
1 <$ type. Exp. 52 millim.
Thermosara flavipuncta, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax brick-red, the patagia with some
black scales ; antennae grey-brown except towards base ;
palpi pale in front ; antennae grey-brown ; abdomen pale
red-brown, the base brick-red, the ventral surface whitish
tinged with red-brown. Fore wing yellow suffused with
fiery red and irrorated with dark brown, the costal edge
grey-brown ; a pale yellowish antemedial spot belowr costa
and waved line from cell to inner margin ; a blackish point
in middle of cell ; reniform figure-of-eight-shaped, yellow
defined by rod and with red points in upper and lower parts,
the point in lowrer part with some black scales on it ; an in-
distinct diffused oblique dark medial line ; postmedial line
yellow, rather maculate, excurved below costa and angled
outwards at veins 4, 3 ; a subterminal series of indistinct
blackish spots ; a series of black points on fiery red spots
before termen. Hind wing yellow suffused with scarlet and
thickly irrorated with brown ; postmedial line yellow defined
by scarlet, rather maculate, arising at vein 6 and angled
outwards at veins 4, 3 ; a subterminal series of faint blackish
spots with obscure scarlet spots before them ; a series of
black points on scarlet spots before termen. Underside
almost uniform ochreous yellow suffused with rufous.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Wataikwa R. (Wollaston), 1 $
type. Exp. 48 millim.
Genus CYMOBLEMMA, nov.
Type, C. crenelata, Hmpsn. ( Acantholipis ), J. Bomb. Nat.
Hist. Soc. xvii. p. 662 (1907).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, extend-
ing about twice the length of head, the 2nd joint moderately
scaled below and with large tuft of hair above, the 3rd short
and fringed with hair above and below ; frons smooth, with
very large tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and
scales mixed and without crests ; femora and tibiae of male
thickly fringed with long hair, the hind tarsi fringed with
long hair above to extremity. Fore wing with the apex
somewhat produced, the termen oblique below vein 4 and
crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from
just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell ; male with a
410
xoctuid^:.
patch of rough hair on underside beyond the cell between
veins 8 and 2. Hind wing with the terruen strongly crenulate,
the tornus obliquely truncate ; the cell about one-third
length of wing ; vein 3 from before angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only ; male with a patch of rough
hair on underside in and beyond end of cell between veins
8 and 2.
Genus SILIGNEA, nov.
Type, S. albopundata, B.-Bkr. (Zethes), Nov. Zool. xiii.
p. 276 (1806).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, rather broadly
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except towards
base, the 3rd moderate, thickly scaled and with tuft of hair
behind ; frons smooth, with ridge of scales above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and strongly
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus SAROBIDES, nov.
Type, S. inconclusa, Walk. ( Cosmophila ), Journ. Linn. Soc.,
Zool. vii. p. 77 (1864) ; Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii.
p. 192 (1900).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd
moderate, thickly scaled and fringed with hair behind ;
frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with small paired
crests formed of metallic scales ; tibiae moderately fringed
with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the
termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
§AROBLDES.
411
anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about one -third length of whig ;
veins 3, 4 from angle 5- fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Sarobides flavipicta, n. sp.
cb Head dark brown, the frons whitish ; palpi irrorated
with white and with the tips white ; thorax yellow mixed
with chestnut-red ; abdomen grey-brown tinged with red,
the base with some fiery red on dorsum and yellow at sides ;
pectus, hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous
white, the pectus rufous in front, the fore and mid tibke
and tarsi dark brown and whitish. Fore wing yellow, the
costal edge fuscous towards base ; a subbasal chestnut-red
band ; an antemedial chestnut-red striga from costa and two
slight waved lines from cell to inner margin, the outer with
some fuscous at inner margin ; a small round yellow spot
defined by diffused chestnut-red in middle of cell and two
chestnut-red discoidal points ; a broad oblique chestnut-red
area from costa before apex to medial part of inner margin,
its inner edge bent inwards at vein 6 and below the cell to
the antemedial line, its outer excurved at middle ; an
indistinct medial line, chestnut-red on the yellow area and
darker below the cell ; postmedial line indistinct, dark,
slightly waved, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; some
yellow points on postmedial part of costa ; subterminal
line red-brown, waved, angled outwards at veins 7 to 5 ;
the termen chestnut-red and the inner half of terminal area
chestnut -red with some yellow spots on it ; a series of black
points before termen ; cilia with series of yellow spots. Hind
wing chestnut-red, the base yellow, the inner margin grey-
brown ; a slight yellow annulus at lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line indistinctly double, dark brown, dentate, a white
spot on it above inner margin ; the terminal area yellow
suffused with red except towards costa ; a dentate blackish
subterminal line ; a series of black points before termen ;
cilia yellow tinged with red and chequered with brown.
Underside of fore wing yellowish suffused with brown, some
diffused yellow in and beyond upper end of cell, an indistinct
dark postmedial line excurved below costa, and subterminal
line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ;
hind wing ochreous yellow irrorated with red-brown, a small
blackish discoidal spot, strongly excurved brown postmedial
line, and diffused subterminal line.
Hnb. Borneo ( Schreiber ), 1 q type. Exp. 34 millim.
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noctuid.e.
Genus SAROBA.
Saroba, Walk, xxxiii, 109(3 (1865)
Type.
pustulifera, Walk.
Saroba phcenicias, n. sp.
cj. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some grey ; antennae
blackish with white points on the shaft above towards base ;
palpi rufous, the 3rd joint fiery red at base, then with white
ring, then blackish mixed with fiery red and whitish and with
white tips ; pectus whitish ; legs grey-brown, the spurs
and tarsi blackish ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown
with some rufous at base of dorsum. Fore wing silvery
grey-brown tinged with rufous and thickly irrorated with
black ; two black points in the cell near base and a black
and white subbasal point on costa ; antemedial line with
black and white point at costa, then slight, black, incurved
in the cell, then waved and with whitish point at vein 1 ;
a black point in middle of cell and two discoidal points ; a
faint oblique rufous line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin ; postmedial line with black and white point at costa,
then slight, black, punctiform, oblique to vein 6, excurved
to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some white points beyond
it on costa ; a series of black points before termen and a
terminal series of striae. Hind wing rufous with a greyish
tinge and irrorated with black, the costal area grey-brown ;
a curved punctiform black postmedial line ; a series of black
points before termen and a terminal series of striae. Under-
side pale rufous slightly irrorated with brown ; fore wing
with the inner area grey-brown, a strongly curved black
postmedial line, punctiform between veins 7 and 4 ; hind
wing with blackish discoidal point and curved punctiform
blackish postmedial line.
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ ; Dutch N. Guinea,
Kapaur {Doherty), 1 $ type ; Admiralty Is. {Meek), 1 <$.
Exp. 36-40 millim.
Saroba melanopasta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with
grey, the head with some blood-red scales, the tegulae with
blood-red medial band, the patagia with some dark brown
scales ; antennae black with whitish rings towards base,
frons with white points at sides ; palpi blood-red with some
black scales, whitish bars near base of 2nd and 3rd joints
and the extreme tips whitish ; pectus and ventral surface
of abdomen whitish ; fore and mid tibiae red and whitish,
the hind tibiae grey-brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with
SAHOBA.
413
white. Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey and thickly
irrorated and suffused with dark brown, the area beyond the
postmedial line slightly irrorated to vein 4 ; antemedial line
indistinct, dark, obliquely curved ; reniform faintly defined
by dark brown and with dark bar in centre ; postmedial
line blackish, oblique and slightly dentate to vein 6, then more
strongly dentate and incurved below vein 4, some pale points
with dark brown between them beyond it on costa ; a sub-
terminal series of slight dark lunules to vein 4, then a pale
dentate line ; a series of black points before termen and a
terminal series of striae. Hind wing pale red-brown tinged
with grey and with slight dark irroration, especially on inner
area and terminal area towards tornus ; an oblique dark
discoidal bar and slight medial line ; a dentate dark brown
postmedial line except toAvards costa, excurved beyond
loAver angle of cell ; a subterminal series of slight red-broAvn
spots to vein 4, then a series of dark lunules ; a series of black
points before termen and a terminal series of striae. Under-
side pale red-broAvn ; both AAings Avith small dark discoidal
spot and curved postmedial line ; hind whig Avith slight
dark spot in middle of cell.
Hcib. Assam ( Badgley ), 1 $ type. Exp. 40 millim.
Saroba isocyma, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen purplish red-broAvn ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; legs grey-broAvn,
the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing purplish red-brown
irrorated with whitish ; antemedial line indistinct, brown,
incurved hi the cell, then erect ; a minute dark spot hi middle
of cell and curATed discoidal striga ; a diffused dark medial
line, excurved to vehi 4 beyond the cell then incuiwed ; a
curved dentate dark postmedial line Avith the fahit broAvn
subterminal shade just beyond it ; a termhial series of dark
points ; cilia paler. Hind Aving purplish red-broAvn faintly
irrorated Avith whitish ; a blackish point at loAver angle of
cell ; a diffused dark postmedial line ; subterminal fine
dark, dentate and produced to whitish points at the \rehis ;
a terminal series of slight dark points ; cilia paler. Underside
of fore wing pale red-broAvn, the inner area whitish, a curATed
broAvn discoidal striga, diffused line beyond the cell, and faint
dentate postmedial line with slight shade beyond it ; hind
wing whitish tinged with red-broAvn, the terminal area more
suffused Avith red-broAvn, a curATed red-brown discoidal striga,
cur\Ted postmedial line, and dentate subterminal line.
Hcib. S. Nigeria, Vivet [Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 46
millim.
414
NOCTUID^E.
Saroba cyanescens, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown with a
slight rufous tinge, the antennae black, ochreous above
towards base ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
pale grey-brown, the tarsi blackish. Fore wing pale grey-
brown tinged in parts with rufous and sparsely irrorated with
large black scales which are white at base, the inner area to
the post medial line and the postmedial area except towards
costa glossed with blue-grey ; antemedial line indistinct,
rufous, sinuous ; a white point in middle of cell and narrow
white discoidal bar defined by blackish and with a white
point beyond its upper extremity with a patch of black irro-
ration beyond it ; three red-brown postmedial lines arising
at vein 6 and placed on a rufous shade, the 1st sinuous, the
2nd crenulate to vein 3, the 3rd excurved to vein 3, then
incurved and excurved above inner margin ; a series of
minute blackish spots before termen and of slight striae on
termen. Hind wing pale grey-brown tinged with rufous
and irrorated with large black scales which are white at base
and with some whitish between the scales on veins 3, 2, 1
just beyond middle ; a blackish terminal line forming points
at the interspaces. Underside pale grey-brown tinged with
rufous and irrorated with black.
Ilab. Natal, Durban [Platt), 1 $ type. Exp. 42 millim.
Genus NIPHOSTICTA, nov.
Type, N . stigmagrapta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, the
2nd joint reaching to well above vertex of head, slightly
fringed with hair in front and behind towards extremity,
the 3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rectangular, the termen
evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ;
8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Niphosticta stigmagrapta, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax pale red-brown tinged with grey ;
antennae grey-brown ; palpi darker red-brown ; abdomen
grey-brown ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish ;
NlPHOSTICTA. — MESASTERIA.
415
legs grey-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white.
Fore wing red-brown tinged with purplish grey and irrorated
with black ; a blackish point in the cell near base ; ante-
medial line black defined on inner side by a white bar from
costa, oblique, waved ; a rather diffused round black discoidal
spot ; postmedial line black, with white bar on its outer side
from costa, then a series of white points, minutely waved,
oblique to vein 6, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved
below vein 4, some white points with black between them
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of small dentate
blackish marks, excurved at middle and incurved at discal
fold and below vein 3 ; a terminal series of minute blackish
spots ; cilia chequered with fuscous. Hind wing glossy
grey-brown with terminal series of slight dark striae. Under-
side of fore wing grey-brown with the terminal area tinged
with whitish, an indistinct curved dark postmedial line with
small white spot at costa ; hind wing white tinged with
brown, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, diffused
subterminal line, and terminal series of lunules.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 $ type.
Exp. 26 millim.
Genus MESASTERIA, nov.
Type, M . sanguilmea.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, fringed with rather
long hair in front and also behind except towards base, the
3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of female almost simple ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base
of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex
somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved and hardly
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely
truncate ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Mesasteria sanguilinea n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown with a greyish
tinge ; antennse pale brown tinged with whitish ; palpi
more rufous ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white ;
legs whitish suffused with red-brown. Fore whig red-brown
tinged with grey ; indistinct rather diffused and slightly
waved antemedial, medial and postmedial blood-red lines ;
a rather irregular white discoidal bar ; some white points on
416
XOCTUIDjE.
postmedial part of costa ; a faint rather diffused slightly
curved subterminal line ; a slight brown terminal line inter-
rupted by minute white points at the veins. Hind wing
red-brown tinged with grey ; faint rather diffused and slightly
waved blood-red ante- and postmedial lines ; a slight terminal
brown line interrupted by minute white points at the veins.
Underside greyish suffused with red-brown.
Hab. Borneo, Sandakan ( Pryer ), 1 $ type. Exp. 32
millim.
Genus PHLOGOCHROA, nov.
Type, P. hcematoessa , Holl. ( Capnodes ), Psyche, vii. p. 110,
pi. v. f. 19 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hair behind, except towards
base, the 3rd rather long and thickly scaled ; frons smooth,
with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of
male with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely
with scales and without crests ; fore tibiae of male typically
strongly dilated and forming two hollowed-out vesicles in
front covered by fans of scales, the mid and hind tibiae
moderately fringed with hair, the mid tibiae with tuft of hair
from base ; abdomen with some rough hair from base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex
rounded, the termen evenly curved and typically not crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 0 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
1 1 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Phlogochroa melanomesa, n. sp.
<$. Head blackish mixed with grey-white, the vertex of
head, thorax and base of abdomen orange-scarlet, the rest
of abdomen whitish suffused with blackish ; antennae ringed
with whitish towards base ; palpi black, the extremities of
2nd and 3rd joints white ; pectus and ventral surface of
abdomen whitish ; legs dark brown and white. Fore wing
orange slightly irrorated with scarlet, the costal edge blackish,
the medial area black shot with purple beyond the orbicular
and reniform and from cell to inner margin, its inner edge
curved and slightly angled inwards at vein l, its outer slightly
sinuous, oblique below vein 4 and with diffused black fascia
from it to termen between veins 4 and 3 ; traces of a sub-
terminal series of small red-brown spots, excurved below
vein 7 and at middle ; a series of black points before termen,
PHLOGOCHItOA.
417
and terminal series of striae ; cilia purplish red. Hind wing
orange slightly irrorated with scarlet, the area from near
base to beyond middle black, its outer edge oblique to vein 3,
then incurved ; an indistinct double waved reddish brown
subterminal line ; a series of black points before termen and
terminal series of striae ; cilia purplish red. Underside of
fore wing pale red slightly irrorated with brown, the costal
area blackish irrorated with grey, the inner area whitish ;
hind wing ochreous with a rufous tinge on medial area except
towards costa and on apical area.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha ( Humfrey ), 1 $ type. Exp. 30
millim. Possibly an aberration of P. hcematoessa.
Phlogochroa albiguttula, n. sp.
<?• Head and thorax fiery red ; antennae grey- brown, the
shaft with whitish points above towards base ; palpi grey-
brown, white at tips ; abdomen grey-brown with some
fiery red at base of dorsum ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen whitish suffused with brown. Fore wing yellow
striated with fiery red, the medial area below and beyond
the cell and the terminal area except at apex fiery red with a
purplish tinge, the costal edge dark grey-brown interrupted
by yellow points ; antemedial line dark grey-brown defined
on inner side by yellow, slightly angled outwards at subcostal
nervure and inwards in the cell, then excurved and confluent
with the oblique rather diffused dark grey-brown medial
line, a blackish point between them in the cell ; reniform
obscurely defined by yellow points and blackish scales ;
postmedial line dark slightly defined on outer side by yellow
and by small yellow spots above and below vein 6 and at
submedian fold, angled outwards beyond the angles of cell
and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line indistinct, dark,
excurved below' vein 7 and at middle, and incurved at discal
fold and belowr vein 3 ; a series of black points before termen
and a fine ivaved terminal line ; cilia purplish. Hind wing
fiery red mixed with some yellow^ and irrorated with brown,
the inner margin grey-brown ; a faint oblique diffused brown
antemedial line ; a rather diffused brown medial line, slightly
excurved beyond the angles of cell ; a rather maculate dark
brown subterminal line, incurved at discal fold and excurved
at middle ; a series of black points before termen and a fine
waved terminal line ; cilia purplish. Underside of fore wing
pale red irrorated with brown, the costa grey-brown, the inner
area whitish, a diffused dark postmedial line, excurved below
costa and incurved below vein 3, a slight subterminal shade ;
hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated
2 E
418
XOCTUIDiE.
with brown, an oblique rather diffused red-brown postmedial
line, and faint subterminal shade.
Hub. S. Nigeria, Ilesha ( Humfrey ), 1 <$ type. Exp. 40
millim.
Genus PYROBLEMMA, nov.
Type, P. villicosta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd and
3rd joints fringed with hair in front and behind ; frons
smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male bipectinate, the branches ending in bristles,
the apical third with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with
hail- and scales mixed and without crests ; fore tibiae of male
tufted with long hair, the mid tibiae fringed on both sides
with long hair, the hind tibiae moderately fringed with hair
on both sides ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; no areole ;
veins 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Pyroblemma villicosta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous yellow ;
antennae and palpi pale red-brown ; pectus in front, fore
and mid legs red -brown. Fore wing pale ochreous yellow,
the costal area suffused with rufous, the terminal area slightly
irrorated with brown ; the medial area with a broad pale
rufous shade ; postmedial line with blackish spot below
costa, then indistinct, fuscous, diffused, bent outwards from
below vein 7 to below 5, then oblique to vein 2 and outwardly
oblique to inner margin ; a faint dark line from costa before
apex to the postmedial line below vein 7 and a waved line
from it below vein 5 to tornus. Hind wing pale ochreous
yellow with the area beyond the cell deeper yellow from
costa to vein 3 except at termen ; a slight rufous patch
beyond the cell between veins 4 and submedian fold with a
slight dark spot on it below vein 2 ; the inner area with some
dark irroration except towards base. Underside pale ochreous
yellow ; fore wing with the costal area suffused with red-
brown to beyond middle ; hind wing slightly irrorated with
brown.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurrell), 1 type. Exp.
50 millim.
l’l’BOB EE VI VI A — MACE LEO PIS.
419
Pyroblemraa purpurata, n. sp.
<$■ Head ancl thorax yellowish suffused with chestnut-red •
-antennae pale red-brown ; frons with some dark brown above •
palpi dark red-brown ; abdomen pale ochreous yellow, the
2nd and 4th segments dorsally suffused with rufous ; leys
rufous, the fore tibiae and the tarsi darker brown. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with brick-red, the terminal half slightly
iirorated with brown ; an oblique fuscous postmedial line ;
subterminal line fuscous, angled outwards below vein 7 and
incurved below vein 3 ; a series of blackish points before
termen. Hind wing ochreous suffused with brick-red and
irrorated with fuscous except towards base ; an oblique
fuscous medial line ; subterminal line indistinct, fuscous,
excurved at middle ; a series of blackish points before termen.
Underside pale ochreous yellow slightly irrorated with brown ;
fore wing with the costal area tinged with rufous to beyond
middle.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Port Lokko (Penny), 1 3 type.
Exp. 38 millim.
Genus IVEACELLOPIS, nov.
Type, M. ustata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd short with small triangular tuft of hair in front ; ' frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennse
of male strongly serrate and fasciculate ; thorax clothed with
hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibia? of female
moderately fringed with hair, the hind tibia? of male with
very large tufts of long hair above enclosing masses of floeculent
hair and without the medial spurs, the hind tarsi in male
with the 1st joint fringed with hah- above ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle , 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-
thircl length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Macellopis ustata, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous ; pectus and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish ; legs browner. Fore
2 e 2
420
XOCTUIDJE.
wing bright chestnut-red, the costa chocolate-brown tinged
with grey ; antemedial line brown, excurved in submedian
interspaces and angled inwards at vein 1 ; a brown point in
middle of cell and discoidal striga with white point at lower
angle of cell, the terminal part of cell with a yellowish tinge ;
two indistinct slightly dentate brown postmedial lines, in-
curved below vein 3, a semicircular white spot beyond them
on costa ; a faint dentate brown subterminal line, incurved
between veins 6 and 4 ; a fine red-brown terminal line.
Hind wing bright chestnut-red ; a dark brown point at
lower angle of cell ; two indistinct dentate brown postmedial
lines, incurved below vein 4 ; two indistinct dentate brown
subterminal lines ; a fine red-brown terminal line. Under-
side of fore wing pale rufous with the inner area white, a
faint oblique brown line just beyond the cell and a waved
red- brown postmedial line ; hind wing white tinged with
rufous, the terminal area suffused with rufous, a very slightly
waved red-brown postmedial line excurved to vein 4 and a
waved red-brown subterminal line.
Ab. 1. Fore wing without the postmedial white spot on
costa.
Hah. S. Nigeria, Lagos ( Strachan ), 1 $, Old Calabar
(' Cock-burn , Crompton, Sampson), 5 q , 3 $ type ; Sapele
{Sampson), 2 g, 5 $. Exp. 46-54 millim.
Genus ECLIPSEA. nov.
Type, E. lima, Hmpsn. ( Avitta ), 111. Het. B.M. viii. p. 100,
pi. 148. f. 21 (1891) ; id. Moths Ind. iii. p. 21 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the
pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; build rather
slender ; fore and mid tibiae moderately fringed with hair,
the hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests, rather long in
male. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the tornus
obliquely truncate ; the cell half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
SELEX0PEBA8. — DAHLIA,
421
Genus SELENOPERAS, nov.
Type, S. caustiploga, Hmpsn. (Capnodes), Moths Inch iv.
p. 537 (1896).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather slender and slightly fringed
with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd moderate and
roughly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of scales above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
fore tibiae of male with tuft of large scales in front, the micl
and hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly
crenulate ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen excised
towards tornus ; the cell about one-third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus DAHLIA.
Dahlia, Pag. Abh. Senck. Ges. Zoologica, xii. p. 120
(1900)
Type.
hesperioicles, Pag.
Dahlia flava, n. sp.
2. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow, the two former
with a few brown scales ; antennae brown mixed with white ;
palpi irrorated with brown ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen ochreous white irrorated with brown. Fore wing
yellow irrorated with a few brown scales, the costa thickly
irrorated with brown ; antemedial line indistinct, brown,
Avavecl ; a white point defined by black in middle of cell and
a similar point at lower angle of cell with a black striga above
it ; postmedial line brown, waved , excurved from disci, I
fold to vein 3, then incurved ; subterminal line formed by
small dentate brown marks to vein 3, then an incurved line ;
a terminal series of small black spots ; cilia yellowish white
mixed with brown. Hind wing yellow irrorated with brown ;
a slight brown postmedial line excurved beyond lower angle
of cell and above inner margin ; two diffused brown sub-
terminal lines ; a terminal series of small black spots. Under-
side ochreous white thickly irrorated with brown ; both wmgs
with slight brown discoidal spots, rather diffused sinuous
postmedial line and subterminal shade.
Hcib. Bismarck Arch., Admiralty Is. (Meek), 1 $ type.
Exp. 22 millim.
422
NOCTVIDJE.
Genus UGIODES, nov.
Type, U. cinerea.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
somewhat dilated behind to near extremity, the 3rd long
and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth with large tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate
with rather short branches to apex ; thorax clothed with hair
only and without crests ; fore tibiae moderately fringed
with hair, the mid and hind tibiae fringed with long hair
behind, the hind tibiae with the outer medial spur fringed
with hair ; build slender ; abdomen with some rough hair
at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the
apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a minute
areole ; 10 anastomosing with 11. Hind wing with the
termen somewhat excurved at middle ; the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Ugiodes cinerea, n. sp.
d1. Head white, the antennae grey-brown, the sides of
frons and palpi reddish brown, the latter with the 3rd joint
irrorated with white ; tegulae red-brown ; thorax and abdomen
grey-brown ; pectus, hind legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white, the fore legs red-brown, the mid legs grey-
brown. Fore wing grey-brown, the costal area irrorated
with silvery white towards base ; an interrupted dark brown
antemedial line, strongly incurved in the cell and excurved
below it ; a white point defined by dark brown in middle
of cell and curved dark brown discoidal striga with white
point on its lower part ; a postmedial series of minute dark
brown lunules, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some
white points with dark brown between them beyond it on
ccsta ; a subterminal series of dark brown spots in the inter-
spaces with a blacker spot below vein 2, slightly incurved at
discal fold ; a terminal series of minute black-brown spots.
Hind wing grey-brown ; a blackish discoidal striga : a curved
postmedial series of minute dark brown lunules ; a rather
maculate brown subterminal shade, oblique to vein 4. then
inwardly oblique and approximated to the postmedial lunules ;
a terminal series of minute black-brown spots. Underside
grey suffused with fuscous brown ; fore wing with small
black spots in middle of cell and on disccc cllulars and maculate
UGIODES. — SYSSTREMA.
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postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; hind wing
with black discoidal spot and sinuous maculate postmedial
line.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 ^type ; S. Nigeria,
Old Calabar {Sampson), 2 Yaba ( Mac fie ), 1 <$. Exp.
30-36 millim.
Genus SYSSTREMA.
Sysstrema, Herr.-Schaff. Ausser-eur. Schmett. p. 69 Type.
(1858) crassicornis , H.-Sch.
Sysstrema ennomodes, n. sp.
(J. Vertex of head and thorax deep chocolate-brown tinged
with purplish red ; frons pale red-brown, chocolate-brown at
sides ; antennae pale in front ; palpi rufous, the 3rd joint
creamy white ; pectus and legs rufous, the femora fringed
with fiery red hair ; abdomen red-brown at base, then pale
rufous, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing rufous tinged
with grey and irrorated with brown ; a broad oblique deep
chocolate-brown shade from the medial line beyond the cell
to inner margin near base ; antemedial line chocolate-brown
with an oblique bar from costa, angled outwards below costa
and incurved from just below the cell ; a small round white
spot in end of cell ; medial line chocolate-brown, bent
outwards beyond the cell where it is defined on outer side
by whitish and dentate at veins 6, 5, 4, on inner edge of a
faint figure-of-eight-shaped reniform, then strongly incurved
and angled outwards at vein 1 ; postmedial line chocolate-
brown defined on inner side by white, oblique and almost
straight, the costal area before it whitish, the area beyond
it deep red-brown to the subterminal line from costa to vein 2,
then narrowing to inner margin ; subterminal line red-brown
with a few grey scales on it, minutely waved, incurved at
discal fold and oblique below vein 3 ; a fine waved dark
terminal line. Hind wing rufous tinged with grey and
irrorated with brown ; an indistinct oblique antemedial
brown line from cell to inner margin and discoidal bar ; a
slightly curved deep red-brown postmedial line faintly defined
on inner side by ochreous and on outer side by a broad dark
brown shade to vein 3, then a narrower deep rufous shade ;
a curved subterminal series of slight dark brown and grey
spots from costa to vein 2 and an oblique bar in submedian
interspace ; a slight waved brown terminal line. Underside
of fore wing with the basal area and the costal area to the
postmedial line ochreous tinged with red-brown, the rest of
wing deep rufous with some dark brown suffusion and some
white suffusion at apex, a browff medial line excurved to
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median nervure, then oblique, a brownish discoidal bar, a
curved brown postmedial line with series of white striae on
it, some white points on costa towards apex, a subterminal
series of whitish points, incurved at discal fold and below
vein 3 ; hind wing yellow suffused with red, the terminal
area suffused with brown, an indistinct oblique brown ante-
medial line and discoidal bar, a diffused curved dark brown
postmedial line with series of small white spots on it, a curved
subterminal series of white points.
Hab. Colombia, Ravas, 1 o type. Exp. 44 millim.
Genus DONACESA.
Donacesa, Walk. xv. 1859 (1858)
Type.
iniricornis, Walk.
Donacesa oclirogaster, n. sp.
d*. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; antennae white
in front towards base ; frons with a whitish tinge ; palpi
white at extreme tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen ochreous tinged with flesh colour, the tarsi grey-
brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown ; ante-
medial line chocolate- brown, angled outwards below costa,
then oblique ; medial line chocolate-brown, angled outwards
at discal fold ; white points defined by brown in middle
of cell and at upper and lower angles ; postmedial line
chocolate-brown, slightly angled outwards below costa, then
oblique and slightly defined on inner side by whitish ; a
subterminal series of minute white points defined on inner side
by black-brown, incurved below vein 3 ; a fine brown terminal
line. Hind wing red-brown ; a slight oblique brown ante-
medial line, a black point in lower angle of cell ; an oblique
chocolate-brown postmedial line defined on inner side by
whitish ; a subterminal series of dark brown points, excurved
at middle ; a fine brown terminal line. Underside of fore
wing pale red irrorated with brown, the inner area whitish,
a dark brown point in middle of cell, medial line angled
outwards at discal fold, curved discoidal striga, postmedial
line oblique below discal fold and slightly defined on outer
side by diffused brown and whitish, and slightly waved sub-
terminal line incurved at discal fold ; hind wing ochreous
irrorated with brown, the apical part of terminal area tinged
with red, an oblique brown medial line, curved discoidal
striga, very slightly curved strong postmedial line, and
slightly waved subterminal line.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 J1 type. Exp. 40 millim.
D1SC0SEMA. GONTOCARSIA.
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Genus DISCOSEMA, nov.
Type, D. birenosa, Feld. (Renodes), Reis. Nov. pi. 119. f. 19
(1874).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and slightly angled with hair behind at middle, the
3rd long and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with small pointed
tuft of scales above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
bipectinate with very short branches ending in bristles to
near extremity ; build slender ; thorax clothed with hair
and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed
with hair ; abdomen long, with slight rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the costa
arched towards apex which is somewhat produced and acute,
the termen obtusely angled at vein 4, then oblique, not
crenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from just
above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the termen angled at vein 4 ; the cell about one-third length
of wing ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus GONIOCARSIA, nov.
Type, G. electrica, Schaus (Thermesia), Trans. Am. Ent.
Soc. xxi. p. 244 (1894) ; Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii.
p. 520 (1898).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd long and slightly fringed Avith hair behind towards ex-
tremity ; frons smooth, with large pointed tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennse of male Avith fasciculate cilia ;
thorax clothed AAdth hair and scales mixed, the prothorax
with small oblique triangular crest ; tibiae moderately fringed
with hair ; abdomen AA-ith some rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore Aving Avith the costa slightly arched
towards apex Avhich is somewhat produced, the termen
slightly angled at vein 4, then oblique, slightly crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of Aving ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
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NOCTTj'IDJE.
Genus CGENOBELA, nov.
Type, C. paucula, Walk. (Poaphila), xv. 1838 (1858) ;
Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 383 (1890).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with slight ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male typically
bipectinate with rather long branches to near apex ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae
slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at
base of dorsum, but without crests. Fore wing with the apex
somewhat produced, the termen evenly curved and slightly
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Genus TYRISSA.
Tyrissa, Walk. xxxv. 1975 (1866)
Type.
recurva, Walk.
Tyrissa polygraplia, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed with
grey, the frontal tuft defined by white at sides and the vertex
of head with white line ; antennae with series of white points
above towards base ; palpi with white line at sides and the
extreme tip white ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing grey
thickly irrorated with dark red-brown, the terminal area
suffused with red-brown ; traces of a brown subbasal line,
oblique to median nervure, then inwardly oblique to vein 1
where it terminates ; an indistinct dentate antemedial line ;
four indistinct lines beyond the cell, oblique to vein G, waved
to vein 4, then inwardly oblique ; postmcdial line dark
brown, acutely angled outwards at veins 8 and 7, angled
inwards at vein 6 and outwards at discal fold, then oblique
and excurved below veins 5, 4, 3, the costa beyond it with
white points with blackish streaks between them ; sub-
terminal line indistinctly double filled in with grey and
dentate to vein 4, then treble, oblique and slightly sinuous ;
a waved dark brown terminal line and pale line at base of
cilia. Hind wing grey suffused with dark red-brown, the
basal area more irrorated with brown ; a brown discoidal
striga and point at lower angle of cell ; six oblique slightly
sinuous brown lines beyond the cell ; postmcdial line dark
brown defined on outer side by slight whitish points in the
T Truss A. ITOMA.
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interspaces, excurved below costa, somewhat dentate to
discal fold, then oblique ; two brown subterminal lines,
waved to discal fold, then oblique ; a dark brown terminal
line ; cilia with brown line near base, then whitish with
brown tips below vein 4. Underside dark reddish brown
slightly irrorated with grey ; fore wing with two faint medial
lines excurved and defined on outer side by whitish towards
costa, postmedial fine indistinct, brown defined on outer
side by whitish, slightly waved, excurved to vein 4, then
oblique, some white points beyond it on costa ; hind wing
with four faint slightly waved lines beyond the cell defined
on outer side by whitish towards costa and a similar but
rather more distinct postmedial line defined by whitish
throughout.
Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Tijuca (Wagner), 1 type.
Exp. 38 millim.
Genus ITONIA.
Itonia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 271 (1827) lignaris, Hiibn.
Pseudobendis, Butl. Entom. 1896, p. 254 opistographa, Guen.
Itonia lentisinua, n. sp.
$. Head and tegulae ochreous tinged with red-brown ;
thorax and abdomen greyish ochreous irrorated with brown ;
antennae dark brown. Fore wing greyish ochreous thickly
irrorated with brown ; an indistinct obliquely curved dark
subbasal line from costa to inner margin ; antemeclial line
slight, dark, incurved in the cell, then obliquely curved ;
black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; medial
line brown, oblique to vein 6 well beyond the cell, then
inwardly oblique to inner margin just beyond the antemedial
line ; postmedial line slight, dark, acutely angled outwards
at veins 7 and 6 and inwards between them, then oblique,
sinuous and double below vein 5 ; a double obliquely curved
reddish brown line from apex where the lines are confluent
to inner margin towards which they diverge and are filled in
with whitish, the outer line slightly waved ; a series of blackish
points before termen and a fine sinuous brown terminal line.
Hind wing greyish ochreous faintly tinged with red-broivn
and thickly irrorated with black-brown ; a slight dark dis-
coidal striga ; an oblique dark brown medial line ; two brown
postmedial lines, the outer less distinct ; a double dark brown
subterminal fine from apex to tornus, filled in ivith whitish ;
a series of black points before termen and a dark brown
terminal line. Underside of fore wing yellow irrorated with
red-brown, the marginal areas grey irrorated with brown,
a dark brown spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule,
medial line rather diffused, excurved from costa beyond
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NOCTUIDJ:.
the ceil to lower angle, then oblique, postmedial line excurved
below costa and at middle, incurved at discal fold and below
vein 4, an oblique diffused fuscous subterminal line, all the
lines obsolescent on inner area ; hind wing ochreous white
irrorated with dark brown, a slight discoidal spot, somewhat
sinuous medial and postmedial lines and a strong subterminal
line.
Hah. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $ type. Exp. 40 millim.
Genus BENDIS.
Bendis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 269 (1827) irregularis, Hiibn.
Lesmone, Hiibn. Verz. p. 340 (1827) porcia, Stoll.
Azatha, Walk. xv. 1534 (1858) m arcellina, Stoll.
Trama, Harv. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. iii. p. 13 (1875)
nee Heyd. Hem. 1837 detrahens, Walk.
Lepidotrama, Cockerell, Ent. News Philad. xiv. p. 182
(1903) detrahens, Walk.
Bendis umbrifera, n. sp.
Head and tegulse red -brown ; thorax and abdomen
purple-grey ; pectus and legs red-brown. Fore wing purple-
grey, the basal half and costal area irrorated with red-brown ;
a curved red-brown subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial
line red-brown, angled outwards below costa, strongly bent
inwards in the cell, then waved ; a minute chocolate-brown
spot in middle of cell ; reniform defined by chocolate-brown,
narrow ; an indistinct sinuous red-brown medial line ; post-
medial line chocolate-brown, oblique towards costa, then
inwardly oblique and irregularly waved , some white points
beyond it on costa ; a strong oblique chocolate-brown shade
from apex to tornus, diffused on outer side to near termen at
middle ; a series of minute black-brown spots just before
termen and a terminal series of black-brown striae. Hind
wing purple-grey tinged with red-brown except on terminal
area, the postmedial area suffused with chocolate-brown
diffused to near termen at middle ; an oblique red-brown
medial line from discal fold to inner margin, defined on outer
side by whitish ; an indistinct double dentate chocolate-
brown subterminal line from vein 7 to inner margin, some-
what excurved at middle ; a series of minute black-brown
spots just before termen and a terminal series of black-brown
striae ; cilia whitish at tips. Underside purple-grey suffused
with red-brown ; both wings with small white discoidal
spot and curved red-brown postmedial line slightly defined on
oiiter side by grey.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Bartica (Kaye), 1 q type. Exp. 40
millim.
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Bendis camptogramma, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with grey,,
the thorax slightly irrorated with white. Fore wing bright
red-brown suffused and irrorated with blue-grey ; ante-
medial line red-brown, curved ; reniform grey-white defined
by red-brown, its outer edge straight ; medial line rather
diffused red-brown, excurved to median nervure, then in-
curved ; the veins beyond the cell streaked with red-brown ;
postmedial line red-brown, obliquely excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; sub-
terminal line whitish defined on each side by rather diffused
red-brown, oblique below vein 4 ; a crenulate red-brown line
just before termen. Hind wing red-brown suffused with
blue-grey ; an indistinct slightly curved red-brown medial
line and rather more distinct postmedial line ; subterminal
line blue-grey defined on each side by bright red-brown
suffusion, straight from apex to tornus ; a crenulate red-brown
line just before termen. Underside red-brown suffused with
leaden grey ; fore wing with slight whitish discoidal lunule,
indistinct postmedial line, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly
oblique, and traces of a subterminal line ; hind wing with
faint medial and postmedial lines.
Hab. Br. Guiana, Bartica {Kaye), 1 q type, Rockstone
{Kaye), 1 $. Exp. 38 millim.
Genus ZALEODES, nov.
Type, Zi. xylochroa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to just above vertex of head, moderately fringed with
hair in front and slightly behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth -with ridge of scales
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the
patagia dilated with scales at extremity, the prothorax with
divided crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex somewhat produced, the termen highly crenulate,
oblique below vein 4 ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen highly
crenulate, produced to a point at vein 7, then oblique ; the
cell nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
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Zaleodes xylochroa, n. sp.
Head and thorax greyish ochreous tinged with red-brown
and with a few black-brown scales especially on the patagia ;
antennae dark brown ; frons whitish below and with black
spots at sides ; the extremities of femora black-brown, the
spurs with black bands ; abdomen pale grey tinged with
brown and slightly irrorated with blackish, the ventral surface
whitish. Fore wing ochreous suffused with red-brown and
slightly irrorated with black ; the cell and area just below
and beyond it tinged with grey ; a subbasal black striga
from costa, excurved below costa ; antemedial line with
double oblique brown striae from costa, then very indistinct
and strongly incurved to median nervure, where it is strongly
bent outwards, then black defined on outer side by a narrow
red- brown band and very oblique to inner margin near base
with an ochreous patch beyond it ; a black point in middle
of cell ; reniform very narrow, defined by black scales
except below where it is slightly defined by whitish ; a small
dark spot at middle of costa and two indistinct oblique sinuous
lines from the cell to inner margin ; postmedial line dark
brown, oblique and defined on each side by ochreous to
vein G and with slight dark spots on it at costa and above and
below vein 7, then inwardly oblique and sinuous, obsolescent
between veins 5 and 2 ; the postmedial area with small white
spots on costa with black streaks between them, brown
streaks defined on each side by ochreous to vein 7 and ochreous
below vein G ; subterminal line ochreous, defined on outer side
by an oblique red-brown fascia from apex, then slightly by
red-brown and on inner side by an oblique red-brown striga
below vein 8 and small spot below 7, the line oblique to
vein 7, then waved and with blackish spot below vein 1 ;
a series of minute white striae defined on inner side by black
in the interspaces before termen. Hind wing ochreous
suffused with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black-
brown ; a small blackish spot at lower angle of cell ; two
indistinct crenulate brown lines on postmedial area before
the double dark brown slightly sinuous postmedial line,
filled in with ochreous and curved inwards to costa and closely
followed by the ochreous subterminal line defined on inner
side by a fine red-brown line and also curved inwards to
costa ; a series of dark brown points before termen and
fine striga towards tornus, an ochreous line at base of cilia.
Underside pale grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated
with dark brown ; fore wing with black point in middle of
cell and points on each side of discocellulars, a faint diffused
medial line incurved below the cell and another diffused line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin, postmedial line dark
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brown, oblique to vein 7, then crenulate and oblique below
■discal fold, a series of black points before termen ; hind wing
with narrow discoidal lunule defined by dark brown, slightly
waved line beyond the cell incurved below vein 5, crenulate
postmedial line oblique below discal fold and ending at tornus,
and series of black points before termen.
Hcib. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.
Genus PETEROMA.
Peteroma, Schaus, A. M. N. H. (7) viii. p. 78 (1901)
Peteroma, Schaus, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxx. p. 113 (1906).
Type.
jarinta, Schaus.
lignea, Schaus.
Peteroma latizonata, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous ; a
black-brown bar between antenna; and black-brown band at
middle of patagia which are white at tips ; palpi, except
the 3rd joint, and tibiae and tarsi ochreous ; abdomen
greyish suffused with red-brown. Fore wing with the costal
area ochreous white to near the subterminal line where it is
bifid, the inner basal area ochreous white tinged with red-
brown, the area from the medial to the subterminal line bright
red-brown except on costal area, the termen pale red-brown ;
a subbasal dark brown mark below the cell ; antemedial line
represented by a slight oblique red-brown streak below
costa, a short oblique fascia in the cell much nearer the base,
and a dark red-brown band from median nervure to inner
margin towards which it narrows, followed by an oblique
ochreous white band from the costal area to inner margin ;
a minute black spot in middle of cell ; reniform defined by
ochreous white except below, small above, constricted at
middle so that the white edges are confluent and expanding
below ; an oblique double red-brown medial line from sub-
costal nervure to inner margin ; a slight red-brown mark
on costa above end of cell ; a dark streak on vein 6 to the
subterminal line ; postmedial line indistinct, dark brown,
arising at vein 6, incurved at discal fold and excurved at
middle, slightly angled outwards at vein 3, then oblique
to vein 2 and bent upwards to lower angle of cell, retracted
on median nervure to near the medial lure, then angled out-
wards at submedian fold, vein 1 and inner margin ; a creamy
white subterminal band from costa just- before apex to tornus
with a dentate dark brown mark on its inner side below
costa ; a dark brown terminal line expanding into a spot
at the angle at vein 4 ; cilia red -brown at tips. Hind wing
ochreous tinged with red-brown ; three indistinct slightly
waved red-brown lines on postmedial area ; subterminal line
double, red- brown, slightly sinuous, the inner line indistinct
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N0CTUID.2E.
except towards inner margin, the outer rather diffused and
followed by a creamy white band ; a diffused red-brown
line before termen ; a dark brown terminal line expanding
into a spot at the angle at vein 4 ; cilia red-brown at tips.
Underside ochreous white tinged and irrorated with red -brown,
the terminal area paler ; fore wing with slight dark spot hi
middle of cell, faint medial line, dark postmedial line excurved
at vein 4, then oblique, subterminal hue defining the pale
area and terminal series of slight dark lunules ; hind wing
with small brown discoidal spot, three faint slightly waved
lines beyond the cell, brown postmedial line excurved at
middle, faint curved subterminal line, and terminal series of
slight dark lunules.
Hub. Brazil, Porto Allegro, 1 $ type. Exp. 52 millim.
Peteroma isocampta, n. sp.
d1. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish white mixed with
red-brown ; frons white, blackish bar above ; tegulae with
blackish bands at middle and near tips ; a whitish band on
mesothorax and the metathorax white behind ; frons with
blackish spots at sides : palpi ochreous, the 3rd joint red-
brown ; fore and mid femora red- brown ; abdomen with
narrow black-brown segmental bands, the ventral surface
ochreous white. Pore wing ochreous white suffused in parts
with red-brown, especially the postmedial area from vein b to
inner margin ; subbasal line black- brown defined on outer
side by whitish, angled outwards below costa, then oblique
to base at submedian fold ; antemedial line ochreous white,
slightly angled outwards below costa and inwards in the cell,
bent outwards at median nervure, then very oblique and
defined on outer side by a narrow red-brown band with
some black-brown on its outer edge ; a minute black spot in
middle of cell and curved whitish mark at lower angle ; a
slight minutely waved brownish line from costa to discal
fold in end of cell ; a fine oblique black line followed by a
stronger red-brown line from lower angle of cell to inner
margin, both defined on outer side by ochreous ; postmedial
line black-brown, forming a small spot at costa, slightly angled
outwards at veins 8 and 7, then stronger, angled inwards at
discal fold, excurved between veins 5 and 4, then oblique
and slightly sinuous ; some pale points on postmedial part of
costa, slight brown streaks below the costa, and an oblique
black-brown streak below vein 7 ; subterminal line ochreous
defined on inner side by dentate black-brown marks to vein 4,
waved to vein 4, then oblique ; a brown patch at middle of
terminal area and a sinuous black terminal line ; cilia with a
brown line through them. Hind wing ochreous tinged in
parts with red-brown and with some dark irroration on
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antemedial area ; a blackish subbasal line from cell to inner
margin ; an oblique dark brown medial band with a whitish
line at middle, followed by a rather diffused incurved red-
brown line ; postmedial line dark brown, excurved below
costa, then incurved and bent inwards to inner margin,
followed by a red-brown line ; subterminal line ochreous de-
fined on inner side by a narrow brown band narrowing to a
point at costa and on outer side by red-brown ; a dark brown
terminal line expanding into a spot at the angle at vein 4 ;
cilia with a slight brownish line through them. Underside
ochreous irrorated with brown ; fore wing with small dark
spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars, waved red- brown
postmedial line oblique towards costa, red-brown subterminal
shade, and fine crenulate dark terminal line ; hind iving
with red-brown discoidal bar, double waved medial line
excurved beyond the cell, the outer line faint, waved post-
medial line slightly excurved beyond the cell and oblique
from vein 2 to tornus, dark brown subterminal shade, and
fine crenulate dark terminal line.
Hab. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas ( Klages ),
1 U type. Exp. 42 millim.
Genus BENDISOPXS, nov.
Type, B. remissa, Walk. ( Ephyrodes ), xv. 1592 (1858).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennas of female with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the
pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the
termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind whig with the
cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus SIPATOSIA, nov.
Type, S. onerosa, Schaus (Apistis), Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvi.
p. 520 (1914).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
moderate, oblique and thickly scaled ; eyes large, round ;
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antennae of male typically with bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ;
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen
evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind 'wing with the cell
about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Sipatosia aetheriopasta, n. sp.
q. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown irrorated
with some blue-white scales ; palpi crimson-red, the 3rd
joint yellow ; femora fringed with deep rufous hair, the
fore tibiae irrorated with white, the tarsi and ventral surface
of abdomen yellow tinged with rufous. Fore wing dark
chocolate-brown, thickly irrorated with blue-white and striated
with dark brown except on postmedial costal area ; ante-
medial line bright chocolate-brown defined on inner side by
blue-white, inwardly oblique ; a diffused bright chocolate-
brown medial line, tending to form a patch in end of cell ;
postmedial line bright chocolate-brown defined on outer side
by blue-white, obliquely downcurved to above vein 6 where
it is acutely angled outwards then very oblique ; the terminal
area with two triangular patches of white mottlings extending
to the postmedial line with their bases on termen, the upper
from apex to vein 3 and the lower from vein 3 to tornus ; a
terminal series of minute white spots defined on inner side
by a faint waved dark line. Hind wing deep chocolate-
brown thickly irrorated with blue-white ; a bright chocolate-
brown medial line defined on outer side by white from vein 7
to above inner margin ; an oblique white shade from vein 6
beyond middle to near middle of termen and another from
vein 4 to tornus ; a terminal series of minute white spots
defined on inner side by dark brown. Underside of fore wing
red-brown, the costa reddish ochreous, an indistinct dark
postmedial line oblique to vein 6 then inwardly oblique ;
hind wing red-brown tinged with grey and striated with dark
brown, a curved dark postmedial line.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 J type. Exp. 54 millim.
Genus TRICHOBATHRA, nov.
Type, T. triplogramma.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint up-
turned, extending to vertex of head, somewhat angled with
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scales in front at extremity and slightly fringed with hair
behind, the 3rd long, smoothly scaled and porrect ; frons
smooth, with a large divided tuft of hair above from between
antennae ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate
with moderate branches to two-thirds length, the apical
part with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair ani
scales mixed and without crests ; the tegulse with slight
dorsal ridge and tufts of scales at sides, the patagia fringed
with rough hair and scales ; fore femora of male fringed
with rough hair and scales ; the fore and mid tibiae moderately
fringed with hair, the hind tibiae short and fringed with long
hair below ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore wing with the costa arched towards
apex which is slightly produced, the termen evenly curved
and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell ; male with a patch of
rough hairy scales on upperside of inner area near base.
Hind wing with the termen slightly excised at discal fold
and excurved at vein 4 ; the cell less than half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from
well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only ; the underside in male with
frino-e of converging hair between veins 6 and 7, and of
upturned hair below veins 3 and 2.
Trichobathra triplogramma, n. sp.
g. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous slightly
tinged with red-brown, the patagia with a few black scales ;
antennae with the branches brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint
brown above and at extremity, the 3rd joint white. Fore
wing pale ochreous slightly tinged with red-brown and
irrorated with dark brown, the rough scaling on basal inner
area browner ; a subbasal black bar across the cell ; an oblique
antemedial dark brown bar from costa and minute spot in
the cell ; reniform incompletely defined by dark brown,
narrow, interrupted at middle ; a brown bar from costa
beyond middle ; an oblique brown streak from apex to vein 6
v/here it joins an oblique treble dark brown line from vein 6
to inner margin, small black-brown marks beyond it at vein
submedian fold and vein 1 ; a series of black-brown points
before termen. Hind wing pale ochreous slightly tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with black except on inner
area ; 'fa triple oblique black-brown medial line ; postmedial
line represented by an obliquely excurved series of slight
blackish spots from vein 6 to 3, then retracted to the medial
line at vein 2, then an oblique irregular line to inner margin ;
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a series of minute black spots just before termen between
veins 6 and 1. Underside ochreous white faintly tinged
with red -brown and irr orated with brown ; fore wing with
dark discoidal point ; hind wing with discoidal striga.
Hob. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 1 $ type ; S.
Nigeria, Yorubaland, Ogbomosa (Carter), 1 Exp. 50
millim.
Genus UGIA.
Type.
Vgia, Walk. xv. 1860 (1858) dinjungens, Walk.
Sarthicla, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zook vii. p. 80 (1864) d isjnngens, Walk.
Iluza, Walk, xxxiii. 1006 (1865) decisa, Walk.
Ugia duplicilinea, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous ;
antennae with the shaft whitish, the branches brown ; palpi
brown behind ; fore and mid tibiae and the tarsi suffused
with brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with rufous and
sparsely irrorated with black ; minute black spots in the cell
near base and on the discocell ulars and a white point in
middle of cell ; a strong double oblique bright red-brown
hue filled in with reddish ochreous from apex to inner margin
beyond middle, a fuscous brown subterminal line arising
from it below apex, oblique to before termen below vein 4,
then angled inwards, then outwards at vein 3 and inwards
below it, then oblique to tornus ; a series of black points
before termen. Hind wing ochreous tinged with rufous and
sparsely irrorated with black ; a strong double oblique bright
red-brown medial line from below costa to vein 1 ; an in-
distinct brown subterminal line, oblique from vein 7 to
vein 4, then incurved, somewhat dentate and ending on
termen at vein 1 ; a series of black points before termen.
Underside ochreous tinged with red-brown and irrorated
with black ; fore wing with minute black spots in middle of
cell and on discocellulars and both wings with series of black
points before termen.
Hab. Ivory Coast ( Chetwynd ), 1 9 ; S. Nigeria, Sapele
(Sampson), 1 $ type. Exp. 54 millim.
Ugia stigmaphora, n. sp.
C- Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown, the last
with the anal tuft whitish ; antennae with the shaft whitish,
the branches dark brown. Fore wing pale red-brown, the
costal edge whitish ; orbicular and reniform grey-white
defined by dark brown, the former with brown point in
centre, small, round, the latter with curved brown striga
in centre ; an oblique red-brown line from apex to inner
margin beyond middle with series of whitish points on its
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437
outer side at the veins ; a faint brown subterminal line,
arising from the oblique line below apex, excurved at middle,
then incurved ; a series of blackish points before termen.
Hind wing pale red-brown ; a slight oblique brown discoidal
striga ; an oblique brown postmedial line with series of
whitish points on its outer side at the veins ; a faint brown
subterminal line, excurved at middle and bent outwards
to termen at vein 1 where there is a slight blackish mark
on each side of it ; a series of black points just before termen.
Underside whitish tinged with red-brown and slightly in-orated
with dark brown ; both wings with series of blackish points
before termen.
Hab. N. Nigeria, Ogumi ( Macfie ), 1 $ type. Exp. 46
millim.
Ugia albilinea, n. sp.
d'. Head and thorax pale red-brown ; antennae fuscous ;
palpi fuscous brown ; fore and mid tibiae and the tarsi fuscous
brown ; abdomen grey suffused with red-brown. Fore wing
grey suffused with red-brown and irrorated with black, the
costal edge whitish ; a black discoidal point on the inner
edge of a reddish ochreous mark ; an oblique white line
defined on inner side by brown from below apex to inner
margin beyond middle ; a faint brown subterminal line,
arising from the oblique line below apex, incurved at discal
fold, excurved at vein 4, then incurved, waved and ending
at tornus ; a series of black points defined on outer side by
whitish just before termen. Hind wing grey suffused with
red-brown and irrorated with black ; an oblique white
postmedial line defined on inner side by brown from below
costa to above tornus ; traces of a brown subterminal line,
oblique from below costa to vein 4, then incurved and waved ;
a series of black points just before termen. Underside
whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark
brown ; fore wing with black discoidal point and both
wings with series of black points before termen.
Flab. Br. E. Africa, Kakumega Forest, Yala R. (Neave),
l J type. Exp. 40 millim.
Ugia rufilinea, n. sp.
a. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous ; frons and
palpi deep chocolate-brown, the latter with the extreme
tips white ; fore and mid tibiae and the tarsi brown ; pectus,
hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen ochreous. Fore
wing pale rufous slightly irrorated with brown, the costal
edcre whitish ; black-brown points in middle of cell and on
discocellulars ; an oblique dark red-brown line slightly
defined on outer side by fiery red from apex to inner margin
438
NOCTUID,*:.
beyond middle ; subterminal line brown, arising from the
oblique line below apex, excurved belowr vein 7 and at middle,
angled inwards below vein 3 to near the oblique line, then
oblique to inner margin ; a series of black points just before
termen and a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing pale
rufous slightly irrorated with brown ; an oblique dark red-
brown medial line from below costa to above inner margin ;
a faint brown subterminal line, excurved at middle, then
incurved ; a series of black points before termen, and a fine
dark terminal line. Underside whitish tinged with rufous
and slightly irrorated with brown ; fore wing with slight
blackish discoidal spot and both wings with series of black
points before termen.
Hab. Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 q type. Exp. 40
millim.
Ugia scopulina, n. sp.
C- Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white tinged with
brown ; antennae blade ; the shaft white above towards base,
frons at sides and palpi except at extreme tip deep chocolate-
brown ; pectus in front and fore and mid legs brown. Fore
wing grey-white tinged with brown and irrorated with black-
brown ; an indistinct rather diffused waved brown ante-
medial line ; black points in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars, the latter placed on a faint brownish bar ; post-
medial line brown defined on inner side by whitish and with
some slight black marks on its outer edge forming more
distinct spots at discal and submedian folds and inner margin,
slightly waved, inwardly oblique to submedian fold, then
erect ; a waved brown subterminal line, excurved below'
vein 7 and at middle, then incurved ; a series of black points
before termen. Hind wing grey-white tinged with brown
and irrorated with black-brown ; a slight discoidal brown
point and traces of a waved brown medial line ; subterminal
line rather diffused, brown, arising below costa, excurved at
middle, then incurved ; a series of black points before
termen. Underside of fore wing reddish brown with the
inner area white, the large patch of androconia, ochreous
with a black discoidal patch on it ; hind wing white irrorated
with red-brown and with blackish discoidal point ; both wings
with series of black points just before termen, blackish
terminal line and chocolate-brown line through the cilia.
Hab. Uganda, Toro, Daro Forest (Neare), 1 type.
Exp. 48 millim
Ugia straminilinea, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; the branches of
antenna?, frons, palpi, pectus and legs reddish brown.
Fore wing grey-brown irrorated with blackish ; traces of a
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439
sinuous brown antemedial line ; a black point in middle of
cell and discoidal point ; a double oblique black-brown line
from apex to inner margin beyond middle, filled in with
whitish and with the inner line stronger ; subterminal line
fuscous, arising from the oblique line below apex, angled
inwards at vein 6, outwards to near termen below vein 4,
then inwards below vein 3 to near the oblique line and ending
at tornus ; a series of black points before termen and a ter-
minal series of dark striae. Hind wing grey-brown irrorated
with black ; a double oblique black-brown medial line filled
in with whitish from discal fold to vein 1 ; an indistinct
brown subterminal line, oblique from below costa to vein 4,
then incurved, waved and ending on termen at vein 1 ; a
series of black points just before termen and a terminal series
of slight dark striae. Underside pale grey irrorated with brown,
the fore wing suffused with reddish brown.
Hab. S. Nigeria {Sampson), 1 $, Ilesha (Humfrey), 1
type. Exp. 38-44 millim.
Ugia monogramma, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous grey tinged with
red-brown ; antennae with the branches red-brown ; palpi
chocolate-brown ; fore legs brown in front. Fore wing
ochreous grey suffused with red-brown and slightly irrorated
with dark brown ; an indistinct curved brown antemedial
line ; a white point defined by fuscous in middle of cell
and black discoidal point defined on outer side by white ;
an oblique postmedial brown line from costa to vein 6 ; an
oblique deep chocolate-brown line slightly defined on inner
side by blue-green and on outer by pale red from apex to
middle of inner margin ; subterminal line brown, incurved
from the oblique line below apex to near termen below vein 4,
then incurved and waved ; a series of black points before
termen ; cilia brown. Hind wing ochreous grey suffused
with red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; a
brown discoidal striga ; an oblique deep chocolate-brown
medial line slightly defined on inner side by blue-grey and
on outer by pale red ; subterminal line indistinct ; brown,
oblique from below costa to vein 5, then waved ; a series of
black points before termen. Underside ochreous tinged with
red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with
black points in middle of cell and on discocellulars ; hind
wing with black discoidal point,
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching {Shelf ord), 2 <$. 1 $ type ;
Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Middling {Baker), 1 £. Exp. 44-48
millim.
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NOCTl ID.E.
Ugia polysticta, n. sp.
Head and thorax yellow suffused with bright rufous,
the antennae browner ; abdomen yellowish suffused with
red-brown, the ventral surface suffused with bright rufous.
Fore wing yellow suffused with bright rufous and mottled
with red-brown ; a round black-brown spot in middle of cell
and elliptical discoidal spot with whitish centres ; postmedial
line rather diffused red-brown, excurved below costa, then
oblique ; an oblique subterminal series of black- brown points
and an indistinctly double series before termen. Hind wing
with the costal area yellowish, the rest of basal half yellowish
suffused with red-brown, the postmedial area yellow suffused
with rufous with series of minute brown spots on the veins
except towards costa, the terminal area suffused with red-
brown ; an indistinct diffused red-brown medial line except
towards costa ; cilia rufous tipped with white. Underside of
fore wing rufous, the costa and terminal area mottled with
ochreous, a small dark brown spot in middle of cell and dis-
coidal striga and some dark brown on apical part of costa ;
hind wing rufous mottled with whitish and the terminal area
with dark brown, minute dark brown spots at and beyond
end of cell, and traces of a curved postmedial line.
Hob. Madagascar, Botsileo (Cowan), 1 E type. Exp.
36 millim.
Ugia serrilinea, n. sp.
o'. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous : antennae
dark brown ; frons at sides and palpi dark reddish brown,
the latter whitish at extreme tips ; legs red-brown, the
fore tibiae reddish o hreous in front with a brown spot towards
extremity, the tarsi fuscous ringed with ochreous ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen reddish ochreous. Fore
wing ochreous suffused with rufous and slightly irrorated
with dark brown to the postmedial line ; subbasal dark
points below the costa and cell ; antemedial line indistinct,
dark, incurved in the cell and waved below the cell ; a minute
round deep rufous spot in middle of cell ; reniform slightly
defined by brown, its lower part filled in with deep rufous,
somewhat constricted at middle and produced to two angles
beyond lower angle of cell ; an inwardly oblique dentate
red-brown postmedial line followed by an oblique straight
dark red-brown line ; subterminal line whitish, oblique
and rather irregularly waved, followed by a series of dark
points with some white scales on them and a dark spot at
(fiscal fold ; a series of black-brown points before termen. H ind
wing ochreous suffused with rufous; an indistinct waved brown
postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin, followed by
UGIA . — EUTORNORTERA.
441
a more distinct straight deep red-brown line with some deeper
rufous suffusion beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, pale,
waved, followed by an indistinct waved brown line , a
crenulate brown line just before termen. Underside ochreous
white suffused with rufous ; fore wing with traces of inwardly
oblique red-brown postmeclial line from costa to discal fold,
a maculate white subterminal band incurved at discal fold ,
hind wing with red-brown discoidal bar, waved postmedial
line, and lunulate white subterminal band.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lower part of reniform not filled
in with deep rufous.
Hab. Penang (Doherty), 1 $ ; Singapore (Ridley), 1 <$ ;
Borneo, Sarawak ( Shelford ), 1 q type. Exp. 54 millim.
Genus EUTORNGPIERA, nov.
Type, E. endosticta.
Proboscis absent ; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique, extend-
ing about three times length of head, moderately scaled
below and fringed with long hair above, the 3rd obliquely
upturned and fringed with hah’ in front and behind , fions
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male bipectinate with long branches to apex ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ,
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore ving
short and broad, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved
and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ,
5 from just above angle ; 6 from just below upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ;
q’ 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Eutornoptera encUsticta, n. sp.
3*. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow suffused
with rufous : antennae dark brown except the shaft towards
base ; palpi more suffused with rufous ; tarsi dark brown
with ’ ochreous rings. Fore wing ochreous yellow tinged
with rufous especially on costal area and irrorated with
red-brown ; a black subbasal point on costa , a small ante-
medial black spot on costa, then traces of a waved red-brown
line with some black scales on it to discal fold ; traces of an
oblique medial red-brown line with small black spot at costa
and black point beyond it at lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line very indistinct, red-brown, slightly angled outwards
below vein 7, excurved at middle and with dark red-brown
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NOCTl'ID.E.
spot at inner margin ; a terminal series of minute dark
brown spots. Hind wing ochreous yellow tinged with rufous
and irrorated with red-brown ; a faint waved red-brown
postmedial line, excurved beyond lower angle of cell and
with dark brown spot at inner margin ; a minutely waved
brown subterminal line slightly angled outwards at vein 3 ;
a terminal series of minute dark brown spots. Underside
ochreous yellow tinged with rufous and irrorated with red-
brown ; fore wing with dark discoidal bar, faint brown
postmedial line with black spot at costa, excurved below
costa and at middle, and dark subterminal line slightly
bent inwards at vein 3 ; hind wing with dark discoidal bar,
indistinct red-brown postmedial line, excurved below costa
and at middle, and somewhat dentate dark subterminal
line.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje (Bates), 1 type. Exp.
24 millim.
Genus NYCTENNOMOS, nov.
Type, N . peratosema.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to well above vertex of head and fringed
with hair in front and behind, the 3rd long and fringed with
hair in front and behind ; frons smooth with large tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenna) of female with
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with rough hair and scales
and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen oblique
below vein 4, not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle
of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Nyctennomos peratosema, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous ; palpi, antennae
and legs tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous irrorated
with red-brown ; antemedial line pale red-brown, oblique
and slightly curved ; an oblique slightly sinuous pale red-
brown medial line ; reniform faintly defined by pale red-
brown ; postmedial line pale red-brown, oblique and straight ;
a lunulate chocolate-brown patch on termen from apex to
vein 4, the cilia pale red-brown from it to tornus. Hind
wing ochreous yellow ; a pale red-brown postmedial line
angled outwards at vein 1 and a slight subterminal line ;
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443
the termen and cilia pale red-brown. Underside yellow
tinged with rufous and irrorated with red-brown except on
inner area of fore wing ; both wings with brown discoidal
striga, rather diffused oblique postmedial line, and slightly
waved subterminal line.
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo {Cowan), 1 $ type. Exp.
38 millim.
Genus DEINYPENA.
Deinypenn . Holl. Psyche, vii. p. 123 (1894)
Type.
lacista, Holl,
Deinypena nyasana, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown with a greyish
tinge ; palpi and legs paler ; ventral surface of abdomen
ochreous white. Fore wing whitish suffused with red-brown ,
an oblique reddish brown bar from middle of costa with a
broad shade from it filling the end of cell and extending to
vein 1 ; postmedial line whitish defined on inner side by a
red-brown shade, oblique to vein 4, then incurved. Hind
wing whitish suffused with red-brown ; an obtuse brown line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin and a slight line
from vein 7 beyond the cell to inner margin ; postmedial
line whitish defined on inner side by deep red-brown except
towards costa, curved. Underside whitish suffused vith
red-brown, the postmedial line of both wings as above but
with faint brown shade on its inner side.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Lr. Shire Valley, Chikawa {heave), (
1 $ type. Exp. 48 millim.
Genus GONXOSCIA, nov.
Type, G. meroleuca. .
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head, moderately scaled m front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd rather long and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, v ita
tuft of hair above ; eves large, round ; antenna; of female
with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ;
abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore whig with the apex produced and acute, the
termen obtusely angled at vein 4, then somewhat excised,
not crenulate ; Veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole • 11 from cell. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely
truncate ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3,
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, /
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
L-
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NOCTUIDJE.
Gonioscia meroleuca, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with rufous
and irrorated with a few black scales, the teguke brighter
rufous ; antennse black-brown ; palpi legs and ventral surface
of abdomen more strongly irrorated with black. Fore wing
ochreous suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated with
black ; small black spots in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars ; an oblique red-brown line from apex to inner
margin beyond middle ; subterminal line brown defined on
inner side by whitish suffusion, arising from the oblique
line, slightly waved, excurved at middle and incurved below
vein 4 ; the apical part of costal area and the terminal area
deeper rufous ; a crenulate brown terminal line forming
points at the interspaces ; cilia dark brown at tips. Hind
wing ochreous suffused with rufous and sparsely irrorated
with black, the base, costal area to beyond middle and
postmedial area whitish ; a dark bar on upper discocellular ;
postmedial line brown, oblique, rather bent outwards to
costa ; subterminal line brownish, defining the pale post-
medial area, excurved at middle and strongly incurved below
costa and vein 4 ; a crenulate brown terminal line forming
points at the interspaces ; cilia dark brown at tips Under-
side ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with black ;
fore wing with small black discoidal spot.
Hnb. Gold Coast, Bibianaha (Spurred), 1 $ type, Kumasi
(Sanders), 1 $. Exp. 58 millim.
Genus GORGONIA.
Goryoniit, Hiibn. Vorz. p. 270 (1827) ortilia, Stoll.
Apistig. Hiibn. Verz. p. 271 (1827) fellvaris, Hiibn.
Hypenaria , Guen. Noct. iii. j». 381 (1852) ortilia. Stoll.
Flavin , Guen. Noct. iii. p. 33o (1852) .. macarea. Cram.
Gorgonia brachygm a. n. -p
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; antennte
black-brown, white in front towards base ; palpi with the
extremity of the 2nd joint and the 3rd joint dark brown, the
latter white at extreme tips ; spurs and tarsi ringed dark
brown and white ; ventral surface of abdomen pale scarlet.
Fore wing red-brown with a greyish tinge ; a deeper red-
brown shade from terminal part of costa where it is very
broad, narrowing to inner margin before and beyond the
postmedial line ; an indistinct waved dark brown ante-
medial line, incurved in the cell and at vein 1 ; a small dark
brown annulus filled in with grey-white in middle of cell,
similar but minute annulus at upper angle, a dark point at
lower angle ; postmedial line rufous, obliquely downcurved to
GORGON! A. STENOCARDIA.
44 A
above vein 6, then oblique and very slightly sinuous ; a
subterminal series of slight ochreous spots, incurved at cliscal
fold and below vein 3. Hind wing red-brown tinged with
grey ; ah oblique red- brown medial line defined on inner
side by pale rufous and on outer slightly by whitish ; a
subterminal series of small ochreous spots defined on inner-
side by faint brown spots, oblique to vein 4, then incurved.
Underside pale red-brown ; fore wing with small black spot
in middle of cell, slight black discoidal lunule defined on
outer side by white, and dark brown postmedial line defined
on outer side by white, oblique to vein 7 where it is excuryed,
then inwardly oblique ; hind wing with slight black discoidal
lunule defined on outer side by white and curved dark brown
postmedial line slightly defined on outer side by white towards
costa.
Hah. Brazil, Amazons, Ega (Stewart), 1 $ type. Exp.
62 millim.
Genus STENOCARSIA, nov.
Tvpe, S. sthenoptera, Swinh. ( Thermesia ), A. M. N. H. (6)
xv. p. 12 (1895) ; Hmpsn. Moths Inch iv. p. 534 (1896).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled m
front and fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd
long, thickly scaled and somewhat acuminate at extremity ;
frons smooth with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ,
antennae of male bipectinate with very short branches ending
in long bristles and fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed w it h
hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair, the fore coxae of male dilated with a fold
containing a tuft of long hah- ; abdomen with some rough-
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing
narrow, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and
not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from
just above angle; 6 from upper angle; 9 and 10 slight \
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell ; the
male with costal fold on underside extending to beyond
middle Hind wing of male with the costa strongly lobed
towards base ; the cell about one-third length of wing;
vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, /
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Stenocarsia metaplatys, n. sp.
A Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown tinged with
grey ■ pectus with some pure white at base of legs ; fore
tibi at extremities and the tarsi ringed with white. Fore
wing dark brown irrorated with grey, the antemedial area
44(3
NOCXU] d.t.
red-brown below the cell, the postmedial area except towards
costa and the terminal area greyer ; antemedial line indistinct,
dark, curved ; a small round spot in middle of cell and
discoidal lunule rufous defined by black brown ; an oblique
diffused dark medial line ; postmedial line black slightly
defined on outer side by grey, minutely dentate, exeurved to
vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line grey defined on
inner side by dark brown, slightly waved, angled outwards
at vein 7, exeurved at middle and incurved below vein 3 ;
a terminal series of small blackish lunules and line pale line
at base of cilia. Hind wing brown tinged with grey and
irrorated with whitish, the costal area whitish to beyond
middle ; a slight dark discoidal point ; postmedial line
formed by small black lunules, obsolescent and defined on
outer side by whitish towards costa, incurved and with rufous
suffusion beyond it below vein 3 ; an indistinct waved whitish
subterminal line ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules
and line pale line at base of cilia. Underside of fore wing
reddish brown thickly irrorated with white, the base and inner
area white, a small black-brown discoidal spot defined by
white, postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by
white, curved, dentate, from costa to submedian fold ; sub-
terminal line white defined on inner side by diffused brown,
waved, angled outwards at vein 7 and exeurved at middle ;
hind wing pure white, the terminal area brown except towards
costa, a waved brown antemedial line from costa to sub-
median fold, angled inwards in the cell, small black discoidal
lunule, curved dentate postmedial line, and waved white
subterminal line, both obsolescent below submedian fold.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay ( Meek ), 2 type ;
D’Entrecasteaux Is., Fergusson I. ( Meek ), 2 d1. Exp. 34-
38 millim.
Stenocarsia solomonis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown tinged with
grey ; antennae dark brown ; pectus with some white at
base of legs ; fore tibiae at extremities and the tarsi ringed
with white. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey, the
terminal half more suffused with bluish grey ; two indistinct
dark antemedial lines, exeurved below costa and above inner
margin and incurved in submedian interspace ; a small
white spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule defined by
brown ; an oblique diffused brown medial line ; postmedial
line dark brown, minutely waved, exeurved to vein 4, then
incurved ; subterminal line whitish defined on inner side by
rather diffused brown, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6,
4, 3 ; a waved dark terminal line. Hind wing reddish brown
suffused with bluish grey and slightly irrorated with white ;
STENOC A Its I A. — T ALOE I 5 1 A.
44/
an oblique brown antemedial shade ; postmedial line black-
brown, minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ;
subterminal line indistinct, whitish with minute white streaks
at the veins, defined on inner side by diffused brown ; a
lumilate dark terminal line. Underside reddish brown suffused
with blue-grey and irrorated with whitish ; fore wing with
small dark discoidal spot, minutely waved postmedial fine
defined on outer side by whitish and excurved below costa,
and whitish subterminal line angled outwards at vein 7,
then oblique and waved ; hind wing with blackish discoidal
spot, dentate postmedial line defined on outer side by white,
and minutely waved whitish subterminal line.
Hab. Solomon Is., Choiseul (Meek), 1 <$, Guadalcanar
(Meek), 1 o type. Exp. 32-34 millim.
Genus TATORINIA.
Tatorinici, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 408 (1875)
Type.
fumipennis, Feld.
Tatorinia rufipemiis, n. sp
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous with an ochreous
tinge, the last slightly irrorated with dark brown ; antennae
dark brown ; pectus and legs reddish ochreous, the femoro-
tibial joints black, the hind tibiae with black point towards
base ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing rufous
with an ochreous tinge and slightly irrorated with red-brown,
the costal edge whitish except towards base ; a slight brown
antemedial line, incurved in the cell and angled outwards
at submedian fold ; a minute brown spot in middle of cell
and small discoidal lunule with white centres ; a slight brown
shade from costa above end of cell ; traces of a brown post-
medial line, bent outwards below costa, then waved and
incurved at vein 4 to below end of cell ; an oblique almost
straight brown subterminal line defined on inner side by white
and arising below the costa, a slight fuscous mark beyond it
between veins 4 and 3 ; a fine waved black terminal line
forming points at the interspaces. Hind wing rufous with an
ochreous tinge and slightly irrorated with brown ; a small
dark discoidal spot and two indistinct sinuous medial lines ;
postmedial line blackish defined on inner side by white,
straight, arising from a fuscous mark between veins 7 and 6
and with fuscous mark beyond it below vein 6 ; a waved
black terminal line forming points in the interspaces and
produced to points on the cilia. Underside of fore wing
rufous irrorated with brown, a small blackish spot in middle
of cell and discoidal spot with whitish centres, a sinuous
brown medial line, postmedial line oblique to vein 6, then
448
X0CTU1JAE.
waved, a subterminal series of small black spots excurved
below costa, with faint waved line beyond it ; hind wing
reddish ochreous slightly irrorated with brown, a black
point in middle of cell and discoidal spot, a waved medial
line excurved beyond the cell, and crenulate postmedial and
subterminal lines, the latter with faint waved line beyond it.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 2 $ type,
Uesha ( Humfrey ), 1 Exp. 36—40 millim.
Tatorinia pallidipennis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white irrorated with
red-brown ; antennae brownish. Fore wing ochreous white
irrorated with brown, the terminal area suffused with red-
brown ; a rather diffused curved brown antemedial line ;
a small brown spot in middle of cell with a whitish point
on it ; a diffused brown discoidal spot with white points on it
above and below ; a rather diffused brown medial line,
excurved beyond the cell, then incurved ; postmedial line
blackish defined on outer side by whitish, curved and waved ;
a faint waved ochreous subterminal line ; a terminal series
of dark strife. Hind wing ochreous whitish irrorated with
brown, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; postmedial
line rather diffused, brown, slightly waved, oblique below
vein 4 ; a waved blackish subterminal line ; a terminal series
of dark striae. Underside ochreous tinged with red-brown
and irrorated with brown ; fore wing with a white point in
middle of cell and two on discocell ulars defined by blackish,
the medial line as above, the postmedial line more crenulate
with black points at the veins ; hind wing with curved white
discoidal bar defined by blackish, the postmedial line more
distinctly waved, the subterminal line more crenulate with
black points at the veins.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Niger R. (Dudgeon), 1 $ type ;
Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje (Bates), I $. Exp. 34-38 millim.
Genus ANTICARSIA.
Type.
Anticarsia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 340 (1827) gemmatalis , Hiibn.
Hypospila, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 358 (1852) bolinoid.es, Gucn.
Azazia, Walk. xv. 1576 (1858) irrorata, Fabr.
Mcepa, Walk, xxxiii. 981 (1865), nee Walk. p. 915 .. bolinoides, Guen.
Orrea, Walk. xxxv. 1983 (1866) bolinoides, Guen.
Tocharci, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 175 (1882) creberrima. Walk.
Anticarsia distorta, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax whitish mixed with some dark brown ;
antenna! brown ; palpi and legs whitish tinged with brown ;
abdomen whitish. Fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown
AM IGA liSI A.
449
and slightly irrorated with brown especially towards costa ;
an indistinct sinuous brown antemedial line ; a shght brown
discoidal lunule, concave towards base ; postmedial hne
brown, oblique below vein 4, very slightly waved and with
another faint hne beyond it ; an indistinct double slightly
waved brown subterminal hne, oblique below vein 4 ; a
terminal series of brown points. Hind wing whitish tinged
with red-brown and shghtly irrorated with brown ; a brown
discoidal point ; an almost straight postmedial hne arising
at vein 6 and with faint maculate hne beyond it ; a sinuous
brown subterminal hne defined on inner side by white ; a
terminal series of brown striae. Underside white tinged with
rufous ; fore wing with shght brown points in middle of
cell and on discocellulars, indistinct oblique postmedial hne
and traces of a curved subterminal hne.
Hab. Queensland, Mackay, 1 type. Exp. 26 millim.
Anticarsia disticka, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown tinged with
grey ; ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing grey
suffused with reddish brown and irrorated with dark brown,
the terminal area much browner, the costal edge whitish ;
antemedial hne indistinct, dark brown, waved ; orbicular a
small round black- brown spot ; reniform black-brown with
a curved whitish striga in centre, small, elliptical ; postmedial
hne dark brown, very indistinct and obliquely downcurved
to vein 7 below apex where it is met by an oblique dark
brown streak from apex, then distinct, defined on inner side
by white and very obhque to inner margin ; a faint curved
dark subterminal shade from the obhque hne at vein 7 to
vein 3 and a more distinct shade from the obhque hne at
vein 5 to tornus ; a shght dark brown terminal hne and white
hne at base of cilia. Hind wing grey suffused with reddish
brown and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal half
much browner ; medial hne dark brown defined on inner side
by white, obhque, from vein 7 to inner margin ; traces of a
subterminal series of dark points ; ciha with a white hne at
base. Underside reddish brown tinged with grey and shghtly
irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with small blackish
spot in middle of cell and discoidal striga defined on outer
side by white, postmedial hne indistinct, dark brown defined
on outer side by whitish and obhque from vein 7 to 1 ; hind
wing with small black discoidal spot defined on outer side by
white and indistinct curved dark postmedial hne defined on
outer side by whitish.
Hab. Peru, La Merced (Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp. 52
milhm.
2 o
450
NOCTUTD.4C.
Anticarsia albilineata, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
some whitish ; antennae ringed fuscous and white towards
base ; palpi red-brown, the 3rd joint blackish, white at base
and tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen towards
base whitish. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated with
blackish, the costal edge whitish ; a slight curved white
subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line white,
acutely angled outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly
sinuous ; yellow points hi middle of cell and on discocellulars ;
postmedial line white, very oblique to below vein 7 where it
is strongly angled, then inwardly oblique and sinuous and
closely approximated to an oblique sinuous white subterminal
line arising from a diffused patch below the costa ; a series
of minute black spots defined on outer side by white points
before termen ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing
red- brown slightly irrorated with blackish ; an oblique white
medial line between veins 6 and 1 ; a series of minute black
spots defined on outer side by white points before termen,
the two spots towards tornus larger and without the white
points ; a fine pale line at base of cilia. Underside grey
tinged with red-brown and slightly irrorated with black ;
both wings with dark postmedial line, excurved below costa
of fore wing and curved on hind wing and series of minute
black spots before termen defined on outer side by whitish
points.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp.
38 millim.
Genus PARACARSIA, nov.
Type, P. antitermina.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female bipectinate
with short branches ending in bristles to near apex ; thorax
clothed chiefly with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with slight rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex some-
what produced, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above
angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
PARACARSiA. EP10ARS1 A .
151
Paracarsia antitermina, n. sp.
§. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with
red- brown, the two latter irrorated with a few blackish scales ;
antennae browner ; fore and mid legs suffused with dark
brown, the tibiae at extremities and tarsi banded with white.
Fore wing ochreous white tinged with rufous and ha-orated
with a few dark brown scales ; a minute blackish spot in the
cell near base ; antemedial line slight, red- brown, incurved
in the cell, excurved and slightly sinuous below it ; a small
brown annulus in middle of cell ; reniform suffused with brown
and slightly defined by brown, figure-of-eight-shaped ; post-
medial line indistinctly creamy white, oblique towards costa,
angled outwards at vein 7 to below apex, then inwardly
oblique ; a curved subterminal series of small black-brown
spots defined on outer side by white scales, the spots between
vein 2 and inner margin larger ; a series of black points before
termen and a fine terminal blackish line. Hind wing white
tinged with rufous and irrorated with a few blackish scales ;
two blackish discoidal points ; postmedial line white faintly
defined on each side by red-brown, almost straight ; a faint
whitish subterminal line with black points on its outer edge
between veins 5 and 2, an oblique bar in submedian hater-
space and slight spot at inner margin ; a series of black
points before termen and a fine blackish terminal line.
Underside of fore wing whitish tinged with red-brown and
irrorated with brown except on inner area, a small discoidal
spot defined by black-brown, indistinct postmedial dark
line, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, and subterminal
series of blackish points ; hind wing white tinged with rufous
and irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, curved
postmedial line, and subterminal series of faint blackish
points.
Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (Wilson), 1 $ type. Exp. 46
million.
Genus EPICAR3IA, nov.
Type, E. bigutta, Walk. (Thermesia), xv. 1857 (1858).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards ex-
tremity, the 3rd long and smoothly scaled, porrect ; frons
smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex some-
what produced, the termen rather oblique below vein 4 and
452
KOCTUIIL*.
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; o from just above angle ;
0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Epicarsia diagramma, n. sp.
<J. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown, the two
latter irrorated with a fewr blackish scales ; frons and palpi
except the 3rd joint deeper red-brown ; pectus whitish.
Fore wing pale red-brown slightly irrorated with blackish ;
a blackish point hi the cell near base ; antemedial line dark,
erect ; a blackish point in middle of cell ; postmedial line
dark red-brown defined on outer side by rather diffused paler
red -brown, oblique and arising from costa near apex ; a
subterminal series of slight blackish marks on the outer edge
of the red-brown beyond the postmedial line to which they are
closely approximated, with prominent black spots rather
nearer the termen below veins 7 and 4 ; an indistinct waved
red-brown terminal line. Hind wing pale red-brown irrorated
with a few dark scales except towards base and costa which
are whitish ; a dark red-brown postmedial line obsolescent
towards costa ; the subterminal line represented by a few
blackish scales tow ards inner margin. Underside of fore wing
pale red-brown, the inner area whitish ; hind wing white
faintly tinged with red-brown and irrorated with brown, a
black discoidal point, and curved brown postmedial line.
Hah. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro ( Wilson), 1 $ type. Exp. 44
raillim.
Genus IS0G0NA.
Isogona, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 322(1852)
Elocussa, Walk, xxxiii. 1001 (1865)
Massava , Walk, xxxiii. 1109 (1865)
Pincia, Walk. Char. Undescr. Lep. Het. p. 43 (1869) .
Eutoreuma, Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 21 (1872)
Type.
nalatrix, Guen.
gortynoides. Walk.
conti nua, Guen.
continua, Guen.
natatrix, Guen.
Isogona albistellata, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and pro thoracic crest red- brown mixed
with some grey, the rest of thorax and abdomen white tinged
with rufous ; fore legs and the mid and hind tarsi brown.
Fore wing white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated
with brown, the costal edge red-brown ; a faint oblique
sinuous red-brown antemedial line ; orbicular white with
small pale red-brown spot in centre, round ; reniform white,
its centre and annulus broken up into spots by the veins
being red-brown ; medial line indistinct, red-brown, oblique
to the reniform and waved below the cell ; postmedial line
1 SO < ION A .
KKEI I I, \ .
to 3
rather indistinct, red- brown slightly defined on outer side
by white, dentate and slightly curved ; a subterminal series
of lunulate white spots in the interspaces placed on a faint
red-brown shade, somewhat excurved at middle and bent
outwards to tornus ; a waved red-brown terminal line
defining white points on termen in the interspaces. Hind
wing white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with
brown. Underside white tinged with rufous and slightly
irrorated with brown.
Hah. Brazil, Espirito Sto., I 1 $ type. Exp. 40
millim.
Iogona acygonia, n. sp.
<£. Head, tegulae, and prothoracic crest dark brown mixed
with some grey, the rest of thorax and abdomen whitish
suffused with red-brown. Pore wing grey suffused with
red-brown, the veins with fine white streaks ; an oblique
brown subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line dark
brown defined on inner side by white, excurved below' costa,
angled inwards at subcostal nervure and outwards at median
nervure, then obliquely curved ; a black point in middle of
cell ; reniform defined by a fine white line, its inner edge
straight, its outer edge angled inwards at middle ; a rather
diffused dark medial line, oblique to the reniform and incurved
below' the cell ; postmedial line red-brown defined on outer
side by white, very oblique to vein (i where it is acutely
angled outwards and met by an oblique white streak from
apex, then inwardly oblique and slightly incurved, subterminal
line indistinct, whitish with a slight dark mark before it at
costa, slightly waved, angled outwards at vein 4 ; a fine
red -brown terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia
which are deeper red-brown. Hind wing grey suffused writh
red-brown ; an indistinct curved whitish postmedial line ; a
fine red-brown terminal line and whitish line at base of cilia.
Underside whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown ;
fore wing with faint rather diffused curved brown postmedial
line ; hind wing with slight brown discoidal striga and in-
distinct curved postmedial line.
Hah. Paraguay, Sapucay (Foster), 2 £ type. Exp. 32
millim.
G-enus FREILLA. Q
Freilla, Bruce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 410 (18901 nn,riabilis. Druce.
IVeilla rufipuncta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen blue-grey tinged with brown
and irrorated with a few blackish scales ; antennae white
in front towards base ; frontal tuft with white lines at sides ,
palpi with the extreme tips white ; mid and hind tibiae with
454
X OCT U 1 1) M .
slight black and white marks at base, the spurs banded
black and white, the tarsi ringed with white ; genital tuft
of male with some ochreous. Fore wing bluish grey tinged
with red-brown and irrorated w ith black ; antemedial line
blackish slightly defined on inner side by white, excurved
below costa and cell and incurved in the cell ; a minute ill-
defined dark brown spot in middle of cell ; reniform small,
indistinctly defined by dark brown and w ith some dark brow n
and two blackish points in centre ; medial line rather indistinct,
dark brown, slightly waved, excurved beyond the cell, then
oblique ; postmedial line slight, brown, defined on outer side
by some white scales, oblique towards costa and with a white
patch beyond it on the costa, then crenulate and angled
inwards to white points at the veins, incurved below vein 3,
some white points beyond it on the costa ; a subterminal
series of white and blackish points in the interspaces
from below costa to vein 2 with some red-brown suffusion
beyond them from below apex to vein 4 ; a series of slight
blackish points just before termen ; the cilia with dark brown
mixed. Hind wing blue-grey tinged with reddish brown
and irrorated with blackish, a blackish point at upper angle of
cell and minute black-brown spot at lower angle ; an indistinct
curved waved dark medial line ; postmedial line slight, dark,
crenulate and angled inwards to white points on the veins ;
a subterminal series of white points in the interspaces with
slight red-brown marks on their inner side and black points
on their outer side ; a series of slight blackish points just
before termen ; cilia with dark brown mixed. Underside
grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with blackish ;
fore wing with minute reddish spots in middle of cell defined
by blackish, a white discoidal striga and points at the angles
of cell ; medial line indistinct, dark, excurved beyond the
cell, postmedial line oblique and defined on outer side by
white towards costa, then excurved and crenulate, a sub-
terminal series of white points defined on outer side by
blackish and with reddish marks before them and blackish
marks beyond them between veins 7 and 4 ; a series of blackish
points just before termen ; hind wing with small red and
whitish discoidal spot and red-brown point at lower angle of
cell, an indistinct maculate medial dark line excurved beyond
the cell, a curved crenulate postmedial line bent inwards
between veins fi and 5, a subterminal series of white points
in the interspaces from below costa to vein 2 defined on each
side by dark brown and with some brown suffusion beyond
them from apex to vein 4, a series of blackish points just
before termen.
Hah. Perf, Chaquimavo (Watkins), 3 $ type, Yahuarmayo,
I Exp. 3b 4(5 millim.
EPHYRODES. — GIGIDKS.
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Genus EPHYRODES.
Ephyrodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 365 (1832) caeata, Guen.
Liviana, Walk, xxxiii. 1034 (1865) cacata, Guen.
Leida, Walk, xxxiii. 1035 (1865) cacata, Guen.
Malt ana. Walk. xxxv. 1974 (1866) cacata, Guen.
Epliyrodes eviola, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen black- brown ; frons at
sides and 1st and 2nd joints of palpi fiery red ; pectus rufous ;
legs fiery red, the tarsi dark brown, the spurs banded black-
brown and whitish ; ventral surface of abdomen biown.
Pore wing very deep chocolate-brown to the postmedial line,
the terminal area purple -grey irrorated with some dark
brown and white scales ; antemedial line grey defined on
outer side by dark brown, waved ; a minute dark annulus
filled in with grey hi middle of cell ; a slight dark discoidal
lunule ; postmedial line dark defined on outer side by purple-
grey, arising from apex, towards which it is less distinct and
oblique and straight to inner margin beyond middle ; a
slight subterminal dark annulus filled in with olive-green
below vein 4, point below vein 3, then a slight shade to inner
margin ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia rufous. Hind wing
with the basal half dark red-brown slightly tinged with
purple-grey, the terminal half purple-grey irrorated with
oxey ; postmedial line oblique and straight from below vein 7
to inner margin, dark brown defined on outer side by a narrow
purple band "followed by an olive-green band angled outwards
above vein 4 and with a dark shade beyond it ; a fine dark
terminal line ; cilia rufous. Underside red-brown ; fore wing
with small dark spot in middle of cell, small dark discoidal
lunule defined on outer side by white, postmedial line white,
arising at vein 7 and oblique and almost straight to inneii
margin ; hind whig with small dark discoidal lunule with
white point beyond it and white postmedial line defined on
inner side by dark brown and slightly curved.
Hob. Peru, San Remon ( Watkins <L- Tomlinson), 1 $ type.
Exp. 60 millim.
Genus GrIGIDES, nov.
Type, G. megalops.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long and slightly fringed with hah- behind towards extremity ;
frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
with hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair, the mid tibiae of male dilated
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4oG
with a groove containing a tuft of long hair ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the costa moderately arched towards apex which is
slightly produced, the termen evenly curved and strongly
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen strongly
crenulate and in male excised towards tornus ; the cell about
one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from above angle ; G, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only ; in male the upper
discocellular retracted to near base, veins 6, 7 arising from
near base, sinuous and parallel.
G-igides niegalops, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red-brown mixed
with whitish ; palpi with some darker brown scales on 2nd
joint, the 3rd joint whitish at base and tip ; pectus and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the tarsi fuscous brown
ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown suffused with
purple-grey, the costal area suffused and irrorated with
bright red-brown ; a slight whitish mark in the cell near base ;
the area from cell to inner margin obliquely suffused with
whitish before the antemedial line which is blackish, incurved
below costa where there is a white patch beyond it, angled
outwards at subcostal nervure, then oblique, slightly sinuous
and ending at vein 1, with an oblique whitish band tinged
with rufous on the outer side traversed by a red-brown line
and with a black point on it in the cell ; the veins of costal
area streaked with creamy white from the antemedial line to
near apex, also the median nervure and veins 4, 3 ; reniform
red-brown defined by white, large, narrowing above ; post-
medial line creamy white slightly defined on each side by
dark brown, oblique towards costa, excurved from discal
fold to vein 3 where it is slightly bent inwards, then obliquely
curved to vein 2 and less distinct and waved to inner margin ;
some alternating black-brown and whitish marks on costa
towards apex ; a minute subterminal black-brown spot below
costa, oblique bars above and below vein 7, a slight interrupted
waved line defined on outer side by whitish from vein G
further from termen to vein 3, a spot defined on outer
side by white below vein 3 and a diffused white spot in
submedian interspace ; some white suffusion on terminal
area below apex and a large oblique patch tinged with rufous
from vein 6 beyond the postmedial line to termen at vein 3 :
a waved dark brown terminal line slightly defined on inner
side by whitish ; cilia with some whitish at apex and middle.
GIGIDES.
457
Hind wing creamy white tinged with rufous and irrorated
with red-brown except at base, the veins streaked with
creamy white, the white basal area defined on outer side by
diffused bright red-brown, an oblique elliptical bright red-
brown discoidal spot defined by creamy white, postmedial
line creamy white slightly defined on each side by dark brown,
strongly excurved from vein 6 to 2, then incurved and followed
by a black-brown patch, then a white hairy patch ; a slight
oblique sinuous dark subterminal line defined on outer side
by whitish from costa to vein 5 and minute spots below
veins 4 and 3 ; a waved red-brown terminal line slightly
defined on inner side by whitish except towards tornus.
Underside whitish tinged and irrorated with red -brown ;
fore wing with small round black spot in middle of cell and
brown discoidal lunule filled in with reddish brown, a rather
diffused brown postmedial line oblique towards costa and
incurved below vein 4, a subterminal series of small brown
spots excurved below costa and incurved at discal fold and
below vein 3 ; hind wing with oblique brown strise on each
side of lower discocellular, postmedial line rather diffused
towards costa, oblique to below vein 5, then incurved and
forming a small spot at submedian fold, a faint diffused
subterminal line.
Hob. Pertj, El Porvenir, 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim.
Gigides ferreolepra, n. sp.
$. Head and tegulse rufous with whitish lines behind the
antennae and at base of tegulae ; antennae dark brown, whitish
in front towrards base ; palpi irrorated with whitish, the 3rd
joint white at base and tip ; thorax brownish white, the
tibiae irrorated with red-brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed
with whitish ; abdomen rufous, the basal segment and the
other segments with some scales at extremities brownish
white, the ventral surface whitish irrorated with brown.
Fore wing bright rufous ; a broad oblique brownish white
band from middle of costa to basal part of inner maigin,
emitting wdiite streaks on to veins below costa to the costa
near apex, the median nervure and veins 4, 3 slightly streaked
with whitish ; antemedial line with whitish patch below'
the costa, then whitish slightly defined on outer side by dark
brown and slightly angled outwards in upper and lower part
of cell, below the cell oblique and represented by a few dark
scales,’ a fuscous patch before it in the cell, a small round
black spot in middle of cell ; reniform defined by whitish,
large, a red-brown mark above it from costa ; postmedial
line red-brown on costal area, acutely angled imvards below
costa, then bent outwards, then whitish, incurved at discal
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fold, below vein 4 sinuous, oblique to submedian fold, then
rather inwardly oblique, some alternating rufous and whitish
streaks beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish, incurved
below costa, then joining a whitish patch on terminal area
between veins 7 and 6 and extending narrowly to apex, a
whitish patch beyond the postmedial line between veins 0
and 3 extending to termen from below vein 5 to vein 3, a
curved whitish striga between veins 3 and 2 and a rather
oblique bar from vein 2 to inner margin near tornus ; a rather
lunulate rufous terminal line defined on inner side by a whitish
line ; cilia with some whitish mixed, intersected by whitish
at the veins and with whitish patches at apex and middle.
Hind wing bright rufous, the base white, the veins slightly
streaked with whitish ; an elliptical discoidal spot defined
by white ; postmedial line whitish, excurved from discal
fold to vein 3, then incurved, a broad brownish white band
beyond it from costa to vein 1 , rather diffused on outer side
and extending to termen from below vein 5 to vein 3 ; sub-
terminal line whitish, oblique to vein 6, incurved at discal
fold, represented by dark points below veins 5 and 4, by a
curved whitish striga between veins 3 and 2 and an oblique
bar to tornus ; a waved red-brown terminal line defined on
inner side by a whitish line ; cilia whitish and red-brown.
Underside whitish irrorated with red-brown ; fore wing
slightly tinged with rufous, a small round black spot in middle
of cell, discoidal lunule defined by brown striae, indistinct
brown postmedial line excurved below costa and incurved
below vein 4, and subterminal series of small brown spots
excurved below vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; hind wing
with indistinct brown postmedial line with slight dark spots
on it, incurved below vein 4, and subterminal series of slight
brown spots incurved at discal fold.
Hab. Peru, San Remon (Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp.
44 millim.
Genus RHOPALOGNATHA, nov.
Type, It. anterosticta Dogn. ( Thermesia ), Het. Nouv. Am.
Sud. viii. p. 44 (1914).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair
in front, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ;
frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed entirely with rough
hair and without crests ; build slender, coxae tufted with
hair, the tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the
apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell : (> from upper angle ;
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459
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus ARGIDIA.
Argidia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 345 (1852) tomyris, Stoll.
Azirista, Walk. xv. 1638 (1858) tarchon. Cram.
Argidia hypoxantha, n. sp.
<-£. Head, thorax and abdomen bright red-brown tinged with
pale grey, the abdomen greyer ; antennae dark brown, white
in front towards base ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen fiery red, the fore femora and tibiae dark brown
irrorated with white, the tarsi dark brown. Fore wing bright
red-brown slightly tinged with grey ; antemedial line red-
brown defined on inner side by some whitish scales, incurved
in the cell and excurved below it ; orbicular and reniform de-
fined by red-brown, the former round, filled in with greyish, the
latter figure-of-eight shaped with small red-brown spots in its
upper and lower points ; an indistinct oblique waved red-brown
medial line, rather diffused especially towards costa ; post-
medial line double, red-brown filled in with whitish and below
vein 5 with pure white, oblique to above vein 6, then inwardly
oblique and slightly sinuous, with pure white bars beyond it
in the interspaces from vein 4 to inner margin ; a subterminal
series of slight white lunules with minute brown spots before
the lunules above and below vein 6 ; cilia rather darker red-
brown, pure white at apex. Hind wing bright red-brown ;
traces of an obliquely curved brown antemedial line ; post-
medial line double, red-brown filled in with white, the area
beyond it broadly irrorated with whitish ; a subterminal series
of "white points between veins 5 and 2 ; the termen and cilia
deep red-brown, the latter with a fine pale line at base . Under-
side yellow suffused with fiery red and irrorated with red-
brown ; fore wing with the inner area pale, a rather diffused
curved’ red medial line except on inner area, postmedial line
chocolate-brown, excurved below costa, then oblique, a brown
subterminal line defined on outer side by white from vein 7
to below 5, the termen suffused with white towards apex ;
hind wing with oblique brown antemedial line, dark brown
postmedial line excurved below vein 5, and traces of a sub-
terminal line, the termen strongly suffused with fiery red.
Hob. Brazil, Amazons, Madeira R. ( Moffat ), 1 $ type.
Exp. 52 millim.
460
NO Cl UID.E.
Argidia hypopyra, n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen bright red-brown tinged with
purplish grey ; antennae dark brown, white in front towards
base ; sides of frons and palpi fiery crimson, the latter with
the 3rd joint red-brown irrorated with white ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen fiery crimson, the fore tibiae
red-brown irrorated with white, the tarsi dark brown. Fore
wing bright red-brown tinged with purplish grey ; antemedial
fine dark brown defined on inner side by white scales, incurved
in the cell ; orbicular and reniform slightly defined by dark
brown, the former round, the latter figure-of-eight shaped
with dark points in its upper and lower parts ; a somewhat
diffused blackish medial line, excurved in the cell, then oblique
arid sinuous ; postmedial line double, red-brown filled in with
white and with white bars beyond it in the interspaces below
vein 4, oblique to above vein 6, then inwardly oblique and
slightly sinuous ; a subterminal series of minute brown spots
defined on outer side by white scales ; the apical part of
termen suffused with whitish ; cilia darker red-brown, pure
white towards apex. Hind wing bright red-brown tinged with
purplish grey except on terminal area from apex to submedian
fold ; an indistinct oblique dark antemedial line ; postmedial
line double, deep rufous filled in with white, from vein 7 to
above inner margin, a broad shade formed by white irroration
beyond it ; a faint subterminal series of minute brown
marks defined on outer side by white ; the termen without
white irroration from apex to submedian fold ; cilia with a
slight whitish line at base. Underside fiery crimson ; fore
wing with the terminal area purple-grey with white suffusion
on termen except towards tornus, a slight dark spot in
middle of cell, curved medial line, blackish postmedial line
excurved below costa then oblique, and oblique blackish
subterminal line slightly defined on outer side by white
between veins 7 and 2 ; hind wing with oblique black ante-
medial and postmedial lines, an indistinct rather diffused
blackish subterminal line oblique to vein 5, then slightly
waved, cilia dark brown.
Hob. Br. Guiana, Demerara [Rod won), I $ type. Exp.
48 millim.
Argidia discios, n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen red-brown ; palpi blackish
in front ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged
with rufous ; mid tibiae with the tufts of hair on inner side
white ; mid and hind tarsi blackish ringed with white. Fore
wing red-brown, the postmedial area, darker and tinged with
grey, the terminal area pale grey-brown, antemedial line dark
brown, excurved below costa and angled inwards in the cell
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401
and at vein 1 ; orbicular grey- white defined by black sh,
small, round ; reniform creamy white defined by blackish,
expanded and rounded below discal fold and extending to
vein 2, with minute brown spots on it at angles of cell ; a
rather diffused and oblique brown medial line ; postmedial
line dark brown defined on outer side by whitish striae, obliquely
downcurved to vein 7 then slightly waved, oblique below vein 4 ;
subterminal line represented by the contrast between the post-
medial and terminal areas, sinuous, excurved at middle, a
waved black terminal line. Hind wing red-brown with a
slight greyish tinge ; postmedial line red-brown defined on
outer side by grey, almost straight, from discal fold to inner
margin ; a faint waved brown subterminal line ; a waved
dark terminal line. Underside of fore wing suffused with
rufous to the postmedial line, the inner area grey, the terminal
area whitish from below apex to vein 2, the orbicular brown,
the reniform rufous ; hind wing tinged with rufous to the
postmedial line except on inner area, a diffused obliquely
curved brown medial line with small white spots before and
beyond it at the discocellulars, the postmedial line obliquely
curved and with series of small white spots on its outer side,
the terminal area dark greyish brown.
Hab. P>R. Guiana (Roberts), l type. Exp. 46 millim.
Genus PARARGIDIA, nov.
Type, P. vacillans, Walk. ( Orthogramma ), xv. 1555 (1858).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long, smoothly scaled and oblique ; frons smooth, with large
pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of
male with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair only
and without crests ; tibiae fringed with long hair ; abdomen
with some rough hah- at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex somewhat
produced, the termen obliquely curved and crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the termen somewhat excised between veins
7 and 2 ; "the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4, 5 from
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus GONAGYRA, nov.
Type, G. metabrachys.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity.
N OCTTJ IJJ.lv.
4(i2
the 3rd long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed
and without crests ; femora of male fringed with long hair,
the mid tibiae fringed on both sides with very long hair, the
hind tibiae fringed with long hair to the medial spurs ; abdo-
men with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore whig with the apex somewhat produced and
acute, the termen very slightly excised below apex and ex-
curved at middle, hardly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell. 3 rather downcurved towards base ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind whig with the termen excised
from vein 4 to torn us and produced to slight points at veins
4, 3, 2, 1 ; the cell one-fourth length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle and almost parallel ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Gonagyra metabracliys, n. sp.
Head, thorax and abdomen chocolate-red- brown, the
metathorax and abdomen slightly tinged with grey and the
latter with white segmental lines towards extremity ; antennae
black-brown ; palpi with the 3rd joint white at base and tips ;
pectus and the fringes of hair on legs ochreous white, the tarsi
ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen ochreous
white towards base. Fore wing chocolate-red- brown suffused
with purple-grey except on costal area ; an indistinct in-
wardly oblique red-brown antemedial line ; orbicular faintly
defined by blue-white scales, small ; reniform a patch of
blue-white irrorated with a minute spot before it ; postmedial
line reddish brown with a slight pale spot below costa, oblique
to above vein 6, then somewhat dentate and oblique below
vein 4, some white points beyond it on costa ; an incurved
subterminal series of white spots from apex to vein 4, traversed
by the subterminal series of slight black points which below
vein 4 are defined on outer side by white ; a series of white
points before termen and a terminal series with dark striae
between them. Hind wing with the base ochreous whitish
defined by a dark red-brown shade, the medial area rufous,
the terminal area brown suffused with grey ; an indistinct
waved red-brown postmedial line faintly defined on outer side
by whitish scales and excurved at middle ; a subterminal
series of blackish points defined on outer side by white, in-
curved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a slight brown
terminal line defined on inner side by white points and striae ;
cilia white from vein 3 to tornus. Underside of fore wing
CHAMINA.
463
grey-brown with a brown postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then incurved and subterminal series of small spots defined
on outer side by whitish from costa to vein 2 ; hind wing
creamy white tinged with red-brown, a slight brown discoidal
spot, postmedial line angled at vein 5, the apical part of
termen with a brown shade.
Hab. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 2 $ type. Exp. 40-42 millim.
Genus CHAMINA.
Type.
Chamina, Hiibn. Verz. p. 271 (1827) komichlodes , Hiibii.
Varia, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. ix. p. 190 (1867) homichlodes, Hiibn.
Chamina homalogramma, n. sp.
<?• Head and thorax deep chestnut-red ; antennae white in
front towards base ; palpi white at extreme tips ; fore and
mid legs with the tarsi dark brown ringed with white ; pectus
and hind legs white tinged with rufous, the latter with the
outer spurs banded with black ; abdomen grey-brown,
chestnut-red at base, the anal tuft and ventral surface white,
the latter tinged with rufous towards extremity. Fore whig
deep chestnut-red suffused with purplish grey except towards
base and costa, the costal edge whitish ; antemedial line very
indistinct, brown with some white scales on it below the cell,
curved ; orbicular and reniform faintly defined by white
scales, large, the former round ; postmedial line indistinct,
brown with some white scales on it and slight white points
at the veins, defined on outer side by chestnut-red, obliquely
excurved to above vein 6, incurved at discal fold and very
obliquely incurved below vein 4 ; a subterminal series of
small deep chestnut-red spots defined on outer side by white,
incurved at discal fold and oblique below vein 4 ; a slight
waved brown terminal line with minute points before it in the
interspaces ; cilia bright chestnut-red. Hind wing chestnut-
red tinged with purplish grey, a faint brown discoidal bar ;
postmedial line indistinct, brown with some white scales on
it and white points at the veins defined on outer side by
deep chestnut-red, excurved beyond lower angle of cell, then
incurved ; a curved subterminal series of small deep chestnut-
red spots defined on outer side by white, incurved at discal
fold ; a series of slight white points before termen and a
fine waved red terminal line ; cilia pale red. Underside of
fore wing white suffused with brown, a slight brown discoidal
spot, indistinct curved postmedial :ine, and subterminal
series of small blackish spots ; hind wing white irrorated
with brown, a small black-brown discoidal spot, indistinct
curved brown postmedial line, and faint subterminal shade.
Hab. Peru, Huancabamba, 1 type. Exp. 48 millim.
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Genus PTERHEMIA
Type.
Pterhemia, Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 23 (1854) mutilataMs, Guen.
Pessida. Walk. xv. 1641 (1858) mutilatalis, Guen.
Pterhemia monogramma, n. sp.
o'. Head, thorax and abdomen purplish grey tinged with
brown ; antennae with the branches blackish, the sha t white
towards base ; frontal tuft at sides and palpi dark brown ;
fore and mid legs red-brown ; pectus, hind legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white suffused with brown. Fore whig
purple -grey tinged with brown and irrorated with dark brown,
the costal edge white to beyond middle with a dark brown
streak towards base, then black points ; a black point in
middle of cell and white discoidal point ; postmedial line
dark chocolate-brown, inwardly oblique and rather diffused
on inner side, the costa beyond it deep red-brown with some
white points on it ; subterminal line arising at vein 7, oblique,
ochreous white defined on outer side by brown, the brown
expanding into a small spot at vein 6 ; a minute black spot
before termen below vein 7 with an oblique rufous line to it
from costa ; a fine black-brown terminal line. Hind wing
with the costal half whitish tinged with brown, the inner half
purplish grey suffused and irrorated with brown ; a yellow
postmedial line from vein 4 to inner margin, defined on inner
side by rather diffused deep red-brown ; a slightly curved
yellow subterminal lure defined on outer side by red-brown
from vein 4 to termen at vein 1 ; a fine dark brown terminal
line below the excised area. Underside whitish suffused and
irrorated with red-brown, the inner areas whiter ; fore wing
with minute black subterminal spots above and below vein 7,
the upper defined on outer side by a white spot.
Hob. Venezuela, Esteban Valley, Las Quiguas ( Klages ),
3 type, Exp. 32 millim.
Genus SANYS.
Sanys, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 349 (1852)
Type.
carnina, Guen.
Sanys gigas, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown ; palpi with the 3rd joint
ochreous white at base and white at extreme tips ; pectus
in front whitish tinged with red -brown ; tibiae and tarsi dark
brown, the latter ringed with white ; abdomen grey-brown.
Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey, the end of cell and
postmedial area to vein 5 darker brown, extending obliquely
to apex ; antemedial line dark brown, slightly excurved to
median nervure, then erect ; orbicular a faint round grey
SANXS.
465
spot with dark point in centre ; reniform grey, elliptical with
a white point on it above base of vein 4 ; a diffused dark brown
medial line, slightly excurved to median nervure, then slightly
incurved ; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side
by pale red-brown, obliquely downcurved to below vein 7
where it is angled outwards, then very oblique ; a subterminal
series of slight blackish points and a. series just before termen ;
the terminal area deeper red -brown to vein 4 with a patch of
whitish suffusion before it except towards costa. Hind wing
red-brown ; a faint oblique brown antemedial line ; a dark
red-brown medial line defined on outer side by pale red -brown ;
a curved subterminal series of slight blackish points defined
on outer side by some white scales and with a pale shade
before them. Underside deep chocolate-brown ; fore wing
with some white points on postmedial part of costa and slight
whitish irroration at apex.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo (Watkins), 1 $ type. Exp. 62
millim.
Sanys ccenotype, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax pale red-brown with a white line
between antennae and another behind the tegulae ; antennae
darker brown, whitish in front ; palpi white at extreme tips ;
pectus behind and hind legs creamy white tinged with red-
brown, the tarsi darker brown ringed with white ; abdomen
whitish suffused with red-brown and with white segmental lines
except towards extremity, the ventral surface creamy white.
Fore wing pale red-brown tinged with whitish except on
costal and terminal areas, the costal edge whitish, the veins
with slight whitish streaks ; antemedial line white slightly
defined on outer side by brown, straight and very inwardly
oblique ; orbicular and reniform with red-brown annuli
defined by white, large, the former elliptical, the latter con-
stricted at middle and very slightly angled inwards at median
nervure ; a faint incurved red-brown medial line from lower
ano-le of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line white defined
on°inner side by a fine red-brown line, obliquely downcurved
to vein 7 where it is angled outwards to below apex and
met by an oblique white streak from apex defined on outer
side by dark red-brown, then very oblique to inner margin and
defined on outer side by dark red-brown, some white points
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of white points
defined on each side by dark brown ; a fine dark brown
terminal line forming minute spots at the interspaces defined
on inner side by whitish scales ; cilia whitish with a dark
brown fine through them. Hind wing whitish suffused with
pale red-brown ; the terminal half with slight whitish streaks
on the veins ; a small round red-brown spot defined by white
NOCXU1D/K.
4i!6
at lower angle of cell ; an oblique white medial line defined
on inner side by a fine red-brown line and on outer by a dark
red-brown line, a broad whitish shade before it ; a faint
sinuous brown subterminal line with white points at the
interspaces defined on each side by dark brown ; a fine dark
brown terminal line forming points at the interspaces ; cilia
whitish with a fine dark brown line through them. Underside
of fore wing whitish suffused and irrorated with red-brown, a
slight dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule, post-
medial line slightly' waved, excurved to lower angle of cell,
then erect, a subterminal series of slight spots defined on outer
side by white scales ; hind wing creamy white slightly irrorated
with red-brown, two red-brown discoidal points, a slightly
waved postmedial line somewhat incurved below diseal fold,
and subterminal series of slight points.
Hab. Peru, Pozuzo. 1 q type. Exp. 48 millim.
Sauys prioncera, n. sp.
Head and tegulae bright rufous with a whitish lint' be-
tween antennae, which are darker, whitish in front ; thorax
and abdomen creamy' white suffused with rufous ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore and
mid legs suffused with red-brown, the hind legs slightly
irrorated with red -brown, the tarsi darker brown ringed with
whitish. Fore wing creamy white suffused with rufous
especially on costal and terminal areas, the costal edge whitish,
the veins of terminal area slightly streaked with whitish ;
antemedial line white defined on outer side by red-brown,
obliquely curved ; orbicular and reniform with red -brown
annuli defined by whitish, the former round, the latter con-
stricted at middle ; postmedial line white, oblique, sinuous
and defined on inner side by red-brown to vein 7 where it is
angled outwards to below apex and met by an oblique white
streak from apex defined on outer side by red-brown, then
defined on outer side by' red-brown and very oblique to inner
margin, some white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal
series of minute dark brown spots defined on outer side by
white ; a fine terminal dark brown line forming minute
spots at the interspaces. Hind wing whitish suffused with
rufous especially7 on terminal half ; a dark point at lower
angle of cell ; an oblique white medial line defined on outer
side by red-brown ; a subterminal series of minute dark
spots defined on outer side by' white ; a fine red-brown terminal
line orming dark points at the interspaces. Underside of
fore wing whitish suffused and uTorated with red-brown, a
small blackish spot in middle of cell and slight discoidal
lunule irregularly defined by blackish ; postmedial line red-
SAN VS.
467
brown slightly defined on outer side by whitish and very
slightly waved, oblique to vein 6 and inwardly oblique below
vein 5, and subterminal series of small dark brown spots ;
hind wing creamy white, the costal area irrorated with red
brown, a dark brown discoidal spot, obliquely curved, minutely
waved postmedial fine, and subterminal series of minute spots
except on inner area.
Hob. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 £ type. Exp. 36 millim.
Sanys leucocraspis, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax bright red-brown with white lines
between antennae and behind the tegulse which are white at
tips ; antennae dark brown with white points on the shaft
above towards base ; palpi red -brown mixed with white,
the tips white ; pectus white ; legs white irrorated with red-
brown, the spurs and tarsi blackish ringed with white ;
abdomen whitish suffused with red-brown and with white
segmental lines, the ventral surface creamy white. Fore
wing whitish suffused with bright red-brown especially on
costal and terminal areas and slightly irrorated with dark
brown, the costal edge pure white, the veins streaked with
whitish ; a slight oblique white subbasal striga defined on
inner side by blackish across the cell ; antemedial line white
defined on outer side by dark brov/n, very oblique, from
below costa to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform with
dark brown annuli defined by white, the former rounded, the
latter very slightly angled inwards at median nervure ;
traces of an incurved red-brown line from lower angle of cell
to inner margin ; postmedial line white, obliquely down-
curved from costa to vein 7 where it is angled outwards to
below apex and met by an oblique white streak from apex
defined on outer side by dark brown, then defined on inner side
by a fine red-brown line and on outer by dark brown and very
oblique to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa ;
a subterminal series of white points defined on each side by
black ; a fine dark terminal fine forming points at the inter-
spaces ; cilia with a dark line at middle and whitish tips.
Hind wing whitish suffused with bright red-brown and slightly
irrorated with dark brown, the veins of terminal half slightly
streaked with whitish ; a small dark brown spot at lower
angle of cell ; an oblique white medial line defined on inner
side by a fine red-browm line and on outer by dark brown and
with white shade before it ; a subterminal series of white
points defined on each side by black ; a fine dark terminal
line forming points at the interspaces ; cilia with a dark line
through them and white tips. Underside of fore wing white
suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the marginal areas
2 h 2
468
NOCTUIDJE.
whiter, a slight dark spot in middle of cell and discoidal
lunule, postmedial line obliquely excurved to discal fold,
then oblique and excurved above inner margin, a subter-
minal series of slight dark points ; hind wing white irrorated
with red-brown, a small brown discoidal spot, waved post-
medial line excurved below costa and ending at submedian
fold, subterminal points above and below vein 7.
Flab. Peru, Chaquimayo (Watkins), 1 type. Exp. 44
millim.
Sanys corticea, n. sp.
<J. Head and thorax bright rufous with whitish lines between
antemise and behind the tegulae ; antennae dark brown ;
palpi whitish at extreme tips ; tarsi dark brown ringed with
whitish ; abdomen red-brown tinged with grey and with slight
whitish segmental lines, the ventral surface white tinged with
rufous. Fore wing bright red -brown with a slight whitish
tinge, the veins streaked with whitish ; antemedial line
white defined on outer side by dark brown, very oblique,
from below costa to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform with
dark brown annuli defined by white, large, the former round,
the latter very slightly angled inwards at median nervure ; a
faint incurved red-brown line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line white, oblique and sinuous to
vein 7 where it is angled outwards to below apex and met by
an oblique white streak from apex, then defined on inner side
by a fine red-brown line and on outer by dark brown and very
oblique to inner margin, some white points beyond it on costa ;
a subterminal series of white points defined on each side by
black ; a fine dark terminal line forming points at the inter-
spaces defined on inner side by whitish ; cilia whitish at tips.
Hincl wing bright red-brown, the veins slightly streaked with
whitish ; a small dark brown spot at lower angle of cell ; an
oblique white medial line defined on inner side by a fine red-
brown shade and on outer by dark brown, a whitish shade
before it ; a subterminal series of white points defined on each
side by black ; a fine dark terminal line forming points at
the interspaces ; cilia white at tips. Underside of fore wing
bright red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish, small dark
spots defined by whitish in middle of cell and on discocellulars,
postmedial line red-brown, oblique to below vein 7, then
inwardly oblique and very slightly waved, a subterminal
series of faint red-brown points, the termen with some white
before the dark terminal line ; hind wing whitish suffused
and irrorated with bright red-brown, a minute black spot at
middle of discocellulars and point at lower angle conjoined by
a striga, an oblique waved red-brown postmedial line.
Hah. Peru, Pozuzo, 1 $ type. Exp. 48 millim.
ORTHOGRAMMA.
469
Genus ORTHOGRAMMA.
Orthogramma, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 347 (1852), nec R. L.
Lep. 1817, non descr. coppryi, Guen.
Epitausa, Walk. x. 476 (1856) Isetabilis, Walk.
Arch ana, Walk, xxxiii. 1097 (1865) coppryi , Guen.
Orthogramma phanerosema, n. sp.
Head chocolate- brown ; thorax and abdomen pale red-
brown faintly tinged with whitish ; palpi with the 3rd joint
whitish at base and extreme tip ; pectus whitish ; legs darker
brown, the mid and hind legs with the spurs and tarsi ringed
with white ; ventral surface of abdomen dark red-brown
slightly irrorated with whitish. Fore wing pale red-brown
with a slight olive-green tinge ; a faint brown antemedial
line, oblique to median nervure, then erect. ; orbicular a round
deep chocolate-brown spot ; reniform deep chocolate-brown
with some grey in upper part of centre ; an oblique chocolate-
red line slightly defined on outer side by rufous from apex to
inner margin beyond middle, faintly double towards apex ;
a curved subterminal series of black-brown points between
veins 7 and 2, defined on outer side by white except below
vein 4 ; a terminal series of slight brown stripes. Hind wing
pale red-brown with a slight olive-green tinge ; an oblique
chocolate-red medial line slightly defined on outer side by
whitish from vein 7 to inner margin ; a curved subterminal
series of dark brown points slightly defined on outer side by
whitish. Underside red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish ;
fore wing with chocolate-brown postmedial line excurved
below costa then oblique, a curved subterminal series of slight
dark points, the apex suffused with whitish ; hind wing with
slight chocolate -brown discoidal lunule and curved post-
medial line.
Hob. Brazil, Theresopolis ( Michaelis ), 1 £ tyPe- Exp.
50 millim.
Orthogramma violascens, n. sp.
Head and thorax bright rufous ; antennae dark brown ;
palpi red-brown, the 3rd joint ochreous at base and white at
extreme tip ; fore legs and the tarsi dark red-brown, the fore
tibiae and the tarsi ringed with ochreous ; abdomen grey-
brown, the base rufous, the anal tuft and ventral surface
ochreous, the genital tufts white. Fore wing ochreous
suffused with bright rufous ; antemedial line dark brown,
slightly excurved" below costa and above inner margin ; a
minute black spot in middle of ceil ; reniform with waved
elliptical brown outline, filled in and defined at sides by white
suffusion ; medial line brown, diffused and oblique to median
nervure, below the cell inwardly oblique sinuous, and indistinct ;
470
NOCTITIDiE.
postmedial line dark red-brown, very oblique to above vein
6 below apex where it is acutely angled outwards, then strong
and very inwardly oblique, its angle met. by a diffused oblique
black shade from apex, the costal edge beyond it dark brown
with white points on it ; the terminal area with some dark
brown suffusion ; a subterminal series of minute white
lunules defined on each side by black, incurved below vein 3 ;
a series of minute blackish lunules just before termen ; cilia
black-brown. Hind wing ochreous suffused with rufous ;
an oblique dark brown antemedial line with slight blackish
discoidal striga just beyond it ; a narrow oblique deep red-
brown medial band defined on outer side by a fulvous yellow
line with some brown suffusion beyond it ; a subterminal
series of minute rather dentate black spots with a brown shade
beyond them, incurved below vein 3 ; cilia black- brown.
Underside ochreous irrorated with brown ; fore wing with
the costa brown, a black point in middle of cell and slight
dark discoidal spot, a faint diffused brown medial line and
curved postmedial line, a subterminal series of small black-
brown spots from below costa to vein 2 ; hind wing with
minute blackish discoidal spot, faint curved brown medial
line, curved postmedial line, subterminal series of minute
blackish spots, and series of triangular black points just before
termen.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, R. Javary {Trail), 1 q type ;
Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 <$. Exp. 50-54 millim.
Genus GABY N A.
type.
Gabyua, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1880, p. 445 . plncida, Butl.
Gabyna metal oba, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen chocolate-brown, the last
tinged with purplish grey, the genital tufts ochreous white ;
tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing chocolate-brown
tinged with purplish grey, the outer half of medial area and a
broad incurved shade from below costa towards apex to middle
of termen purple-grey ; antemedial line red-brown, faint,
diffused and rather oblique ; a minute dark brown spot in
middle of cell and slight discoidal striga ; postmedial line red-
brown, indistinct and rather diffused, excurved to vein 3, then
incurved ; a subterminal series of slight dark points, defined
on outer side by a purple-grey line from costa to the curved
shade and excurved below costa ; a fine chocolate-brown
terminal line. Hind wing chocolate-brown tinged with purple-
grev, the apical area purple-grey with oblique inner edge from
costa beyond middle to termen at vein 4 ; an indistinct brown
postmedial line, excurved and with white points on it between
TAUTOBRIGA.
471
veins 5 and 2 ; a blackish subterminal point above vein 6 and
another at submedian fold ; a fine dark terminal line. Under-
side uniform chocolate-brown.
Hab. Peru, Chaquimayo ( Watkins), 2 p1 type. Exp. 46-48
mil lim .
Genus TAUTOBRIGA.
lype.
Tantobriga, Walk. Char. Undescr. Lep. Het. p. 56 (1869) . euspila. Walk.
Tautobriga glaucopis, n. sp.
Tantobriga euspila , Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 395 (part.),
nec Wlk.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous, the patagia
with a few black scales, the abdomen with some pale grey
towards extremity ; basal joint of antennae scarlet and white ;
frons with scarlet points at sides at middle and above ; basal
joint of palpi scarlet ; fore tibiae scarlet at base, with white
point at middle and spot at extremity ; mid and hind tibiae
tinged with scarlet, the mid tibiae with white spot at extremity,
the tarsi darker brown ringed with white and whitish below ;
the ventral surface of abdomen tinged with pale red. Fore
wing pale rufous tinged with grey and irrorated with a few
black scales ; subbasal line blackish, angled outwards below
costa, then diffused and oblique to vein 1 near base ; ante-
medial line black-brown slightly defined on inner side by grey-
white, angled outwards below costa, then very oblique to
middle of cell, then forming a strong dark bar to above vein 1,
then obsolete with a dark point above inner margin ; a round
dark brown spot in middle of cell with grey -white annulus
defining its centre ; reniform grey-white, its centre and
annulus defined by chocolate-brown, large, produced at upper
extremity and slightly angled inwards at median nervure, a
grey-white patch beyond it before the medial line which forms
a small dark brown spot at costa, bent outwards below costa,
then tinged with fiery red and slightly waved to discal fold,
then obliquely incurved and touching the lower extremity of
the reniform ; postmedial with incurved dark brown striga
from costa defined on outer side by grey- white, slightly bent
outwards below costa, then grey-white faintly defined on
inner side by brown and with dark points at the veins, waved,
incurved below vein 5 ; subterminal line indistinct, pale,
defined on inner side by red -brown, excurved below vein 7
and at middle ending at tornus, the area beyond it deeper
red-brown ; cilia dark red-brown with a fine pale line at base.
Hind wing rufous irrorated with a few dark scales, the costal
area whitish ; an oblique brownish medial line ; postmedial
line indistinct, brownish slightly defined on outer side by
472
XOCTUIIUK.
blue-grey, crenulate, excurved at submedian fold ; a faint
somewhat dentate brown subterminal line ending at tornus ;
cilia dark brown with a blue-grey line at base. Underside
white tinged with rufous except on inner areas and irrorated
with a few dark scales ; fore wing with slight brown striae in
middle of cell and on discocellulars, an oblique blood-red
medial line from below costa to submedial fold, postmedial
line faint, whitish slightly defined on inner side by brown and
with dark points before it on the veins, bent outwards below
costa and incurved below vein 4, a faint whitish subterminal
line defined on inner side by brow n, excurved below vein 7 and
at middle and ending at tornus, the area beyond the medial
line more strongly tinged wdth red except towards costa and
inner margin ; hind wing with blood -red medial line, faint and
brownish on inner area, crenulate whitish postmedial line
slightly defined on inner side by brown and w ith dark points
before it on the veins, the terminal area suffused w ith fiery red
to vein 2.
Hub. Panama, Caldera {Champion), 1 Godman-Salvin
Coll. ; Peru, Chanehamavo, 1 $ type, Yahuarmayo, 1
Exp. 40-44 millim.
Genus OBItOATIS.
Type.
Obroatin, Walk. xv. 1035(1858) negata. Walk.
Molynda. Walk. xv. 1653(1858) humerulis. Walk.
Obroatis chloropis. n. sp.
cJ. Head red-brown, the basal joint of antennae white in
front, the palpi with the basal joint scarlet and the tip of 3rd
joint white ; thorax and abdomen pale red-brown tinged with
grey, the patagia with a few black -brown scales ; pectus
tinged with scarlet, the fore tibiae with white point at base,
the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore whig pale
red-brown tinged with purple-grey and irrorated with black,
the terminal area chocolate-brown, narrowing to apex, the
costal edge reddish ; antemedial line blackish, slightly angled
outwards below costa and at subcostal nervure, then oblique
and obsolete towards inner margin ; orbicular a minute round
pale green spot defined by brown, the reniform pale green
defined by brown and with slight curved blackish striga in
centre ; medial line rather diffused red-brown, excurved
beyond the ce l, then oblique ; postmedial line indistinct,
dark brown, excurved below costa, then oblique, crenulate and
interrupted, with a series of blackish and white points on its
inner side at the veins, a curved subterminal series of slight
white points in the interspaces. Hind wing pale red-brown
t nged with purphsh grey and irrorated with black, the
terminal area suffused with chocolate-brown ; an oblique
OBROATIS. — TRICHOBLEMMA.
473
rather diffused dark brown medial line ; postmedial line
indistinct, brown, crenulate, with a series of black points on its
inner side at the veins. Underside of fore wing pale grey
irrorated with black-brown and tinged with red-brown except
on inner area, the cell and area below and beyond its extremity
and the veins of terminal area tinged with scarlet, a minute
black spot in middle of cell and black discoidal striga with
minute white spot on its outer side, postmedial line blackish,
excurved below costa then with series of black points before it,
oblique below vein 4, a subterminal series of black points
slightly defined on outer side by white in the interspaces ;
hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with
black-brown, a white discoidal spot with black point in centre,
an oblique rather diffused brown medial line, a curved slightly
crenulate black-brown postmedial line with series of black
points before it on the veins.
Hcib. Brazil, Amazons, R. Jutahi, Boaventura (Trail),
2 U, R, Jurua, Gaveao (Trail), 1 ; Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 $
type. Exp. 48 millim.
Genus MALAGONIA, nov.
Tvpe, M. aci/pera, Hmpsn. ( Talapa ), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist.
Soc. xiv. p. 217 (1902).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except at base,
the 3rd long, thickly scaled and somewhat acuminate at tip ,
frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ,
antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed, the prothorax with oblique flattened crest , tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the costa somewhat arched to apex which is produced and
falcate, the termen excised to vein 4 where it is produced to a
point, then oblique, not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before
angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from just below upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11
from cell. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely truncate ;
the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus TRICHOBLEMMA, nov.
Type, T. lophophora, Hmpsn. (Capnocles), Moths Ind. hi.
p. 22 (1895). . 1 , , ,
Proboscis fully developed. ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
NOCTUIDK.
4 I 4
front and fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and
ciiia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without
crests ; fore femora and tibiae of male thickly fringed with long
hair, the mid and hind tibiae moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and
acute, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 9 from just below' upper angle ; 7,
8, 9. 10 stalked ; 11 from cell ; the male with thick fringe of
large dowmturned scales on upperside from below' costa
extending to beyond middle. Hind wing with the tornus
obliquely truncate ; the cel! about one-third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from above
angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus TIPASODES , nov.
Type, T. melalepidia.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint porrect,
extending about three times length of head, fringed with rather
long scales below, somewhat produced at extremity and with
long scales above, longest towards base, the 3rd joint upturned,
moderate w'ith tufts of hair in front and behind at base and
acuminate at tip ; frons smooth, with large tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight bristles and
cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without
crests, the male with tuft of hair from below base of fore wing ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair, the fore legs of male with tuft
of hair from base of femora ; abdomen with slight rough hair
from base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the
costa moderate^ arched, the apex somewhat produced, the
termen slightly excised to vein 4 where it is produced to a
point, then oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from below' upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10
stalked ; 11 from cell Hind wing with the tornus obliquely
truncate ; the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
stalked ; 5 fully developed from mil above angle of cell ; 6,
7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Tipasodes melalepidia, n. sp.
9- Head and thorax whitish mixed with red-brown ;
abdomen white irrorated with rufous and with rufous seg-
mental bands ; antennae red-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white, the legs irrorated with red-brown,
the hind tibiae with red -brown spot before middle, the tarsi
TTPASODE8. TIPASA.
475
dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing yellow suffused
with red-brown and irrorated with dark brown ; a subbasal
black-brown point on costa and small spot in the cell ; an
oblique antemedial series of black-brown points ; two black-
brown discoidal points ; postmedial line red -brown, rather
oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique to inner margin at the
antemedial line ; subterminal line whitish slightly defined on
outer side by brown, minutely lunulate ; a series of black-
brown points before termen ; a fine deep crimson terminal
line ; cilia yellowish at base, with fine crimson line at middle
and white tips. Hind wing purplish pink ; a rather maculate
sinuous white medial line and a similar postmedial fine ex-
curved beyond lower angle of cell ; cilia white. Underside of
fore wing purplish pink, the costa whitish mixed with rufous,
a dark terminal line, rather diffused on apical half and with
short dark streaks before it in the interspaces with some white
before them ; hind wing white, the costal area irrorated with
red-brown, the inner area faintly tinged with pink, a minute
black-brown discoidal lunule, minutely waved pink postmedial
fine, similar but indistinct subterminal line, series of small
black-brown spots before termen, and fine red-brown terminal
line.
Hub. Br. N. Guinea, Mambare R., Biagi [Meek), 1 9 type.
Exp. IS millim.
Genus TIPASA. Type.
Tipasa, Walk, xxvii. 129 (1863) nebulosella , Walk.
Tipasa aurata, n. sp.
Head and thorax white mixed with bright rufous ;
abdomen white suffused with rufous except at base, leaving
slight white segmental lines ; antennae rufous, ringed with
black towards base ; palpi white suffused with rufous, the 2nd
joint with red-brown bands near base and extremity, the 3rd
with brown ring near extremity ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white suffused with rufous, the tarsi
ringed with white. Fore wing rufous ; a deeper rufous patch
at base of costa ; the basal inner area golden silvery ; a
golden silvery patch from discal fold to vein 1 before the red-
brown antemedial line which is oblique to below submedian
fold, then inwardly oblique, some golden silvery beyond it
below the cell ; a golden silvery patch at end of cell defined by
deeper rufous suffusion except above ; postmedial line deep
rufous with some golden silvery before it on inner area, oblique
to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ; golden silvery patches
on costal area, at middle and on inner area before the dark
brown subterminal fine which is oblique to vein 6, excurved at
NOCTTTIDAi.
1-7 (i
middle, then again oblique ; an oblique deep red-brown
shade from apex ; a series of golden silvery spots before the
fine red-brown line defining the narrow yellow terminal
band ; cilia white chequered with red -brown. Hind wing
pale purplish pink, the cilia white. Underside of fore wing
pink, the inner area white ; hind wing white, the costal area
tinged with pink towards base, a pink discoidal spot and
diffused postmedial and subterminal lines, the latter slightly
excurved at middle.
Hnb. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 £ type. Exp.
18 millim.
Tipasa boopis, n. sp.
rj. Head and tegulse pale red-brown, the latter with choco-
late-brown dorsal streak and some black scales at tips ;
thorax white mixed with some red-brown ; abdomen white
with some purplish pink on dorsum except at base and ex-
tremity ; antennae tinged with blackish except towards base ;
palpi white with some red-brown scales, the 2nd joint on inner
side with red-brown band at extremity and the tuft of hair
above deep red-brown, the 3rd joint with black ring near
tip ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the
fore and mid tibiae tinged with red-brown, the fore tarsi
ringed with black towards extremity, the mid and hind tarsi
banded with fuscous. Fore wing white suffused in parts with
rufous and irrorated with black ; subbasal line slight, black
defined on outer side by white, curved, from costa to vein 1,
a minute black streak beyond it below costa ; antemedial fine
fine, black defined on outer side by white, angled outwards below
costa and at median nervure, then oblique ; reniform large,
elliptical, with white annulus defined by black scales, its centre
rufous defined by black scales ; postmedial fine white defined
on inner side by black scales and with small diffused black
spots beyond it in the interspaces, incurved below vein 3 ;
subterminal line white, with short black streaks beyond it
above and below vein 4 and black points above vein 6 and
below 1 , waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a
series of black bars before termen defined on inner side by white ;
a terminal series of red strife ; cilia yellowish at base with
black line at middle, the tips white with some black at apex
and vein 4. Hind wing purplish pink ; postmedial line
whitish with black striga on its inner side at inner margin ;
a very slightly waved white subterminal line from vein 4 to
tornus, with slight black mark before it at submedian fold and
black bar beyond it at tornus ; a series of small black spots
before termen to vein 2, defined on inner side by white ; cilia
white. Underside white ; fore wing suffused with purplish
pink except on basal and inner areas, a red postmedial bar
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from costa, waved white subterminal line defined on inner side
by diffused black to vein 6, then very faint ; hind wing with
faint curved reddish postmedial line and maculate red-brown
subterminal line.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay ( Meek ), 3 $ type. Exp.
20 millim.
Tipasa eubapta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with rufous,
the last with the medial segments dorsally suffused with
purplish red ; antennae dark brown except towards base ;
tarsi rufous ringed with white. Fore wing white mixed with
rufous and some brown ; a faint antemedial series of small
rufous spots, angled inwards at vein 1 ; a red -brown point in
middle of cell and whitish discoidal bar slightly defined by
brown ; a brown shade from middle of costa and indistinct
incurved line from lower angle of cell ; postmedial line in-
distinct, red-brown, waved, excurved to vein 6, incurved at
(fiscal fold, excurved beyond lower angle of cell and incurved
below vein 3 ; the postmedial area suffused with brown and
with some dark points at costa ; a faint punctiform rufous
subterminal line, angled outwards to termen at vein 3 ; a
series of minute deep rufous spots before termen, the spots at
discal and submedian folds rather bar-shaped ; a terminal
series of slight rufous striae ; cilia yellow tinged with rufous
and with a series of small rufous spots at tips. Hind wing
purplish pink ; the cilia white. Underside of fore wing
purplish pink, the costa white mixed with rufous, a series of
small white spots before termen from apex to vein 4 ; hind
wing white, the terminal area suffused with pink from vein 6,
narrowing to a point at tornus, a pink discoidal spot touching
a rather diffused medial line, a rather diffused postmedial line
faint and excurved towards costa, a terminal series of small
pink lunules from apex to vein 4.
Hab. Borneo, Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 £ type. Exp. 20
millim.
Genus PAROLULIS, nov.
Type, P. renalis, Moore ( Zethes ), Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 194,
pi. 172. f. 12 (1885) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 10 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with hair behind except towards base, the
3rd long, smoothly scaled, and acuminate at tips ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading
crests ; fore tibiae of male fringed with long hair on outer side,
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the mid tibiae with large tufts of hair, the hind tibiae clothed
with rough hair, of female moderately fringed with hair ;
abdomen with slight rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex which
is produced and acute, the termen excised to vein 4 where it is
produced to a point, then oblique, not crenulate ; the inner
margin with small scale-tooth near base ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole ; 1 1 from cell.
Hind wing with the termen slightly excised at discal fold and
obliquely truncate towards tornus ; the cell half the length
of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully7- developed from
below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 7
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus METAPHffiNIA, nov.
Type, M. plagifera, Walk. ( Thermesia ), Journ. Linn. Soc.,
Zooi. vii. p. 187 (1864) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 71 (1895) ;
Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 208 (1900).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint oblique,
extending about three times length of head, moderately scaled
below and fringed with long hair above, the 3rd upturned,
rather long and fringed with hair in front and behind except
at tip which is rather acuminate ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely
ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and
without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
with slight rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the costa moderately arched towards apex
which is somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly
curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6
from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely
truncate ; the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Metaphcenia amelasna, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and base of patagia pale rufous with some
dark brown scales, the rest of thorax whitish suffused with
rufous ; abdomen pale purplish red with whitish segmental
lines ; palpi with red-brown band near base of 2nd joint
and blackish ring near extremity of 3rd joint ; fore and mid
legs rufous mixed with brown, the fore tarsi black ; pectus,
hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with
rufous. Fore wing whitish suffused with rufous and irrorated
with black-brown ; an obliquely curved red-brown subbasal
M ETAPHQiNIA. OLULIS.
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line from costa to median nervure ; antemedial line red-brown,
faint towards costa and angled outwards below costa, then
curved ; a dark point at middle of costa ; reniform defined by
dark brown, rather V -shaped ; postmedial line red-brown,
rather diffused and interrupted, excurved beyond the cell,
then incurved, met at vein 6 by an oblique dark shade from
costa before the subterminal line with two whitish points
on it at costa ; subterminal line represented by a series of
minute black lunules defined on inner side by whitish, bent
outwards to costa ; a series of minute black lunules before
termen with brownish beyond them. Hind wing pale purplish
pink, the costal area whitish to beyond middle. Underside of
fore wing purplish pink, the costa rufous mixed with whitish,
a dark postmedial striga from costa and series of black points
before termen to above vein 2 ; hind wing white tinged with
purplish pink, the inner and terminal areas suffused with
purplish pink, a pink discoidal spot, curved postmedial line,
and small black spots before termen to discal fold.
$. Fore wing with the oblique dark postmedial shade from
costa almost obsolete and the black marks on the subterminal
1 ne reduced to points.
Hab. Solomon Is., Choiseul I, {Meek), 1 1 $ type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Gfenus OLULIS. m
Type.
Olulis, Walk, xxvii. 126 (1S63) puncticinctalis, Walk.
Hamaxia, Walk, xxvii. 128 (1863) puncticinctalis, Walk.
Phachthia, Walk. xxx. p. 979 (1864) puncticinctalis , Walk.
Olulis megalopis, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax rufous mixed with some whitish ;
abdomen purplish red with some whitish at base and ex-
tremity ; antennae fuscous except towards base ; palpi
whitish, the 2nd joint banded with red-brown near base and
at extremity and the 3rd with dark ring near extremity ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore
legs tinged with red-brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore
wing ochreous white suffused with purplish red and irrorated
with dark brown ; antemedial line red- brown defined on inner
side by ochreous white, diffused except towards costa, angled
outwards at subcostal nervure, then oblique ; reniform large,
ochreous white defined by dark brown and with some rufous
irroration in centre, its outline rather irregular and excurved
on outer side at middle ; a rather diffused dark medial line,
oblique to median nervure then outwardly oblique and
sinuous ; postmedial line creamy white defined on outer side by
black scales and at middle by black points, slightly excurved
below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then
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incurved, some whitish points with brown between them
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line blackish defined on inner
side by creamy white, minutely waved, excurved below vein
7 and at middle ; a series of black points before termen.
Hind wing whitish suffused with purplish red and irrorated
with brown, the base pale ; a blackish point at lower angle of
cell ; postmedial line creamy white defined on outer side by
black points at middle, minutely waved and excurved at
middle ; subterminal line faint, whitish defined on each side
by fuscous and on outer side by black points between discal
and submedian folds, incurved at discal fold and excurved at
middle ; a series of black points before termen and a fine
brown terminal fine. Underside creamy white suffused in
parts with purplish pink, the costal areas irrorated with red ;
fore wing with diffused oblique red medial line, postmedial
fine excurved from below costa to vein 4, and subterminal
series of dentate blackish marks in the interspaces ; hind wing
with oblique red antemedial line from costa to median nervure,
discoidal point, postmedial line excurved below costa and at
middle, and subterminal series of dentate blackish marks in
the interspaces.
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Olulis methaema, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous white mixed with dark reddish
brown ; antennae brownish white ; palpi with the 3rd joint
white with black ring near tips ; abdomen ochreous white
suffused with red-brown, the basal crest rufous tipped with
black ; fore tibiae white, black towards extremity ; mid and
hind legs white, the tuft of hair at base of mid tibiae red-brown,
blackish at tip ; ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white.
Fore wing whitish tinged with brown and irrorated with
blackish and purple-red ; an oblique blackish subbasal striga
from costa and minute black spot in the cell ; antemedial
fine blackish and waved to discal fold, then obsolete ; a
black point in middle of cell ; reniform with whitish annulus
defined at sides by blackish and black points ; medial line
blackish and oblique to the reniform, then purplish red,
inwardly oblique and waved ; postmedial line white defined
on inner side by blackish and on outer side by small blackish
spots between veins 7 and 2, obliquely downcurved below
costa, then dentate, slightly incurved at discal fold and very
oblique below vein 4, some blackish points with whitish
between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white
defined on outer by minute blackish spots from below costa to
above vein 1, oblique to vein 7, slightly incurved at discal
fold and oblique below vein 4 ; a series of black points before
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termen on slight whitish streaks ; cilia white intersected
with dark red-brown. Hind wing purple-pink ; a series of
black points before termen to submedian fold ; cilia white,
tinged with purple-pink to submedian fold. Underside of
fore wing purple-pink, the costa whitish tinged with brown
and with series of small black spots on terminal half, the
terminal area whitish except between veins 6 and 4, a series
of black points before termen ; hind wing white, the costal
area and the terminal area to submedian fold irrorated with
blood red, a red discoidal point, curved postmedial line to
discal fold, subterminal series of blackish points between
vein 7 and submedian fold and series of black points before
termen to vein 2.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Makiling {Baker), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
Olulis postrosea, n. sp.
Head and thorax whitish tinged with olive, the latter
with a few black scales ; abdomen pale purplish pink with a
white patch at base of dorsum followed by white segmental
hnes ; antennae fuscous except at base ; palpi white, the
2nd joint with black point in front followed by an oblique
blackish band before extremity, the 3rd with black rings
near base and tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of ab-
domen white, the fore coxae and femora chestnut-red above,
the tibiae with chestnut-red spots on inner side and two black
points in front, the tarsi black at extremities. Fore wing
whitish tinged with olive and irrorated with some black scales
especially on medial area ; a subbasal black point on costa and
small spot in the cell ; antemedial line represented by a series
of reddish brown points with a black point at costa, excurved
below costa, incurved in the cell, then oblique ; a black point
in middle of cell and rufous discoidal spot with some black
points round it ; traces of a reddish brown medial line with a
black point at costa, excurved to the discoidal spot and oblique
below the cell ; postmedial line with black point at costa,
then very faintly double and formed by red-brown striae with
black striae on the outer line on inner area, excurved from
below costa to vein 4, then oblique, some black points beyond
it on costa ; traces of a slightly waved pale subterminal line
with a faint rufous shade before it except towards costa ; a
series of minute black spots before termen and a fine crimson
terminal line. Hind wing purplish pink ; traces of a deeper
pink line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; a faint
pink postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish from
vein 2 to inner margin ; a series of slight fuscous points before
termen ; cilia white. Underside of fore wing purplish pink,
the inner area whitish, the costa whitish tinged with rufous
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and with a series of black points except towards base, a black
terminal line from apex to vein 4 where there is a black spot ;
hind wing white with a faint pinkish tinge, a pink discoidal
spot, medial spot on costa, postmedial line excurved below
costa, series of black-brown points before termen from apex to
vein 2 and slight pink mark on termen at submedian fold.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with small black spot on the outer post-
medial line at submedian fold.
Hab. Bismarck Arch., Admiralty Is. {Meek), 2 <$, 1 $
type ; Solomon Is., New Georgia I. {Meek), 1 $. Exp. 22
millim.
Olulis albilineata, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax red-brown mixed with purplish grey ;
abdomen white tinged with red- brown ; palpi red-brown
mixed with some whitish, the 3rd joint whitish with blackish
ring at middle ; legs bright red-brown ; pectus and ventral
surface of abdomen white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing
white suffused and irrorated with purple-brown ; inwardly
oblique white subbasal and antemedial lines defined on outer
side by diffused dark brown ; a white discoidal bar defined
on outer side by dark brown ; postmedial line white defined
on outer side by a slightly waved dark brown line, inwardly
oblique and very slightly excurved beyond the cell ; sub-
terminal line white defined on outer side by a dark brown
line, oblique, bent outwards to apex and very slightly incurved
below vein 3 ; a rather punctiform dark brown line before
termen defined on inner side by white and a fine dark terminal
line. Hind wing creamy white, the costal and terminal
areas faintly tinged with purplish pink. Underside of fore
wing chestnut-red irrorated with red -brown on basal half ;
hind wing white, the costal area suffused and irrorated with
chestnut-red, a brown discoidal point and a faint rufous post-
medial line from costa to vein 4, angled outwards below costa.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Mimika R. {Wollaston), 1 $,
Wataikwa R. {Wollaston), 2 $ type. Exp. 24 millim.
Genus ACYGNATHA, nov.
Type, A. atrapex, Hmpsn. {Raparna), Moths Ind. iii. p. 25
(1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head and moderately scaled
in front, the 3rd very long, with slight tuft of scales in front
towards tip which is acuminate ; irons smooth, with slight
ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales, the
metathorax with boss-like crest of large scales ; tibiae smoothly
scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore
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wing with the costa arched towards apex which is rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from just below upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from below middle
of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Acygnatha mesozona, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax whitish, a black bar between antennae,
the tegulae with some crimson-red at tips and black at sides,
the antennae ringed with fuscous, the palpi with the 1st
joint black, the 2nd and the 3rd towards extremity irrorated
with black and crimson-red ; abdomen whitish, the terminal
half strongly suffused with red-brown ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen whitish, the fore legs black in front.
Fore wing whitish slightly irrorated with blackish and crimson-
red, the costa with some blackish towards base ; traces of a
waved interrupted dark antemedial line ; black points at
middle and end of cell ; a faint blackish postmedial line, ex-
curved from costa to vein 5, then oblique and with a brownish
shade before it below vein 3 ; traces of a punctiform dark
subterminal line with small black spots before it above and
below vein 7 and a large spot at middle ; a series of minute
black spots before termen and a minute spot at apex, the spots
above and below vein 4 connected by some black on termen.
Hind wing whitish slightly irrorated with black and crimson-
red ; a minute black discoidal spot ; a purplish rufous band
before the black postmedial line which is slightly excurved
to vein 4, then incurved, the inner edge of the band defined
by black on inner area ; two indistinct interrupted waved
black subterminal lines with a black patch between them
between veins 4 and 2 ; a series of small black spots just
before termen to vein 2 connected by a fine waved black
terminal line ; cilia white with some black at middle. Under-
side white irrorated with fuscous, the fore wing tinged with
red-brown ; both wings with small black discoidal spot and
indistinct waved postmedial and subterminal fines.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Makiiing {Baker), 1 $ type.
Exjp. 16 millim.
Genus DUNIRA.
Dunira, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 206 (1885) ...
Type.
scitula. Walk.
Dunira sarconia, n. sp.
g. Head, thorax, and abdomen white suffused with rufous ;
antennae brownish ; palpi banded rufous and white, the 3rd
2 1 2
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joint white with blackish band near tips ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen white, the legs tinged with rufous.
Fore wing white suffused with pale rufous and slightly tinged
with purplish grey ; a whitish subbasal striga from costa ;
antemedial line whitish defined by some red scales and with a
blackish point at costa, slightly sinuous ; a faint brownish
medial fine with blackish point at costa, excurved at middle ;
a white discoidal bar defined by red scales, forked at lower
extremity ; postmedial fine whitish defined by red scales and
with a blackish point at costa, oblique to vein 4, then incurved,
some white points with blackish between them beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line whitish faintly defined on each side
by brown, curved and slightly waved ; a series of rufous points
before termen. Hind wing whitish suffused with pale rufous
and slightly tinged with purplish grey ; a faint red discoidal
striga ; postmedial fine faint ; whitish defined on each side by
red irroration, slightly waved, excurved beyond lower angle
of cell ; a maculate whitish subterminal fine defined on outer
side by slight brown marks and excurved at middle ; a series
of red points before termen. Underside white ; fore wing
tinged with violaceous grey except on inner area, the disc
suffused with purplish pink, slight red marks at middle and
end of cell, postmedial line diffused, reddish, excurved from
below costa to vein 4, then incurved, subterminal line white
defined on outer side by fuscous, angled outwards at vein 7
and excurved at middle ; hind wing with pale red discoidal
striga with striga above it below costa and subterminal
series of brown spots.
Hub. Borneo, Pulo Laut (Doherty), 1 type. Exp. 3d
milfim.
Dunira obliquilinea, n. sp.
Head and thorax fiery rufous, the tips of tegulae white ;
abdomen white with some pale rufous at base and brown
suffusion on terminal half of dorsum ; antennae dark brown
except towards base ; palpi pale rufous with a black point in
front of 2nd joint towards extremity and some black scales
in front of 3rd joint ; • pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white, the fore legs suffused with rufous, the tarsi
brownish ringed with white, the mid legs tinged with rufous.
Fore wing white suffused with bright rufous, the medial area
irrorated with brown, the terminal area with a violaceous
tinge ; a faint slightly waved pale red antemedial fine ; a
black point in middle of cell and two discoidal points defined
by white ; a rather diffused sinuous brown medial line ;
postmedial fine pure white defined on outer side by diffused
brown, straight and inwardly oblique, some white points with
black between them before and beyond it on costa ; sub-
1) UNIHA. — SYNOLULIS.
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terminal line whitish defined on outer side by brown, waved,
angled inwards at discal fold and outwards at veins 4 and 3,
then incurved ; a series of small black spots before termen
and a fine dark terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused
with rufous, the terminal area with a violaceous tinge ; a
black point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line pure white
defined on outer side by diffused red-brown, straight and
oblique ; a waved whitish subterminal line faintly defined on
outer side by brown, excurved at middle ; a series of small
black spots before termen and terminal series of brown striae.
Underside of fore wing pale rufous, the inner area white, a
slight dark discoidal striga and faint oblique postmedial line ;
hind whig white, the costal area tinged with rufous, a brown
discoidal point and faint postmedial line.
Hab. Singapore {Riclley), 1 9 type ; Bali {Doherty), 1 <$.
Exp. 26, $ 30 millim.
Genus SYNOLULIS, nov.
Type, 8. rhodinastis, Meyr. (Prionophora), Trans. Ent. Soc.
1902, p. 44.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely
upturned to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
strongly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd porrect moderately thickly scaled ; frons with rounded
prominence with large pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae
smoothly scaled ; build slender ; abdomen smoothly scaled
and without crests. Fore wing narrow, the apex produced
and acute, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ;
vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell ; a fringe of hair from below basal
part of costa on underside. Hind wing with the termen
obliquely truncate towards tornus ; the cell half the length
of wing ; vein 3 from just before angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Synolulis diascia, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated
with a few dark brown scales ; hind tibiae with slight red-
brown streak ; abdomen ochreous white dorsally tinged with
rufous. Fore wing ochreous tinged with rufous and thickly
irrorated with brown ; a blackish point in middle of cell and
two black discoidal points ; an oblique fuscous brown shade
with blackish points on its outer edge at the veins from
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termen just below apex to middle of inner margin ; a series of
black points just before termen. Hind wing creamy white, the
inner area and terminal area except towards apex tinged with
flesh pink ; a series of small black spots just before termen
and some slight dark irroration at tornus. Underside white
with brown irroration on costal areas ; fore wing with diffused
purplish pink streaks on the veins of disc and two black points
on costa towards apex ; both wings with series of small black
spots before termen to submedian fold.
Hub. Dutch N. Guinea, Mimika If ( Wollaston ), 1 $ type,
Wataikwa R. (Wollaston), 1 Br. N. Guinea, Kumusi R.
(Meek), 1 9. Exp. 34-36 millim.
Genus EUIPPODES, nov.
Type, E. euprepes.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather broadly fringed with hair in
front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd moderate, porrect and thickly scaled ; frons smooth,
with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenna? of male
minutely serrate and with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed
with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; build
slender ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the mid tibia?
dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, the hind
tarsi with the 1st joint fringed above with hair ; abdomen
with dorsal series of crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen oblique, nearly straight and slightly crenulate ;
vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about
one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Euippodes euprepes, n. sp.
q. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
whitish, the last with the dorsal crests dark ; pectus white ;
legs brown and white, the tarsi white ; ventral surface of
abdomen white. Fore wing red-brown mixed with whitish,
the terminal area suffused with white especially towards
apex ; antemedial line red-brown with a small white spot at
costa, waved ; a curved white discoidal strign defined on each
side by dark brown ; an indistinct diffused slightly waved
brown medial line, excurved beyond the cell ; postmedial line
brown with white spots on each side of it at costa, then
slightly defined on outer side1 by white, oblique to vein 4 then
EUIPPODES. — EFjETHIOPS.
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incurved and waved, some white points beyond it on costa ;
a waved white subterminal line, indistinct towards costa ; a
terminal series of small dark brown lunules. Hind wing
red-brown mixed with some whitish, the terminal area whiter ;
waved white postmedial and subterminal lines from vein 6 to
inner margin ; a terminal series of conjoined black-brown
lunules defined on inner side by white ; cilia white and brown.
Underside of fore wing reddish brown with some white irro-
ration before the terminal series of black-brown lunules ; hind
wing reddish brown irrorated with white especially on terminal
area, a white discoidal bar, curved brown medial line, slightly
waved postmedial and subterminal lines, and terminal series of
black-brown lunules defined on inner side by white.
$. Fore wing with yellow marks on the subbasal, ante-
medial and postmedial lines at costa.
Hub. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 2 <$, 1 $ type ;
S. Nigeria, Sapele [Sampson), 1 g ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru
(Macfie), 3 2. Exp. 26-32 millim.
Genus EUTERMINA, nov.
Type, E. tenebrosa, Holl. ( Bareia ), Psyche, vii. p. 9U, pi. iii.
f. 17 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi of male obliquely upturned,
the 2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, fringed with
hair in front and behind except at base, the 3rd short and
thickly scaled, of female with the 2nd joint rather downcurved
and extending about twice the length of head, the 3rd obliquely
upturned and longer ; frons smooth, with ridge of scales above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae somewhat laminate, in male
with slight fasciculate cilia, in female almost simple ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly
crenulate ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 5 from well above
angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9, and 10 slightly, anas-
tomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Genus EU2ETHI0PS, nov.
Type, E. limbata, Holl. ( Selenis ), Psyche, vii. p. 112, pi. v.
f. 7 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and somewhat tapering to extremity, the 3rd very long
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VOCTUIDif
and smoothly scaled ; irons smooth, with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of female with bristles and cilia ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ;
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the costa moderately arched towards apex which
is somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved
and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6
from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about one-third
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Euaethiops cyanopasta, n. sp.
jp! . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with
grey ; palpi with the 3rd joint whitish at base ; pectus and
ventral surface of abdomen grey ; tarsi brown ringed with
grey. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey, the medial
area tinged with purple, the basal and costal areas dark
brown irrorated with silvery blue ; antemedial line indistinct,
darkly defined by silvery blue scales ; a minute dark spot in
the cell towards extremity ; reniform with silvery blue
annulus and its centre defined by blackish, elliptical ; post-
medial line blackish, slightly bent outwards below costa, then
waved, oblique to vein 3, then incurved ; some white points
beyond it on costa and a diffused silvery blue mark below
costa ; subterminal line whitish towards costa and incurved
below costa, then very faint dark and waved with a deep red-
brown patch before it below vein 7 ; a slight waved dark
terminal line ; cilia grey-brown with a fine pale line at base.
Hind wing pale red-brown slightly irrorated with darker
red-brown ; an indistinct dark red-brown antemedial patch
below the cell ; a faint dark discoidal striga and oblique line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; a waved blackish
postmedial line, excurved beyond lower angle of cell, then
oblique ; an indistinct waved dark subterminal line diffused
on outer side ; a waved dark terminal line ; cilia grey-brown
with a fine line at base. Underside grey-brown ; both wings
with indistinct curved dark postmedial line.
Hnb. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Bong), I 9 type. Exp. 3(i millim.
Genus MEC0DIN0PS, nov.
Type, M. anceps, Mab. (Thermesia), Bull. Soc. Phil. 1879,
p. 142 ; Saalm. Lep. Madag., p. 472, f. 140 (1891).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in
MECODINOPS. MECODINA.
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front and slightly fringed with hair behind, the 3rd long and
fringed with hair behind towards extremity ; frons smooth,
with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of female ciliated ; thorax clothed with hah and hair -like
scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ;
abdomen with some rough hah at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the terinen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 1 1 from cell, the cell on underside clothed
with rough hair. Hind wing with the cell about one-third
length of wing ; vein 3 from just before angle ; 5 fully de-
veloped from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus MECODINA.
type.
Mecoclina, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 372 (1852) lanceola, Guen.
Bcethantha, Walk, xxxiii. 982 (1865) bisignata. Walk.
Seneratia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 202 (1885) prsecipua. Walk.
Mecodina leucosticta, n. sp.
Head and tegulse rufous, the antennae dark brown, the
palpi grey-brown ; thorax and abdomen purplish grey-brown,
the patagia with red-brown bars, the tarsi ringed with whitish
and the fore tarsi whitish at base. Fore wing pale red-brown,
the terminal area suffused with purplish grey ; a curved red-
brown subbasal line from costa to submedian fold with a
slight whitish mark at costa ; antemedial line double, red-
brown, waved, obsolescent towards inner margin, a small
white mark on its inner side at costa ; a minute black spot
with pale annulus in middle of cell ; reniform obscurely
defined by dark brown ; a deep red-brown medial shade,
oblique from below costa and narrowing to inner margin ;
postmedial line brown, obliquely excurved to vein 4, then
inwardly oblique and waved, a slight whitish mark on its outer
side at costa ; an oblique wedge-shaped chocolate-brown
mark from postmedial part of costa with an oblique bar from
it to middle of termen, the outer side of the patch defined by
whitish and with white point at its apex ; subterminal white
points on veins 3, 2, 1 ; a slightly waved chocolate-brown
line just before termen. Hind wing purplish grey-brown ; a
rather diffused oblique brown medial line and a postmedial
line bent inwards and approximated to the medial line below
the cell ; subterminal line dark brown, obsolete towards
costa, then defined on each side by cupreous red-brown
suffusion, incurved below vein 4, defined on outer side by
whitish below vein 2 and with oblique brown bar from it to
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noctuida;.
middle of termen ; a red-brown terminal line and pale line at
base of cilia except towards apex. Underside grey-brown
with a reddish tinge ; fore wing with faint medial, postmedial
and subterminal brown lines, the postmedial line excurved
below costa and with some whitish beyond it on costa, some
whitish on apical part of costa. Hind wing with oblique
brown medial and postmedial lines and curved grey sub-
terminal line defined on inner side by brown.
Hob. Singapore (Ridley), 2 $ type ; N. Borneo, Limbang
(Everett), 1 <$. Exp. 50 millim.
Mecodina aequilinea. n. s|>.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with purplish
grey ; palpi with the 3rd joint whitish ; spurs ringed with
whitish. Fore wing brown suffused with purple-grey ; traces
of a sinuous brown antemedial line ; a brown medial shade,
broad towards costa and narrowing to inner margin, its outer
edge oblique below discal fold ; a slight pale curved discoidal
striga placed on the brown shade ; a slight curved brown
subterminal line. Hind wing brown suffused with purple-
grey ; a narrow brown medial shade, rather diffused on inner
side ; a rather diffused brown postmedial line slightly excurved
to vein 5. Underside brown tinged with purple-grey ; fore
wing with faint brown subterminal line ; hind wing with
rather diffused curved brown medial and postmedial lines.
Hah. Assam, Dibrugrah ( Ward), 1 2 type. Exp. 44 millim.
Mecodina apicia. n. ap.
$. Head and tegula) red-brown ; thorax and abdomen
pale red-brown tinged with purple-grey ; palpi, pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen dark brown, the extreme
tips of palpi white. Fore wing red-brown suffused with
purple-grey ; a faint curved red-brown subbasal striga from
costa ; antemedial line indistinct, red-brown, waved ; a
minute chocolate-brown spot in middle of cell and small
grey discoidal lunule defined faintly by brown : traces of a
brown medial line, oblique to the discoidal lunule, inwardly
oblique and sinuous below the cell ; traces of a. brown post-
medial line, oblique and defined on outer side by white towards
costa, then curved ; an oblique conical deep chocolate-
brown patch from postmedial part of costa to vein (>, its
outer edge defined by whitish and excurved below vein 7.
some whitish suffusion beyond it at apex and traces of a curved
subterminal series of dark brown points in the interspaces
from it to inner margin ; a slight waved dark brown line jusf
before termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing red-brown
AIECODINA.
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tinged with purple-grey, the terminal area deeper red-brown ;
traces of waved brown postmedial and subterminal lines ;
the latter excurved and defined on outer side by white points
between veins 5 and 2 and defined on outer side by whitish
towards tornus. Underside grey -brown ; fore wing with
the costa suffused with white from near base to beyond
middle, an incurved white subterminal line from costa to
vein 6 with a rufous patch beyond it ; hind wing with in-
distinct curved dark medial, postmedial, and subterminal lines.
Hah. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp.
44 millim .
Mecodina diastriga, n. sp.
$. Mead, thorax, and abdomen brown tinged with purplish
grey ; palpi with the 3rd joint whitish at base ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing brown
suffused with purple-grey ; a slightly waved chocolate-brown
subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line
chocolate-brown, oblique, sinuous ; a dark browrn point in
middle of cell and narrow grey discoidal lunule defined by
dark brown ; medial line chocolate-brown, excurved from
below costa to vein 2 ; postmedial line chocolate-brown,
dentate, angled outwards at vein 5, then oblique ; a deep
chocolate-brown patch from postmedial part of costa to
discal fold, rather constricted below costa and rounded below',
and with an obliquely curved bar from its lower extremity
to vein 4 ; a rather lunulate chocolate-brown terminal line ;
a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey-brown
slightly irrorated with dark brown except on costal and ter-
minal areas ; a whitish point at lower angle of cell ; an
indistinct dentate brown postmedial line ; traces of a waved
brown subterminal line from costa to vein 2, then a black-
brown bar defined on outer side by whitish to terrnen at
vein 1 ; a waved dark brown terminal line and whitish line
at base of cilia. Underside reddish brown tinged with grey ;
fore wing with faint whitish discoidal lunule and curved browrn
postmedial line ; hind w'ing with curved weaved brown medial,
postmedial and subterminal lines, the first with a whitish
discoidal lunule on it.
Hab. Java, 1 $ type. Exp. 38 millim.
Mecodina metagrapta, n. sp.
9. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown tinged with
grey ; palpi darker red-brown. Fore wing red-browm tinged
with grey ; a slight brown subbasal line from costa to sub-
median fold ; a slightly waved brown antemedial line ; a
dark point in middle of cell and small wdiitish discoidal
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NOCTUIDiE.
lunule defined by dark brown, with an oblique brown bar
to it from costa ; an indistinct waved brown postmedial line,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a conical chocolate-brown
patch from postmedial part of costa to vein 6, slightly defined
on outer side by whitish and with slight rather dentate whitish
line with some dark scales on it from it to inner margin ;
a terminal series of slight dark points and a fine whitish line
at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey ;
traces of a brown medial line and of a postmedial line excurved
to vein 4 ; a faint whitish subterminal line, excurved to
vein 2, then with black-brown bar on its inner side and ending
on termen at vein 1 ; a slight waved brown terminal line
and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Underside brown tinged
with whitish ; both wings with whitish discoidal lunule and
brown postmedial line.
Browner.
Hub. Madras, Belgaum (Watson), l $ ; Singapore {Ridley),
1 $ ; Bali {Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim.
Mecodina striata, n. sp.
§. Head and tegula1 rufous, the antennae grey-brown ;
thorax and abdomen reddish brown tinged with grey ; palpi,
pectus and legs dark red-brown, the extremity of 2nd joint
of palpi and the 3rd joint yellow, the spurs and tarsi ringed
with whitish. Fore wing purplish grey mixed with red-
brown and prominently striated with dark brown, the post-
medial area and the terminal area below vein 5 suffused with
bright red-brown, the veins beyond the cell with slight pale
streaks ; black-brown subbasal and antemedial spots on
costa, the latter with rather ill-defined line from it to inner
margin ; a black point in middle of cell and curved whitish
discoidal striga defined by black, a dark bar above it from
costa and traces of a line from it to inner margin ; traces of
a brown postmedial line towards costa ; a black-brown
subterminal line from costa to vein 5, expanding on outer
side below vein 7, and a slight line from vein 2 to inner
margin ; a faint lunulate brown terminal line. Hind wing
reddish brown tinged with grey and slightly striated with
darker brown except towards base ; a sinuous dark brown
subterminal bar between veins 3 and 1 . Underside uniform
grey tinged with red -brown.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak {Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp.
50 millim.
Mecodina chionopasta, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
whitish ; palpi, pectus and legs red-brown, the spurs and
tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown
MECODINA.
493
irrorated with white especially on basal half ; an indistinct
curved red-brown antemedial line ; a dark point in middle
of cell and slight elliptical discoidal spot with its lower part
defined by black-brown ; a faint diffused oblique brown
postmedial line ; a small chocolate-brown subterminal spot
below vein 7 with a bright red-brown line defined on outer
side by white from it to inner margin, excurved between
veins 5 and 3, and with a white spot formed by aggregated
scales beyond it above inner margin ; a terminal series of
small white lunules defined on inner side by brown ; cilia
whitish at tips. Hind wing red-brown irrorated with white ;
a bright red-brown subterminal line defined on outer side by
white from vein 7 to inner margin and with a white shade
formed by aggregated irroration beyond it towards tornus ;
a terminal series of small white lunules defined on inner side
by brown ; cilia whitish at tips. Underside uniform red-
brown.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur [Doherty), 1 $ type.
Exp. 50 mi Him.
Mecodina ochrigrapta, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown tinged with
grey-white ; palpi darker red-brown, the 3rd joint white
at base and tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish ; spurs and tarsi dark brown ringed with white.
Fore wing pale red-brown ; a waved dark brown subbasal
line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line dark
brown, waved ; a dark point in middle of cell , medial line
rather diffused, dark brown, oblique towards costa, then
sinuous, with a faint pale curved discoidal striga on it ;
postmedial line dark brown, oblique towards costa, then
dentate, incurved below vein 4 ; the apical part of - costa
suffused with dark brown ; a rather conical patch faintly
outlined with dark brown from postmedial part, of costa
to vein 6, somewhat constricted at middle, with a fault dark
shade from it to inner margin, excurved to near termen at
middle and with white and dark points on its inner side at
veins 4 to 1, and a slight angled mark at submedian fold ;
a series of dark points before termen. Hind whig pale red-
brown ; a dark medial shade with a white point on it at
lower angle of cell ; a curved dentate dark postmedial line ;
a slight dark subterminal shade, incurved below vein 3,
with blackish points on its inner side below veins 7 and 4,
below vein 3 defined on inner side by white with a black line
before it ; a series of dark points and stria; before termen.
Underside red-brown mixed with whitish ; fore wing with
slight whitish discoidal lunule, a somewhat dentate dark
postmedial line slightly angled outwards below costa and
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NOCTUTDJE.
defined on outer side by whitish, a faint whitish subterminal
line excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; hind wing with
curved white discoidal striga placed on a sinuous brown
medial line, a dentate dark postmedial line, and whitish
subterminal line slightly defined on inner side by brown.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta (Bong), 2 2 type.
Exp. 50 millim.
Mecodina nigripuncta, n. sp.
9. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; palpi, pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen darker brown slightly
mixed with grey, the tarsi dark brown ringed with whitish.
Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish ; a
sinuous dark brown antemedial line slightly defined on inner
side by whitish ; a black point in middle of cell and narrow
discoidal lunule defined by dark brown ; postmedial line
represented by a series of black- brown striae defined on outer
side by white and at costa by yellow, strongly excurved
beyond the cell and with small black- brown spot at discal
fold ; some oblique yellow striae from postmedial part of
costa ; subterminal line indistinct, diffused, brown defined
on outer side by white scales, excurved below vein 7 and at
middle, then incurved ; a terminal series of dark brown
striae. Hind wing red-brown slightly irrorated with whitish ;
a dark discoidal striga ; postmedial line represented by a
series of dark points defined on outer side by white and with
a more prominent spot at discal fold, excurved beyond the
cell, then incurved ; a faint waved whitish subterminal
line ; a terminal series of slight dark striae. Underside dark
brown slightly irrorated with whitish and the terminal areas
suffused with whitish ; fore wing with dark spot in middle of
cell and elliptical discoidal spot defined by white, a curved
white postmedial line with some white points beyond ‘.i on
costa ; hind wing with elliptical dark discoidal spot defined
by white and slightly waved brown postmedial line defined
on outer side by white and excurved beyond the cell.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp
38 millim.
Mecodina rufipalpis, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax brown tinged with grey ; abdomen
brown suffused with purplish grey ; antennae black-brown ;
frons and palpi rufous ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen brown tinged with grey, the tarsi black- brown
with slight pale rings. Fore wing red-brown suffused with
grey ; an indistinct double waved red-brown antemedial
line ; reniform grey defined by red-brown, small, placed on a
double waved red-brown medial line, the outer line faint ;
postmedial line red-brown, excurved below costa, incurved
at discal fold, then dentate and rather excurved at middle ;
MECODINA.- — MARCILLADA.
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subterminal line grey defined on each side by diffused red-
brown, slightly waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle.
Hind wing red- brown suffused with grey ; traces of a double
slightly waved red-brown medial line ; postmedial fine
indistinct, red-brown, dentate ; a faint grey subterminal line
defined on each side by red-brown. Underside red-brown
suffused with grey ; hind wing with indistinct rather diffused
dark medial, postmedial and subterminal lines.
Hah. Portuguese E. Africa, Mt. Chiperone ( Neave ), 2 $
type. Exp. 34 millim.
Genus HEOEUGORNA.
Heoeugorna, Hmpsn. Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vi. Type.
p. 254 (1924) alboarcuata , B.-Bkr.
Heoeugorna flavicincta, n. sp.
E- Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the anal tuft
yellow. Fore whig red-brown, the medial area tinged with
olive and with a broad yellow band beyond the postmedial
line arising from just below costa and diffused to termen
towards tornus, the rest of terminal area rufous with some
red -brown on termen towards apex ; an indistinct waved
red-brown antemedial line ; reniform a rather narrow lunule
defined by red-brown ; a waved red-brown line from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double, red-
brown, excurved below costa, incurved at discal fold, then
slightly waved, a series of rufous points beyond it between
veins 7 and 1 ; subterminal line rather diffused rufous with a
series of slight red-brown spots on it, almost obsolete towards
costa and slightly excurved below vein 7 and at middle ;
a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown with
an orange-yellow terminal band rather broad at costa and
narrowing to a point at tornus. Underside chocolate-brown ;
fore wing with a rather narrow orange band irrorated with
red-brown from below costa beyond middle to tornus.
Hind wing with some yellow irroration on termen ; cilia
orange -yellow.
Iiab. Borneo, Sarawak, Bidi (Brooks), type | in Coll.
Joicey ; Sandakan (Pryor), 1 Exp. 48 millim.
Genus MARCILLADA.
Type.
Marcillada, Walk, xxxiii. 980 (1865) rubricosa, Walk.
Nasaya, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 173 (1882) rubricosa, Walk.
Marcillada endopolia, n. sp.
Head white with some pale red-brown and orange-
yellow patches behind antennae ; tegulse orange-yellow ;
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NOCTUIDJB.
thorax and abdomen white mixed with red- brown, the latter
grey- brown towards extremity ; antennae pale brown ; palpi
rufous, white at tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white tinged with red-brown. Fore wing grey-
brown thickly striated with crimson, the medial part of
terminal area crimson, a broad greenish white fascia on inner
margin striated with grey-brown tinged with crimson ; a
crimson discoidal lunule ; a rather diffused oblique crimson
line from termen just below apex to vein 2 beyond middle ;
cilia red-brown, tipped with pure white on apical half. Hind
wing pale red-brown ; a whitish patch striated with red-brown
on terminal area between vein 3 and submedian fold ; cilia
pure white at extreme tips. Underside of fore wing pale
red- brown, the costa and terminal area to vein 4 whitish
striated with red- brown ; hind wing whitish tinged and striated
with red-brown, the terminal area suffused with red -brown
except towards apex.
Hcib. N. Borneo, 1 $ type. Exp. 40 millim.
Genus AVITTONIA, nov.
Type, A. albidentata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, broadly scaled in front and fringed
with hair behind except towards base, the 3rd long and
smoothly scaled ; frons smooth with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of female almost simple ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hah’ ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a long areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely truncate ;
the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Avittonia albidentata, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey ; antennae
dark brown, white in front towards base ; frontal tuft whitish
above, dark brown at sides ; palpi chestnut-red with some
blackish at extremity of 2nd joint behind, the 3rd joint
white with black band near extremity ; legs chestnut-red,
the fore tibiae pure white, black at base and with black spot
near extremity, the tarsi black-brown ringed with white ;
abdomen dark red-brown, the ventral surface white tinged
with rufous. Fore wing deep chestnut-red, the costal edge
with alternating white and dark brown streaks : a black
AVITTONIA. — AYITTA.
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point in base of cell ; faint sinuous subbasal and antemedial
blue-grey shades ; a white point at upper angle of cell ; a
faint patch of blue -grey suffusion beyond the cell and a spot
in submedian interspace below end of cell ; postmedial line
slight, blue-grey, dentate and interrupted, excurved below
costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and oblique below
vein 4, another slight somewhat dentate blue -grey line beyond
it, inwardly oblique below costa and slightly excurved at
middle ; subterminal line white defined on inner side by dark
brown, crenulate with slight somewhat dentate white marks
in the interspaces followed by short dark brown streaks,
white at tips, not reaching the costa ; a terminal series of
white points ; cilia dark brown, chequered with whitish at
tips and with white spot at apex. Hind wing dark red-
brown with a deep chestnut-red patch beyond middle between
vein 4 and submedian fold, and the termen deep chestnut-red
to submedian fold ; postmedial white points on veins 3 and 2
and some whitish irroration above and below submedian
fold, with traces of a minutely dentate bluish white line
beyond it from vein 4 to inner margin ; a subterminal line
between discal and submedian folds, white defined on inner
side by dark brown, and with slight somewhat dentate white
marks beyond it in the interspaces followed by some dark
brown outwardly defined by minute dentate white marks ;
a terminal series of white points ; cilia dark brown, chequered
with whitish at tips. Underside of fore wing grey-brown,
the costal and postmedial areas redder brown ; hind wing
pale grey-brown with sinuous brown medial line from below
costa to submedian fold, curved rather diffused postmedial
line, and white subterminal line defined on each side by
diffused brown.
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ type. Exp. 50 millim.
Genus AVITTA.
Type.
Avitta, Walk. xv. 1674 (1858) subsignans, Walk.
Oroba, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool.vii. p. 81 (1864) subsignans, Walk.
Asta, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 170 (1864) quadrilinea, Walk,
Pantura, Moore, Lep Ceyl. iii. p. 247 (1885) ophiusalis, Walk.
Imleanga, Lucas, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xvi. p. 83 (1901) lunifera, Druce.
Avitta ionomesa, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale dull rufous ; antennae and palpi
grey-brown ; pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown ;
abclomen grey-brown, the ventral surface brownish white.
Fore wing golden-cupreous suffused with brown ; an incurved
grey-white antemedial line from just below costa to vein 1
an elliptical red-brown discoidal spot surrounded by a large
patch of violaceous white suffusion ; the bases of veins 3, 4
slightly streaked with white ; postmedial line grey-white,
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nocttjidje.
curved, obsolescent towards inner margin ; an indistinct
curved dark subterminal line with slight white points on
its inner side ; cilia grey-brown. Hind wing grey-brown
with a cupreous gloss. Underside grey-brown ; fore wing
with indistinct dark discoidal spot ; hind wing with dark
discoidal spot and indistinct curved postmedial line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos ( Boag ), 1 $ type, Old Calabar
(Crompton), 1 3 ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 1 2. Exp.
3 36, $ 38 millim.
Avitta insignifica, n. sp.
2. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; pectus and
ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with brown. Fore
wing grey- brown with a purplish grey gloss to the postmedial
line ; traces of a dark antemedial line ; a narrow brown
discoidal lunule ; two indistinct curved brown postmedial
lines and a slightly waved subterminal line. Hind wing
grey-brown with a cupreous gloss. Underside uniform
grey -brown.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type. Exp. 30
millim.
Avitta atripuncta, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen grey-brown ;
pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged with
brown. Fore wing reddish brown tinged with grey and with
numerous pale striae less distinct on terminal area ; ante-
medial line represented by some dark scales ; a curved
ochreous postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin
with small black spots on its outer side below vein 4 and at
inner margin ; a subterminal series of slight black points
formed by a few scales. Hind wing grejush brown, the cilia
with a fine pale line at base and pale tips. Underside of
fore wing grey suffused with reddish brown, the termen
paler ; hind wing whitish suffused with brown.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with some additional black points beyond
the postmedial line.
Hab. Sierra Leone (Cator), 1 3 type ; Gold Coast,
Obuassi (Bergman), 1 $, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 $. Exp. 40-
44 millim.
Genus EUROGRAMMA, now
Type, E. obliquilineata. Leech (Talapa), Trans. Ent. Soc.
1900, p. 646.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint extending about twice the length of head, moderately
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except at base,
the 3rd long and fringed with hair in front and behind ; frons
.EURO GRAMMA. — HERPOPERASA.
499
smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round •
antennae of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests, the anal tuft of male large. Fore wing with the apex
pioduced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from
uppei angle , 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half
the length of wing ; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of
cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus D0CHMI0GRAMMA, nov.
Type, D. filamentosa, Feld. ( Thiona ), Reis. Nov nl 119
f. 18 (1874). ‘ 1 ‘
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head and somewhat angled with
hair above at middle, the 3rd long and fringed with hair
behind towards extremity ; frons smooth, with slight ridge
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and
without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdo-
men smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
costa arched towards apex which is rather produced and
acute, the termen somewhat excised below apex and excurved
at middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about one-third length of whig ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus HERPOPERASA, nov.
Type, H. apicata, Dogn. ( Ephyrodes ), Het. Nouv. Am Sud
vi. p. 33 (1912).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
minute and with small triangular tuft of hair in front • frons
smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round •
antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; fore tibiae moderately
fringed with hair, the mid tibiae of male dilated with a groove
containing a tuft of long hair, the hind tibiae fringed on each
side with rather long hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and
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NOCTUID-j;.
without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and
falcate, the terrnen excised below apex and excurved at
middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind whig with the cell half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Head and base of tegulse reddish ochreous mixed with
fuscous ; antennae fuscous, the rest of thorax fuscous brown
with a leaden gloss ; pectus and legs reddish ochreous mixed
with fuscous, the tibiae fuscous ; abdomen reddish ochreous,
ventrally irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous grey
tinged with brown, the area beyond the cell from apex to
tornus fuscous with a greyish gloss ; the costal edge towards
base fuscous with some blackish irroration below it. Hind
wing greyish ochreous tinged with brown. Underside greyish
suffused with red-brown and irrorated with black- brown ;
fore wing with black points in middle of cell and on disco-
cellulars, a subterminal point above vein 7 and a series before
terrnen ; hind wing with black discoidal point and subterminal
series of white points.
§. Ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with black-
brown ; fore wing with two oblique blackish antemedial bars
from costa and small spots in and below the cell, a small
spot in middle of cell and another below the cell, an elliptical
blackish discoidal spot, medial line blackish excurved beyond
the cell and oblique towards costa and inner margin ; a
postmedial series of small irregular black spots oblique to
vein 6, then inwardly oblique, a triangular whitish patch from
apical part of costa traversed by the curved subterminal
series of small irregular black spots, a series of black points
just before terrnen ; hind wing with blackish discoidal striga,
oblique medial line, double, irregularly waved and rather
maculate postmedial line, subterminal series of small spots
defined on outer side by white, and terminal series of points ;
underside of fore wing with small black spots in middle of
cell and on discocellulars, the medial line indistinct, a double
lunulate postmedial line incurved at discal fold, subterminal
point above vein 7, and series of points before terrnen |
hind wing with small black discoidal spot, indistinctly double
and slightly waved medial line, waved postmedial band
Genus HQLLANDIA.
Hollandia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) s. p. 295 (1S92)
Hollandia spurrelli, n. sp.
Type.
sigillata, Butl.
HOLRANDIA. — ABURIXA.
501
angled outwards at veins 6 and 4, subtermina] series of points
defined on outer side by black, and a terminal series.
Ab. 1. Wings more suffused with rufous beyond the
medial line, the black markings less developed ; fore wing
with the reniform a narrow lunule constricted at middle and
filled in with whitish.
Hab. Gold Coast, Obuassi {Bergman), 1 1 Bibianaha
{Spurrell), 4 3 $ type, Kurnasi {Whiteside, Sanders), 4 <$,
8 ? J S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 $. Exp. 36-42
millim.
Genus HYPOPLEURONA, now
Type, H. acutissima, B.-Bkr. {Parathermes), A. M. N .H.
(8) viii. p. 536 (1911).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to middle of Irons, broadly scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd short, oblique and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and
without crests ; build slender ; tibiae moderately fringed
with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and
falcate, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the cell about one -third length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell near base only.
Genus ABUEINA.
Type.
Aburina, Moschl. Abh. Senck. Ges. xv. p. 90 (1887) sobrina, Moschl.
TJgana, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (8) iii. p. 98 (1909) sobrina, Moschl.
Aburina endoxantha, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax brown irrorated with purplish grey ;
pectus yellow ; hind legs yellow tinged with brown ; abdomen
yellow with a triangular brown patch irrorated with grey
at base of dorsum. Fore wing reddish brown thickly irrorated
with purplish grey ; an indistinct curved brown antemedial
line ; a small spot of purplish grey irroration in middle of
cell ; reniform defined by purplish grey irroration, small
and narrow ; medial line brown, diffused, angled outwards
beyond upper angle of cel! to just before the postmedial
line, then oblique ; postmedial line brown defined on outer
side by purplish grey especially towards costa, obliquely
502
noctuidj:.
downcurvcd to vein 6, then oblique and slightly waved
a diffused curved brown subterminal line, defined on outer
side by small purplish grey spots except towards costa, some
purple-grey suffusion before it at middle and beyond it above
tornus ; a terminal series of blackish striae defined on inner
side by purplish grey. Hind wing reddish brown thickly
irrorated with purplish grey, the inner area yellow ; a double
oblique brown medial line filled in with purple-grey, the outer
line slightly waved ; a brown subterminal shade, its outer
edge waved with slight purple -grey spots on it ; a terminal
series of blackish striae slightly defined on inner side by
purplish grey. Underside of fore wing red-brown ; hind wing
yellow, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 suffused
with red-brown, a curved red-brown postmedial line.
Hah. Congo, Leopoldville (Christy), 1 $ type. Exp. 52
millim.
Aburina ccerulescens, n. sp.
o'. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey-brown, the head
and thorax irrorated w'ith a few blue-white scales ; lower
part of frons yellow at sides ; palpi rufous, the 3rd joint
golden yellow with the tuft of hair above red-brown ; tarsi
ringed with white. Fore wing dark grey-brown with a reddish
gloss and irrorated with a fewr silvery white scales ; traces of an
antemedial line formed by white scales, oblique to median
nervure where it is angled outwards, then inwardly oblique ;
a small pale brown spot at lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line silvery blue, slight except towards costa, very oblique
with a slight dowmvards curve to below vein 7, then inwardly
oblique ; subterminal line brown defined on inner side by
silvery blue, oblique from apex to vein 5, then strongly
dentate, with thick silvery blue irroration beyond it to
vein 4, then silvery blue suffusion ; a series of silvery blue
striae before termen. Hind wing with the basal half brown
slightly irrorated with grey, the terminal half brown and the
inner margin to base brown strongly suffused with blue-grey ;
postmedial line browrn traversed by a fine grey line, from
vein 6 to 1 ; an indistinct subterminal series of rather dentate
whitish spots defined by blackish, arising at vein 0 ; cilia
dark brown irrorated with blue-white except at tips. Under-
side brown suffused with blue -grey ; hind wing with faint
dark postmedial line.
9- Fore wing more strongly and evenly irrorated with
silvery blue and without the suffusion beyond the subterminal
lines, but with a rufous tinge beyond it at diseal fold.
I lab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 5 o, 2 $ type.
Exp. 38-40 millim.
ABURINA.
503
Aburina phoenocrosmena, n. ap.
$• Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown suffused with
purplish red, the head and tegulse darker brown ; palpi
dark brown mixed with red-brown and irrorated with whitish,
the tips white ; tarsi grey-brown ringed with white ; pectus
and ventral surface of abdomen towards base whitish. Fore
wing purplish red-brown irrorated with black-brown and
slightly mixed with grey, the costa and veins of terminal
area redder ; antemedial line indistinct, black defined on
inner side by some whitish scales, waved, almost obsolete
towards inner margin ; a minute black spot in middle of
cell ; reniform faintly defined by red-brown, rather constricted
at middle ; an indistinct blackish medial line, oblique to the
reniform and inwardly oblique below the cell ; postmedial
line black, oblique towards costa and slightly angled outwards
above and below vein 7, then inwardly oblique and defined
on outer side by whitish, the costal edge beyond it black
with white points on it ; an oblique pale shade from apex
and subterminal series of slight white points between veins
7 and 3 ; cilia fuscous with a fine red line at base and grey
tips. Hind wing purplish red-brown slightly mixed with
grey and irrorated with blackish ; a minute black spot at
lower angle of cell with pale annulus ; an oblique black
medial line defined on outer side by grey-white ; a subterminal
series of slight black points defined on outer side by some
white scales, incurved below vein 3 ; cilia black-brown with
a fine red line at base and whitish tips. Underside of fore
wing grey-brown suffused with fiery red from middle of cell
to termen and from just below costa to vein 3, a yellowish
patch beyond the cell, a slight dark discoidal spot, waved
black postmedial line, and subterminal series of blackish spots
defined on outer side by white ; hind wing grey-brown, a
blackish discoidal bar defined by grey, indistinct curved
medial line, curved and waved blackish postmedial line, and
indistinct slightly waved dark subterminal line with some
white points on its outer side.
Ab. 1. Both wings with the postmedial line defined on
outer side by rather diffused greyish fuscous and with diffused
greyish fuscous patch beyond it on costal area of fore wing.
Hnb. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria,
Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 $ ; Uganda, Entebbe ( Minchin ),
1 $. Exp. 40 millim.
Aburina tetragramma, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish brown tinged
with grey ; palpi dark brown ; ventral surface of abdomen
whitish. Fore wing pale reddish brown tinged with grey ;
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a dark brown antemedial line angled outwards below costa,
then oblique ; a small black-brown annulus filled in with,
white in middle of cell, another at lower angle and a minute
one at upper angle ; an oblique dark brown medial line ;
postjnedial line dark brown, slightly angled outwards below
costa, then oblique and sinuous ; subterminal line dark
brown, excurved at middle ; a series of black-brown points
just before termen. Hind wing pale reddish brown ; a slight
oblique dark postmedial line from vein 5 to tornus, and a
slightly excurved subterminal line ending on the termen at
vein 1 . Underside whitish tinged with red-brown ; fore
wing with indistinct brown postmedial line, excurved below
costa, then oblique ; hind wing with faint brown medial line,
curved postmedial line, and faint subterminal line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type. Exp.
36 millim.
Aburina poliopliaea, n. sp.
Head and thorax red-brown mixed with whitish ; abdomen
grey-brown ; palpi white at tips ; ventral surface of abdomen
white irrorated with brown. Fore wing pale brownish grey
irrorated with dark brown, the costal area more suffused
with brown and with a triangular shade extending from the
postmedial line to apex and to vein 5 ; a faint brown subbasal
line from costa to vein 1 ; an indistinct sinuous brown ante-
medial line ; a blackish discoidal bar and rather diffused
dark line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; post-
medial line indistinct, dark, curved and dentate, with traces
of another line beyond it ; subterminal line indistinct, brown
defined on inner side by pale grey, waved, angled outwards
below vein 7 and excurved at middle ; an oblique brown
shade beyond it from vein 6 to middle of termen ; a terminal
series of black points. Hind wing pale brownish grey thickly
irrorated with brown ; a faint diffused brown medial line ;
postmedial line indistinct, dark, somewhat dentate ; sub-
terminal line very indistinct, whitish faintly defined on each
side by brown, waved ; a terminal series of black points.
Underside whitish suffused and irrorated with brown ; hind
wing with indistinct diffused curved brown postmedial and
subterminal lines.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 2 q, 6 $ type.
Exp. 38-42 millim.
Aburina leucocliaragma, n. sp.
$. Head brown mixed with grey ; thorax rufous ; pectus
and legs grey-brown ; abdomen brown tinged with rufous,
the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing rufous irrorated with
brown and whitish especially in the interspaces of terminal
ABTTRINA. — PIUSOSCIA.
505
area ; a blackish point in the cell near base ; an indistinctly
double waved brown antemedial line ; an indistinct curved
brown medial line ; an indistinctly double diffused waved
brown postmedial line, filled in with white below vein 3 and
incurved between veins 3 and 1, some white points beyond
it on costa ; an indistinct double waved brown subterminal
line ; a series of blackish points just before termen. Hind
wing rufous irrorated with brown ; traces of a waved brown
medial line ; an indistinct waved brown postmedial line,
defined on outer side by whitish below vein 3 and with white
points beyond it on veins 6 to 2 ; traces of a double subterminal
series of slight brown spots ; a series of blackish points before
termen. Underside whitish suffused with brown with a
slight reddish tinge ; both wings with traces of diffused
curved broAvn postmedial line.
Bab. Gold Coast, Aburi {-Johnson), 1 $ type. Exp. 40
millim.
Genus PH.ZE0SCIA, nov.
Type, P. canipars.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi somewhat downcurved,
extending about twice the length of head, the 2nd and 3rd
joints fringed with hair above ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennte of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and
without crests ; tibia? moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen
with some rough hair at base of dorsum, but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen
angled at vein 4, then oblique, slightly crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from well below upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form a minute
areole ; 11 from cell ; male with a large fold on basal half
of costa on underside fringed with hair below and containing
tufts of long hair. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely
truncate ; the cell nearly half the length of wing ; vein 3
from before angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Phaeoscia canipars, n. sp.
U- Plead and thorax grey brown with a few whitish scales,
the tegula? tipped with whitish, the patagia tinged with
blue-grey ; antennae ringed with whitish towards base ;
palpi and legs dark red-brown irrorated with whitish ;
abdomen reddish brown, dorsally tinged with blue-grey, the
ventral surface paler. Fore wing grey tinged and slightly
irrorated with brown, the basal area, except at inner margin,
and a broad medial shade brown with a leaden grey
gloss, the area beyond the postmedial line with a triangular
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red -brown patch from costa where it extends to the apex
to vein 5 ; antemedial line double, brown, waved, a small
whitish spot beyond it in upper part of cell ; reniform grey
with some rufous on its inner edge and brown striga in centre,
large with rather irregular outline ; postmedial line brown,
oblique towards costa, then somew hat dentate and indistinctly
double, incurved in submedian interspace ; subterminal line
indistinctly double, brown filled in with rufous, obsolete at
costa, then somewhat dentate, incurved at discal fold and
below vein 3, an oblique dark red-brown shade from it at
discal fold to termen at vein 4 ; a lunulate black line before
termen. Hind wing grey irrorated with brown and suffused
with red- brown except at inner area and on terminal area
below' discal fold, rather diffused and slightly waved brown
medial and postmedial lines from vein 6 to inner margin ;
an indistinctly double dentate brown subterminal line filled
in with rufous from discal fold to inner margin ; a series of
small black lunules just before termen. Underside greyish
suffused and irrorated with reddish brown ; fore wing with
straight erect brown postmedial line arising below the costa
and defined on each side by grey, followed by a broad red-
brown shade with the slightly waved grey subterminal line
on it arising below7 the costa, bent outw ards at vein 7 and
ending at vein 3 ; hind wing with rather diffused curved
medial and postmedial red-brown lines, excurved above
inner margin, and broad red -brown subterminal shade with
the waved grey subterminal line on it.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ type ; Uganda,
Entebbe ( Minchin ), 1 <§. Exp. 46 millim.
Genus DREPANOPSES, nov.
Type, I), rufipicta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to about vertex of head, moderately
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except at base,
the 3rd moderate, with large tuft of hair behind ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair
and scales mixed and wdthout crests ; tibiae moderately
fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex some-
what produced and falcate, the termen slightly excised
below apex, excurved at middle, then oblique, hardly crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
1 1 from cell ; male with large fold on basal half of costa on
underside, fringed with hair below and containing tufts of
long hair. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely truncate ;
DREPANOPSES.
507
the cell nearly half the length of wing ; vein 3 from before
angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ;
male with the basal half of inner area clothed with rough
woolly hair on underside.
Drepaixopses rufipicta, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale grey tinged and slightly irrorated
with red-brown ; antennae ringed with black ; palpi bright
red -brown, the tuft of scales on 3rd joint above grey irrorated
with brown ; pectus and fore and mid legs in front bright
red- brown, the tarsi dark brown ; abdomen pale grey tinged
with red-brown, the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing
violaceous grey irrorated with a few dark brown scales ; a
curved brown subbasal line from costa to vein 1 with a patch
of bright red -brown beyond it on costal area ; traces of an
oblique sinuous brown antemedial line with a slight rufous
mark at costa ; a small round pale grey spot defined by dark
brown at middle of upper part of cell with a rufous mark
above it on costa ; reniform pale grey defined by dark red-
brown and with curved dark brown striga in centre, large
and with rather irregular outline, a rufous mark above it
on costa ; a broad dark red-brown medial shade irrorated
Avith grey and with Avaved edges from subcostal nervure to
inner margin ; postmedial line broAra, slightly AvaA^ed, some-
Avhat oblique to discal fold and incurved beloAv vein 3 ; the
postmedial area bright rufous from costa to discal fold ;
subterminal line double, red -brown filled in with grey,
obsolescent betAveen veins 4 and 2, waved, incurved at discal
fold and beloAv vein 4, some bright rufous before it at middle
and toAvarcls inner margin ; a diffused rufous mark before
middle of termen and a series of small red- brown lunules
just before termen. Hind Aving pale grey, the costal area
and inner margin AArhitish, some dark brown irroration along
vein 1 and on terminal area except toAvards apex ; an
interrupted slightly waved dark broAvn postmedial line from
discal fold to inner margin ; a double someAvhat maculate
and slightly waved dark brown subterminal line from Arein 6
to inner margin ; a series of small dark brown lunules just
before termen. Underside whitish tinged and irrorated with
red-broAvn ; fore Aving with the inner area white, a rather
diffused erect broAvn postmedial line from beloAA' costa to
vein 2, and a broad rufous subterminal shade from below
costa to vein 3 ; hind wing with patch of red-broAvn suffusion
on costal area before middle, indistinct curved postmedial
line, and double diffused wa\Ted subterminal line.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar ( Cockburn ), 1 <$, Sapele
{Sampson), 1 1 $ type. Exp. 50-54 millim.
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Genus FLEURONODES, nov.
Type, P. levticyma, Hmpsn. ( Pleurona ), Tr. Zool. Soc. xix.
p. 114, pi. iv. f. 21 (1909).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, slightly fringed with scales in
front and with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd rather
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with minute bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
build slender ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced
and somewhat falcate, the termen excised below apex and
angled at vein 4, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; G from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ;
8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from above angle ; G, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Pleuronodes plexifera, n. sp.
3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white slightly
irrorated with black ; antennae whitish ringed with black ;
pectus, iegs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish tinged
with brown and irrorated with black, the fore tibiae suffused
with black, the mid and hind tibiae with black rings at the
spurs. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with red -brown
and irrorated with black ; the costal edge blackish towards
base ; antemedial line indistinct, brown, excurved below
costa, then incurved and sinuous ; a black point in middle
of cell ; the fovea white defined by black ; medial line blackish,
acutely angled outwards at vein G, then inwardly oblique
and touching the fovea ; postmedial line very indistinct,
dark, waved, with a patch of rough reddish brown scales on
it beyond the cell, incurved from vein 4 to submedian fold,
then excurved, some short blackish streaks beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line indistinct, brown, waved, with a
series of slight black points before it, excurved at middle ;
a series of black points just before termen and a fine terminal
line ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing with the base whitish
irrorated with red-brown, the rest of wing reddish brown
tinged with grey and slightly irrorated with darker brown,
the costal area and inner margin whitish ; an oblique blackish
antemedial line from upper angle of cell to inner margin ; a
very faint waved brown postmedial line with a black spot
beyond it at inner margin ; a faint waved whitish subterminal
line with a series of black points before it except towards
PLEUKONODES.
costa ; a series of black points before termen and a fine
terminal line ; cilia red-brown. Underside whitish tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with black, the inner areas
white ; fore wing with blackish medial line slightly excurved
below costa, indistinct postmedial line excurved below costa,
then oblique, and indistinct waved subterminal line excurved
at middle and with black points before it above and below
vein 2 ; hind whig with blackish antemedial line slightly
angled outwards just beyond upper angle of cell and sub-
terminal series of black points except towards costa and inner
margin.
$. Much more ochreous tinged with rufous ; fore wing
with the reniform defined by brown, narrow, the medial
line red-brown, excurved beyond the cell, the postmedial line
more distinct and with brown suffusion before it, angled
outwards at veins 7, 4, 3, the subterminal line without black
points before it ; hind wing with the antemedial line red-
brown, the postmedial line without black spot beyond it at
inner margin, the subterminal line with traces of the black
points before it.
Hob. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje (Neave), 5 <$, 2 $ type.
Exp. £ 32, $ 36-40 millim.
Pleuronodes anconia, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white irrorated
with black- brown ; antennae finely ringed with blackish.
Fore wing ochreous white thickly irrorated with dark brown ;
antemedial line indistinct, blackish, excurved below the
costa and cell and incurved in the cell and towards inner
margin ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform a narrow
lunule slightly defined at sides by blackish ; medial line
blackish, oblique towards costa, excurved beyond the cell,
then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line indistinct, dark,
oblique towards costa, slightly incurved at discal fold and
oblique below vein 4, a narrow grey-brown shade beyond it ;
subterminal line indistinct, dark, rather diffused, slightly
excurved below vein 7 and above and below vein 4, then
incurved, a series of blackish points before it ; a series of
blackish points just before termen and a fine black terminal
line. Hind wing ochreous white thickly irrorated with dark
brown ; a blackish discoidal striga with line from it to inner
margin ; postmedial line indistinct, double, slightly waved ;
a rather diffused waved dark subterminal fine with series of
blackish points before it ; a series of blackish points just before
termen and a fine black terminal line. Underside brownish
white thickly irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing with
blackish point in middle of 0*41 and slight discoidal lunule,
-510
N0CTUID.3:.
a slight dark mark below middle of costa and bar below the
cell, postmedial line indistinct, dark, slightly excurved below
costa and at middle, then incurved, a slightly waved dark
subterminal line with series of blackish points before it, and a
series of black points before termen ; hind wing with slight
dark discoidal lunule, its extremities touching a curved
antemedial line, traces of a waved postmedial line, an indis-
tinct waved subterminal line with series of blackish points
before it and a series of black points before termen.
Hab. Uganda, Ruwenzori ( Wollaston), 1 $ type. Exp.
32 millim.
Genus F0CILL0PIS, nov.
Type, F. eclipsia.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd very short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed and without crests ; femora and tibiae of male fringed
with very long hair, the fore femora with tuft of long hair
from base, the mid tibiae dilated with a groove containing a
tuft of long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base
of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the costa
arched towards apex which is obliquely falcate, the termen
angled at vein 4 and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly
stalked ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Focillopis eclipsia, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red- brown tinged with purplish
grey ; frons and palpi chocolate-brown, the latter white at
extreme tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
chocolate-brown, the tarsi ringed with white, the anal seg-
ment with white spot below. Fore wing red-brown suffused
with purple-grey ; an indistinct curved brown subbasal line
from costa to vein 1, slightly defined on outer side by white
towards costa ; an indistinct chocolate-brown antemedial
line, angled outwards below costa towards which it is defined
on outer side by white, oblique and sinuous from subcostal
nervure to inner margin ; reniform faintly defined by brown ;
an indistinct sinuous brown medial shade ; a semicircular
chocolate-brown patch from postmedial part of costa to above
FOCILLOPIS. — DEEPAKOPERAS.
511
vein 6, defined by a fine white line and with the indistinct
oblique waved brown postmedial line from it to inner
margin ; a faint curved waved brown subterminal line ; a
series of blackish points before* termen slightly defined on
■outer side by whitish, the two points towards apex distinctly
defined by white. Hind wing red-brown suffused with
purplish grey ; a faint curved brown medial line ; an in-
distinct rather diffused curved red-brown postmedial line
with whitish points at the veins ; traces of a slightly waved
broAvn subterminal line defined on inner side by grey ; a
series of blackish points before termen slightly defined on
outer side by whitish ; cilia chocolate-brown. Underside
reddish brown suffused with grey ; fore wing with the costal
area suffused with white to towards apex, a rather quadrate
black-brown spot in middle of cell defined by white scales,
an indistinct rather diffused curved brown medial line from
costa to submedian fold, postmedial line white, strongly
excurved, indistinct except towards costa, the terminal
area darker red-brown, oblique towards costa and angled
inwards at vein 6 to the postmedial line, a series of white
points before termen, slight except towards apex ; hind wing
with indistinct curved brown medial line, a curved post-
medial series of ochreous and brown points, and a series of
dark points before termen.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi {Sanders), 1 $ ; S. Nigeria,
Old Calabar {Rutherford, Crompton), 1 U, 1 $ ; Cameroons,
Ja R., Bitje {Bates), 1 <$, 2 $ type. Exp. 36-42 millim.
Genus DREPANOPERAS, nov.
Type, D. falcigera, Walk. {Plaxia), xv. 1629 (1858).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely
upturned and reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd short, thick, porrect, fringed with hair above ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair
and scales mixed and Avithout crests ; tibiae fringed Avith
long hair, the fore tibia-1 of male Avith thick fringe of long
hair from inner side ; abdomen with some rough hair at
base of dorsum but Avithout crests. Fore Aving A\ith the
costa highly arched towards apex Avhich is strongly falcate,
the termen excurved at middle and not crenulate ; veins 3
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing Avith 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing Avith the cell half the length of whig ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing Avith the cell near base only.
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NOCTUIDiE.
Genus P0LI0F0CA, nov.
T}rpe, P. gebenna, Swinh. ( Talapa ), A. M. N. H. (7) xi.
“p. 509 (1903).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint
obliquely upturned and reaching to vertex of head, rather
broadly scaled in front and strongly fringed with hair behind
except towards base, the 3rd short, porrect and thickly scaled
in male, longer and more smoothly scaled in female ; frons
smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the costa arched towards apex which is somewhat produced
and acute, the termen somewhat excised below apex and
excurved at middle, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; G from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell ; the male with
large costal fold on underside extending to middle. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus HERPEPERAS, nov.
Type, H. rudis, Walk. ( Amphigonia ), xxxiii. 1032 (1865).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about vertex of head and moderately scaled in
front, the 3rd short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled
and without crests. Fore wing with the costa somewhat
excised before apex which is produced and falcate, the
termen excised below apex and' obtusely angled at vein 5,
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; G from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the tornus obliquely
truncate ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; G, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Herpeperas lavendula, n. Bp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with
rufous ; antennae finely ringed with brown ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen ochreous irrorated with black,
IIERREPEKAS.
513
the fore and mid tibiae and the extremity of abdomen suffused
with rufous. Fore wing bright rufous sparsely irrorated
with black, the costal edge whitish ; a black point in middle
of cell and ill-defined elliptical rufous discoidal spot ; post-
medial line red-brown slightly defined on outer side by white,
angled outwards below costa, then oblique and slightly
sinuous, an oblique bluish white shade bejmnd it from costa
to inner margin before the faint waved rufous subterminal
line which has some bluish white suffusion beyond it from
vein 3 to tornus ; some black scales on apical part of costal
area. Hind wing bright rufous ; postmedial line slight, rufous
defined on outer side by white, arising at vein 6 ; subterminal
line double, dark, dentate, tire outer fine indistinct, some
bluish white suffusion before and beyond it except on costal
area, and the terminal area irrorated with a few black scales ;
the termen narrowly fiery red to vein 2 and the cilia deep
rufous. Underside ochreous tinged with rufous striated with
brown and sparsely irrorated with black except on inner
areas ; fore wing with black points in middle of cell and on
discocellulars, a dark subterminal shade somewhat excurved
at middle ; hind wing with black discoidal point.
Hub. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 $ type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Herpeperas violaris, n. sp.
o . Head fuscous black tinged with white ; thorax and
abdomen rufous tinged with violaceous ; pectus whitish ;
legs red- brown mixed with whitish ; ventral surface of ab-
domen rufous. Fore wing rufous strongly suffused with
violaceous especially on terminal area ; a faint curved
violaceous subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line faint,
violaceous, angled outwards below costa, then sinuous ; a
minute black point in middle of cell and slight blackish
discoidal spot ; postmedial line double, violaceous, oblique
to below costa where it is excurved, then inwardly oblique ;
an oblique sinuous bluish white bar from apex to vein 6
defined by rather diffused black, then a faint waved violaceous
fine ; cilia red-brown. Hind wing strongly suffused with
violaceous and irrorated with a few black scales, the costal
area to beyond middle and the inner area whitish ; post-
medial line violaceous slightly defined on each side by red-
brown, from vein 6 to vein 1 ; a faint wraved brownish sub-
terminal line ; cilia red -brown. Underside whitish suffused
wdth rufous and irrorated with blackish except on iimer
areas ; fore wing with the costal area whitish, a minute
black discoidal spot, postmedial line white, oblique to vein 7,
then inwardly oblique, a whitish subterminal line very faint
2 L
514
XOCTIJIDA:.
except towards costa where it is defined on inner side by
blackish ; hind wing with minute black discoidal point and
faint whitish postmedial line.
Hab. Br, C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 $ type. Exp.
34 millim.
Herpeperas phcenopasta. n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with
rufous. Fore wing ochreous strongly suffused with rufous
and sparsely irrorated with black, the costal edge finely
striated with black ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform
faint, rufous, elliptical ; postmedial line rufous slightly
defined on outer side by white, angled outwards below costa,
then oblique ; a slight oblique whitish shade from apex.
Hind wing rufous, the terminal area irrorated with a few
black scales ; postmedial line rufous defined on outer side
by white, arising at vein 6 and ending at tornus ; the termen
narrowly rufous to vein 2 and with a fine whitish terminal
line and a rufous line at base of cilia. Underside ochreous
tinged with rufous, striated with red- brown and sparsely
irrorated with black except on inner areas ; fore wing with
the costal area suffused with whitish, black points in middle
of cell and on discocellulars, postmedial line faint, rufous,
slightly sinuous, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly oblique ;
hind wing with black discoidal point.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with the reniform filled in with black.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos ( Strachan , Dudgeon), 2 $ type.
Exp. 32 millim.
Herpeperas atrapex, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous irrorated with a
few black scales, the last slightly tinged with rufous ; antennae
finely ringed with blackish. Fore wing whitish ochreous
sparsely irrorated with black ; the terminal area tinged with
rufous ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform faint,
rufous, small, rather constricted at middle where there is a
minute whitish spot on its inner side ; a slight oblique brown
striga from middle of costa ; postmedial line red -brown
defined on outer side by whitish towards costa, angled outwards
below costa to below apex, then oblique to inner margin
beyond middle, a brown striga beyond it on costa ; a curved
black subterminal striga from costa defined on outer side
by white, then a series of minute black streaks on the veins
just beyond the postmedial line slightly excurved at vein 4,
an oblique dark brown shade beyond it from apex ; cilia
rufous. Hind wing ochreous sparsely irrorated with black,
the terminal half tinged with rufous ; an oblique rufous
medial line slightly defined on outer side by whitish ; a
HEKPEPEllAS.— - CLATERNA.
515
curved postmedial series of slight black points on the veins ;
cilia rufous to the angle at vein 4, then whitish. Underside
ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark brown,
the inner areas whitish ; fore wing with blackish point in
middle of cell and white discoidal bar, postmedial line faint,
brown, excurved below costa, then oblique, short black
streaks before and beyond it on costa, an oblique blackish
shade below apex.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi ( Whiteside ), 1 $ type. Exp.
36 millim.
Genus ARYTRURIDES, nov.
Type, A. inornata, Walk. ( Deva ), xxxiii. 848 (1865) ;
Hmpsn., Moths Ind. iii. p. 11 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd short with small triangular tuft of scales in front ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with cilia and bristles ; thorax clothed with hair
and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed
with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and Avithout crests.
Fore wing with the apex produced and acute, the termen
•excused at middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing Avith
the termen slightly excurved at middle ; the cell nearly
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully de-
veloped from Avell above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8
anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus CLATERNA.
Trigonia, Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 11 (1854), nec Brug. Moll. Type.
1791 cydonia, Cram.
Claterna, Walk. xAr. 1543(1858) cydonia, Cram.
Claterna gracillodina, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen black-broAvn mixed with
some grey, the last Avith fine Avhite segmental lines, the loAver
part of frons and base of teg u be Avhite ; antennas Avith the
shaft Avhite in front ; palpi Avhite in front ; pectus Avhite ;
legs black-broAvn mixed with some white, the tibiae Avhite at
extremities, the spurs and tarsi orange-yelloAv ringed Avith
white ; the ventral surface of abdomen reddish broAvn mixed
with whitish. Fore Aving black-broAvn tinged Avith grey ;
antemedial line Avhite, AA’-aved, incurved above vein 1 ; reniform
semihyaline, white, its upper part narroAV and curved outwards
51(5
N0CTUID.E.
at extremity, its lower part angled inwards at median nervure
and slightly outwards at vein 3 ; postmedial line indistinct
and whitish except towards costa and inner margin where
it is pure white, oblique to above vein 6, then rather oblique,
incurved and slightly'- sinuous below vein 3 ; faint traces of a
pale waved subterminal line with a slight whitish subterminal
spot below vein 8 ; some white scales on costa just before
apex ; cilia with a fine whitish line at base and white tips
between veins 4 and 1. Hind wing black-brown tinged with
grey ; a quadrate semihyaline white discoidal spot, its lower
extremity somewhat produced and bilobate ; postmedial line
very indistinct, dark and excurved to vein 4, then incurved
with whitish striae on it and ending at tornus ; cilia with a
fine pale line at base, wholly white from vein 3 to submedian
fold, then with white tips to vein 1. Underside dark reddish
brown irrorated with white ; fore wing with small antemedial
white spot in the cell, the discoidal mark defined by black
and with black spot on its lower edge, the postmedial line
as above but slightly waved between veins 6 and 2, sub-
terminal line white, slightly excurved above vein (5, then
less distinct, slightly angled inwards above vein 2, then bent
outwards to tornus, some white beyond it on apical part of
costa ; hind wing with the discoidal mark defined by black
strife, the postmedial line excurved and waved beyond the
cell, traces of a sinuous whitish subterminal line ending on
termen at vein 1.
Ab. 1. Rather paler with a slight red-brown tinge ; fore
wing with minute subterminal white spot and bar on costal
area ; hind wing with the postmedial line whiter and more
distinct except towards costa, the underside with black-
brown patch beyond it on submedian interspace. — Nigeria.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Itu ( Farquahar ), 1 ; Uganda, Unyoro,
Buguma Forest ( Neave ), 1 <$ type. Exp. 34-38 millim.
Genus AMPHIONGIA nov.
>
Type, A. chordophoides, Lucas (Zetlies), Pr. R. Soc. Queensl.
viii. 1892, p. 89.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 1st joint
fringed with rather long hair in front and slightly behind,
the 2nd moderately scaled in front and fringed with hair
behind except towards base, the 3rd long and smoothly
scaled ; frons smooth, .with large tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male typically bipectinate with
rather long branches to near apex, the apex with bristles and
cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without
crests ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
AMPHIONGIA. — EPISPARIS.
517
wing with the costa rather arched towards apex which is
somewhat produced and acute, the termen angled at vein 4,
then oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen
slightly excurved at vein 7 and produced to a point at vein 4 ;
the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
G-enus ACYG0NI0DES, nov.
Type, A. hepatizans, Guen. ( Ampliigonia ), Noct. iii. p. 338,
pi. 24. f. 12 (1852) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 215, pi. 173. f. 4
(1885) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 545 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
long and somewhat dilated at extremity, in male the 3rd
joint very long with the terminal half curving forward and
downwards against its basal half and fringed with hair except
towards extremity ; frons smooth, with ridge of scales above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely ciliated ;
thorax clothed with hair with a few scales mixed ; tibiae
fringed with long hair, in male the fore femora and tibiae
below fringed with very long hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing
with the costa highly arched towards apex which is produced
and acute, the termen excised to vein 4 where it is produced
to a point, then again excised, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Genus EPISPARIS.
Episparis, Walk. x. 475 (1856)
Neviasca, Walk. xvi. 7 (1858)
Pradiota, Walk. xxxv. 1572 (1866)
Episparis gomphiona, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with
grey ; antenna? with the basal joint white ; frons with slight
white lines at sides ; pectus white ; palpi and legs brighter
red-brown, the tarsi white spotted with black, the fore tarsi
red -brown below ; abdomen with dorsal white bars towards
Type.
penetrata. Walk.
liturata , Fabr.
liturata, Fabr.
518
XOCTXJIl)^:.
extremity and lateral series of white bars. Fore wing red-
brown tinged with grey ; a minute tuft of white scales at
base below the cell ; a curved ochreous subbasal striga from
costa defined on inner side by fuscous ; antemedial line
ochreous white, acutely angled outwards below costa, then
very oblique, a faint sinuous more erect dark line from its
angle to inner margin ; a curved dark discoidal striga and white
point at lower angle of cell ; traces of a waved dark medial
line excurved beyond the cell ; postmedial line dark slightly
defined on outer side by grey and with a minute white spot
at costa, angled outwards below costa, then waved, incurved
at discal fold and at vein 3 retracted to below end of cell,
then oblique to inner margin ; a black subterminal line from
costa to vein 7, incurved and sinuous below vein 9 and with
semihyaline point on its inner side above vein 7, than a series
of semihyaline spots to submedian fold, the spots above and
below vein 5 small, the spot below vein 4 large and lunulate,
the spot below vein 3 narrow and lunulate, and the spot below
2 small, two spots beyond them between veins 4 and 3, a spot
below 3, and minute spot at vein 2 ; the apical part of costal
area tinged with blue-grey ; cilia white at tips below apex
and with white point at base, white at base between vein 4
and submedian fold. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey ;
a yellow patch striated with red-brown just beyond the cell
between veins 6 and 3 and with three hyaline white spots
on its outer edge, a larger spot below lower angle of cell with
a small spot obliquely placed below it, and an oblique striga
to near tornus ; two minute yellowish hyaline spots before
termen in submedian interspace ; cilia white at tips towards
tornus. Underside suffused with whitish ; fore wing with the
basal half of inner margin white, a black discoidal point,
the markings of terminal half as above ; hind wing with the
inner area white, a black discoidal point, indistinct medial
line excurved to vein 4 then retracted to lower angle of cell,
and waved to inner margin, the interspaces beyond it between
veins 6 and 2 with semihyaline patches before the faint
waved postmedial line which is excurved between veins 5 and
3 and incurved between veins 3 and 2.
Hab. Sjeeea Leone, 1 £ type. Exp. 44 millim.
Episparis charassota, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red -brown ; antennae
rather darker brown, the basal joint white in front ; frons
with white points at sides ; pectus white ; hind legs white,
the tibiae with diffused brown bands at middle and extremity,
the tarsi white ringed with black. Fore wing pale red-brown
with a slight greyish gloss ; a minute tuft of white senles a
EPISPARIS,
519
base of vein 1 ; a faint curved dark subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold with a white point at costa ; antemedial
line blackish with a white point at costa, angled outwards
at subcostal nervure, then oblique and defined on inner side
by ochreous below the cell ; a slight waved dark medial
fine with a black point on it in the cell ; a slight black dis-
coidal striga with white point at lower angle of cell ; a faint
dark line from costa above end of cell, bent outwards beyond
the cell, then incurved and waved ; postmedial line blackish
with a white striga from costa on its outer side, bent outwards
below costa, then irregularly dentate, angled inwards at
veins 6, 3, 2, 1 and excurved in submedian interspace and
above inner margin ; an obhque waved blackish subtermmal
line from costa to vein 7, then a series of bidentate semi-
hyaline white spots defined by blackish to submedian fold
near termen, the spot above vein 3 larger, some pale ochreous
suffusion beyond it from vein 4 to submedian fold ; cilia
darker brown, white at tips below apex and at base between
veins 4 and 1 . Hind wing pale red-brown, the costal area
white to beyond middle, the terminal area suffused with
grey-white except towards tornus, the hair on inner margin
white ; some whitish striae in lower part of cell towards
extremity ; an ochreous white patch striated with rufous
beyond lower angle of cell ; an indistinct oblique brown
medial fine ; postmedial line dark brown, minutely waved
to vein 6, then with semihyaline white spots on its outer
side to submedian fold and excurved and waved between
veins 5 and 3 where it is retracted to near lower angle of
cell, then oblique, slightly waved and defined on outer side
by ochreous below submedian fold ; traces of a waved sub-
terminal line ; ochreous points above and below vein 2 just
before termen ; cilia whitish at tips. Underside pale red-
brown thickly irrorated with white ; fore whig without
markings on basal half, the postmedial line oblique and crenu-
late below vein 7 ; hind wing with the inner area white, a
black discoidal point, the postmedial line indistinct.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 $ type. Exp.
48 millim.
Episparis xanthographa, n. sp.
O. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow tinged with rufous
and irrorated with a few blackish scales ; antennae, palpi
and legs red-brown. Fore wing yellow suffused with rufous
and slightly irrorated with dark scales, the costal area yellower
to beyond middle ; a small round white spot ringed with
black scales in middle of cell ; a round yellow discoidal spot
with some rufous in centre ; an oblique yellow band traversed
by a fuscous yellow line from apex to inner margin beyond
520
XOCTUIDjE.
middle ; a faint yellowish subterminal shade, sinuous from
the oblique band to vein 4, then strongly incurved and ending
at tornus ; a black striga just before termen below vein 7 ;
cilia red-brown. Hind wing yellow suffused with rufous and
slightly irrorated with dark scales, the terminal area redder
brown ; a slight rufous discoidal mark ; an oblique yellow
medial band traversed by a fulvous yellow line ; a waved
yellowish postmedial shade, excurved at middle. Underside
pale oc-hreous tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark
scales ; fore Aving with black points at middle and end of cell.
Hab. Natal, Durban (Clarke), 1 $ type. Exp. 54 millim.
Episparis monocliroma, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous suffused with grey-
white ; pectus, femora, tarsi and ventral surface of abdomen
towards base white. P'ore wing iufous suffused with grey-
white, the medial area rather less suffused except at costa ;
antemedial line rather diffused, rufous, oblique towards
costa, strongly excurved just below the cell, then very oblique ;
postmedial line rufous, diffused on inner side, strongly excurved
from below costa to vein 3 where it is bent inwards, then
rather oblique, some diffused white before and beyond it at
costa, the area beyond it faintly striated with rufous ; an
indistinct rufous subterminal line, somewhat excurved at
middle, a faint oblique whitish shade beyond it from costa.
Hind wing rufous suffused with grey-white, the medial part
of terminal area rather less suffused ; the terminal half
faintly striated with rufous ; a slight rufous spot at lower
angle of cell ; medial line rufous, rather diffused, slightly
excurved at middle ; postmedial line rufous, rather diffused,
oblique to discal fold and ending at tornus. Underside of
fore wing with rufous medial shade with a whitish discoidal
bar with dark striga in centre on its outer edge, the postmedial
line slightly curved and ending near tornus, a triangular
chocolate-brown patch defined by white on termen from apex
to vein 5 ; hind wing with the medial area suffused with
white to just beyond the medial line, a small deep chocolate-
brown discoidal lunule.
Hab. Bokneo, Sarawak, Ban Pres. (H . S. Young), 1 $ type.
Exp. GO millim.
Episparis homceosema, n. sp.
<?• Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
white, the tegulae and abdomen with a rufous tinge and the
latter with a. chocolate -brown band near base ; antennae
with the shaft white, the branches brown ; pectus and tarsi
white. Fore wing purple -brown mixed with white and
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irrorated and striated with black, the costa from before middle
to near apex and the terminal area from below apex to a
point at submedian fold whiter ; antemedial line rather
diffused white, oblique to just below the cell, then inwardly
oblique ; an oblique blackish shade from below middle of
costa to beyond lower angle of cell, then a faint incurved
line ; postmedial line white, excurved to vein 2, then oblique
to inner margin near tornus, an oblique whitish bar beyond it
from vein 3 to submedian fold ; a terminal series of small
dark lunules ; cilia chequered with chocolate-brown and
tipped with brown to vein 5, then white irrorated with brown.
Hind wing white suffused with purple-brown and striated
with black, the costal area and inner margin Avhiter ; a minute
black discoidal spot ; an oblique brown shade beyond the cell
from vein 6 to inner margin ; postmedial line white, oblique
to vein 4 Avhere it is angled outwards to termen, then in-
curved and slightly sinuous, the area beyond it beloAv vein 4
chocolate-brown Avith a rufous patch on termen between
vein 3 and submedian fold ; cilia white irrorated with broAvn
to below vein 4, then chocolate-brown with white tips. Under-
side Avhite striated Avith black ; fore Aving Avith the costal half
tinged with pale ochreous brown, a faint waved broA\rn post-
medial line, a semicircular chocolate-broAvn apical patch
extending to vein 5 and defined on inner side by white ;
hind Aving Avith small black discoidal spot, the postmedial
line pale brown, strongly crone late and angled outwards to
near termen below vein 5.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen strongly suffused with rufous,
the last Avithout the chocolate-broAvn band ; fore wing strongly
suffused with purplish rufous, the costa whitish to beyond
middle ; hind Aving suffused Avith purplish broAvn, the costa
and inner margin Avhiter, the patch beyond the postmedial
line red-brown shading to rufous at termen ; underside
tinged Avith purplish.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), 7 <$, 5 $ type.
Exp. 33^2 millim.
Larva. YelloAv, the six anterior somites suffused with rufous,
the warts large, each with a single black spinous hair ; feeds
on a thorny shrub, the native name of which means “ Leopard's
ClaAv ” ; forms a cocoon of silk coATered Avith excreta, earth,
etc.
Episparis pyrocausta, n. sp.
<$. Head, tegulae, and base of patagia red-broAvn, the rest
of thorax and abdomen fiery red ; pectus and legs white, the
fore tibiae red-broAvn, the spurs and mid tarsi at base banded
with black, the hind tarsi Avith black spots above ; abdomen
white at base, then red-broAvn. Fore Aving fiery red, the costa
522
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suffused with red-brown and silvery grey to end of cell, the
terminal area pale red-brown ; a slight dark subbasal striga
below the cell ; antemedial line dark brown, angled outwards
below costa, then oblique ; a black point in middle of cell
and curved discoidal striga ; medial line dark brown, oblique
towards costa, then incurved to vein 4, then strongly incurved
to lower angle of cell and almost erect to inner margin ; post-
medial line dark brown, excurved below costa, then incurved
to below vein o, then slightly waved, incurved to vein 2 and
rather oblique to inner margin, a whitish streak beyond it on
costa ; an oblique ochreous white shade from apex with
some blackish above it on costa and a blackish point on it
below vein 8, an elliptical whitish subterminal spot below
vein 7, a large patch between veins 6 and 2, traversed by a
dentate red-brown subterminal line, extending to termen, its
inner edge curved, its upper edge irregular, and a minute
round subterminal spot below vein 2 ; cilia whitish with black
tips between veins 4 and 1 . Hind wing fiery red to middle
of costa and tornus, the rest of wing red-brown ; a yellow
spot just beyond lower angle of cell above vein 4 with semi-
hyaline white spots above and beyond it, between veins 6 and
3, then a larger spot below vein 3 and an oblique yellowish
bar above tornus ; cilia dark red-brown with some white at
base in submedian interspace, the hair on inner margin white.
Underside of fore wing white tinged with ochreous, the costa
red-brown, a black discoidal point, medial line pale red-
brown ending at submedian fold, the postmedial line as
above but more waved, the subterminal patches diffused
and ill-defined with curved dark striae below veins 8 and 7
and between veins 4 and 2 ; hind wing white, the costal
and inner areas tinged with ochreous, the terminal area with
large reddish brown patch from apex to vein 1, its inner edge
curved, a minute black discoidal point, maculate and semi-
hyaline white patch between vein 6 and submedian fold, and
indistinct waved dark subterminal line excurved at middle and
bent outwards to tornus.
Wings with the fiery red areas more or less suffused or
irro rated with brown.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Free Town ( F . C. Smith), 1 $ ;
S. Nigeria, Sapele (Sampson) , 1 <$, 1 9> Benue (F. G. Brown),
1 type. Exp. £ 46, 9 50 millim.
Genus HOLOXANTHINA, nov.
Type, II . lutosa, Karsch ( Entomogramma ), Ent. Nachr. xxi.
p. 376, pi. iv. f. 13 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to about middle of frons, moderately fringed with
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hair in front and slightly behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male bipectinate with rather long branches,
the apex with serrations ending in bristles, of female with
serrations ending in bristles ; thorax clothed with hah only
and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the
tarsi fringed with hair above ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the apex produced and acute, the termen excised below apex
and excurved at middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus TR0G0G0NIA, nov.
Type, T. abrupta, Walk. ( Focilla ), Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) i.
p. 105 (1862).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint ob-
liquely upturned to rather above vertex of head, slightly
fringed with hair in front and fringed with hair behind towards
extremity, the 3rd long and somewhat dilated at extremity ;
frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male somewhat laminate towards base and with
bristles and cilia towards extremity ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae fringed with
rather long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the costa arched
towards apex which is somewhat produced and acute, the
termen oblique to vein 4 where it is falcate, then excised
and crenulate, the cilia produced to points at veins 3 and 2 ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the termen oblique to vein 4 where it
is falcate, then excised and crenulate, the cilia produced to
points at veins 3 and 2 ; the cell about one-third length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Genus P0LYG0NI0DES, nov.
Type, P. laciniata, Feld. ( Amphigonia ), Reis. Nov. pi. 118.
f. 26 (1874).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in front
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and slightlyfringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
rather long and somewhat dilated at extremity ; frons smooth,
with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; tibiae
of male fringed with rather long hair, the mid tibiae dilated
with a fold containing a tuft of long hair, the mid and hind
tibiae of female slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum, but without crests. Fore
wing with the termen produced to points at apex and vein 4,
and excised between the points, oblique below vein 4, slightly
crenulate ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 1) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen produced
to points at veins 7 and 4, crenulate ; the cell less than half
the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; (5, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus EUCLY5TIS.
type.
Euclystis, Hi. bn. Verz. p. 341 (1827) centurialis , Hiibn.
Arizona, Hiibn. Verz. p. 342 (1827) rnanto. Cram.
Foe ilia. Guen. Noct. iii. p. 333(1852) sytis, Guen.
Am-ph igonia, Guen. Nutt. iii. p. 337 (1852) insana, Guen.
Galapha, Walk. xv. 1544 (1858) antecedens, Walk.
Euclystis polioperas, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown tinged with
grey ; antennae fuscous brown ; frons with white lines at
sides ; palpi with blackish bands before the tips which are
white ; tarsi fuscous brown ringed with whitish ; ventral
surface of abdomen whitish. Fore wing reddish brown tinged
with grey ; antemedial line dark brown, forming two small
spots defined on inner side by whitish towards costa below
which it is angled outwards, strongly bent inwards in the cell,
then excurved ; a blackish point in middle of cell ; reniform
a narrow lunule faintly defined by brown and with some
ochreous on inner side of lower part of centre ; medial line
brown, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique
to vein 2 and excurved in submedian interspace ; postmedial
line dark brown with a slight whitish mark on its outer side
at costa, minutely waved, oblique to vein 0, incurved at
discal fold, bent outwards between veins 5 and 4, then in-
curved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; a purple-grey
patch on terminal area from costa to vein 5 with a dark
mark at apex, defined on inner side by the waved dark sub-
terminal line which is double below vein fi and below vein 5
very faint and almost reduced to double dark marks in the
EUCLTSTIS.
interspaces ; a series of dark points before termen ; cilia
brownish ochreous with a brownish line through them and
some brown at middle and tornus. Hind wing reddish brown
tinged with grey- ; an indistinct sinuous brown medial line ;
postmedial line dark brown, minutely waved, excurved below
costa and beyond lower angle of cell ; subterminal line brown,
waved, somewhat excurved at middle ; a series of blackish
points before termen ; cilia creamy white with red-brown
striae to vein 4, then with blackish tips to vein 2 and blackish
line to tornus. Underside grey suffused with red-brown
and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal areas whitish
except towards apex of fore wing which has a small dark
spot m middle of cell, sinuous medial line, narrow discoidal
lunule defined by brown and with some white in centre,
postmedial line as above, subterminal series of diffused dark
marks in the interspaces with some white scales on them,
and series of black points before termen ■ hind wing with
slight discoidal lunule defined by brown waved medial line
excurved beyond the angles of cell, postmedial line as above,
subterminal series of faint marks in the interspaces formed by
dark and whitish scales, and series of black points before
termen.
Hab. Jamaica {Martin), 1 £ ; Venezuela ( Neuburger )
1 o> 1 ? type ; Merida, 1 Exp. 60-64 millim.
Euclystis diascia, n. sp.
$• Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the last tinged
with grey ; antennae with the shaft white in front ; frons
with white lines at sides ; palpi with the extremity' of 3rd
joint white ; legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish
and red- brown. Fore wing red-brown tinged with grey ;
antemedial line red-brown slightly defined on inner side by
grey, angled outwards below costa, strongly bent inwards in
the cell, then waved ; a brown point in middle of cell ; reni-
form greyish defined by brown, narrow and constricted at
middle ; two indistinct slightly waved brown medial lines ;
postmedial line dark brown slightly defined on outer side by
white, oblique to vein 6, then waved and oblique below vein 4,
some white points beyond it on costa with dark brown
between them ; diffused brown subterminal marks above and
below vein 7, then a series of slight spots in the interspaces
with some white scales on them and a larger spot at sub-
median fold ; a series of black striae before termen defined on
outer side by white scales. Hind wing red- brown tinged with
grey ; two slight waved brown medial fines followed by a
purplish grey shade except towards costa, then a strong-
straight deep chocolate-brown shade before the waved
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NOCTUIDA:.
chocolate-brown subterminal line somewhat excurved between
veins 5 and 2 ; a series of black striae before termen defined
on outer side by white points ; cilia white at tips. Underside
of fore wing red-brown, the inner area whitish, small dark
spots hi middle of cell and on discocellulars, an indistinct
curved medial line, postmedial line brown with a slight black
and white spot on it at discal fold, sinuous, oblique towards
costa and below vein 4, traces of a waved subterminal line
defined on outer side by greyish, a series of black and white
points before termen ; hind wing red-brown irrorated with
white, a slight dark discoidal lunule, indistinct double waved
medial line, waved dark postmedial line defined on outer
side by white marks, subterminal series of small brown and
white spots in the interspaces, and series of black and white
points before termen.
Hab. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby -Tyler), 1 $ type. Exp.
40 millim.
Euclystis fuscicilia, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark liver-brown, the last
shot with blue ; antennae with series of white points in front
of shaft ; frons and frontal tuft with white lines at sides ;
palpi with the extremities of 1st and 3rd joints white, the
3rd joint irrorated with some white scales ; fore tarsi with
pale rings, the mid and hind tarsi ochreous ; ventral surface
of abdomen paler brown and slightly irrorated with whitish.
Fore 'wing dark liver-brown suffused with purple ; indistinct
dark waved antemedial and medial lines ; postmedial line
dark, oblique to vein 6, then waved, oblique from vein 4
to below end of cell, then erect, some minute pale points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct, dark, waved,
incurved from above vein 3 ; a series of blackish points before
termen. Hind wing dark liver-brown shot with blue ; traces
of a sinuous dark medial line ; postmedial line dark brown
slightly defined on outer side by whitish scales, minutely
waved ; an indistinct waved dark subterminal line ; a series
of blackish points before termen. Underside grey-brown ;
fore whig with small blackish spot in middle of cell, indistinct
medial fine incurved below the cell, three blackish discoidal
points, dark postmedial line oblique to vein 6, then waved,
angled inwards at discal fold and incurved below vein 4,
indistinct slightly waved subterminal line defined on outer
side by greyish, and series of blackish points before termen ;
hind wing with small black discoidal spot, slightly waved
medial line excurved beyond the cell, waved postmedial line,
indistinct slightly waved subterminal line, and series of
blackish points before termen.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Sto., 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.
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Genus BRACHYHERCA, nov.
Type, B. saphobasis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with long hair behind, the 3rd long and
fringed with long hair behind; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male pectinate
with long branches on outer side and with long bristles and
cilia on inner side, the apex with bristles and cilia ; thorax
clothed with rough hair and hair-like scales and without
crests, the male with tufts of long spatulate scales from
below the tegulae ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ;
abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the
apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved and not crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell ; the cell on underside clothed with long hair.
Hind wing with the cell about one-fourth length of wing ;
vein 2 from close to angle ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Brachyherca saphobasis, n. sp.
<$■ Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with some grey ;
antennae dark brown ; palpi bright red-brown, the 3rd joint
irrorated with white and white at tips, the fringe of hair
behind it dark brown and white ; pectus and legs red-brown,
the fore and mid tarsi ochreous white, the spurs and hind
tarsi banded fuscous and whitish ; abdomen dark reddish
brown with some whitish at base, the ventral surface pale
reddish brown. Fore wing with the basal area pale red-brown
mixed with purplish grey, its outer edge oblique from middle
of costa to inner margin before middle followed by a broad
deep chocolate-brown shade extending on costal area to apex,
the rest of terminal area brown tinged •with blue-grey ; ante-
medial line dark brown, oblique to median nervure, then
faint and inwardly oblique ; a faint dentate brown sub-
terminal line. Hind wing reddish brown tinged with blue-
grey ; a faint dark medial line, excurved below vein 4 ; an
indistinct waved dark subterminal line with a few white
scales on its inner half and a more distinct mark at submedian
fold ; a terminal series of minute whitish points. Underside
brown suffused and irrorated with whitish ; fore wing with
the costal area irrorated with bluish white to beyond middle,
a minute white discoidal spot, indistinct dark medial line
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NOCXUID2E.
incurved below vein 5, faint waved dark subterminal line
defined on inner side by small white spots in the interspaces
to vein 2 and excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; hind
wing with small white discoidal spot defined by dark brown,
two minutely waved dark postmedial lines, and a subterminal
series of small white spots in the interspaces slightly excurved
at middle.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 3 $ type. Exp. 44—48
millim.
Genus SMINTHOPSES. nov.
Type, S. ceschra.
Proboscis absent ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching
to middle of frons, moderately scaled in front and slightly
fringed with hair behind at extremity, the 3rd short and
thickly scaled ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of female bipectinate with short branches ; thorax clothed
with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax with
spreading crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex rectangular ; the termen evenly
curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the cell less than half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly
stalked ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Sminthopses aeschra, n. sp.
9- Head and thorax bright red-brown ; pectus, legs and
abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing red-brown slightly irrorated
with dark brown, the terminal area tinged with grey ; ante-
medial line dark brown, curved and slightly waved ; a discoidal
bar defined by brown ; postmedial line dark brown, oblique
and slightly curved ; subterminal line rather diffused dark
brown, incurved between vein 3 and submedian fold ; a
series of slight dark lunules before termen, defined on outer
side by whitish towards tornus. Hind wing uniform grey-
brown with a cupreous tinge. Underside whitish suffused
with pale red-brown ; fore wing with faint dark discoidal
lunule and postmedial line excurved below costa, then oblique ;
hind wing with dark brown discoidal spot, obliquely curved
postmedial line and curved subterminal line.
Hab. Uganda, Entebbe ( M inchin ), 1 $ type. Exp. 50
millim.
LIBYSTICA.
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Genus LIBYSTICA, nov.
Type, L. simplex, Holl. ( Episparis ), Psyche, vii. p. 121,
pi. iv. f. 11 (1894).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and
without crests ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair, the fore
coxae and femora fringed with hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing
with the costa arched towards apex which is somewhat
produced and acute, the termen typically somewhat excised
to vein 4 where it is angled, then oblique, not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the termen typically acutely angled at
vein 4 ; the cell in female about one-fourth length of wing ;
in male the lower part of cell about one-fourth length of wing,
the discocellulars very oblique and obsolescent and the upper
part of cell very short ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Libystica eucampima, n. sp.
$• Head and thorax red-brown ; tarsi ringed with white ;
abdomen red-brown mixed with some whitish. Fore whig
red -brown slightly tinged with grey ; a slight curved blackish
subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line slight, blackish,
excurved below costa and cell and above inner margin ; a
black point in middle of cell and slight curved discoidal
striga ; an indistinct waved blackish medial line excurved
beyond the cell ; postmedial line slight, blackish, waved
and slightly curved ; a faint waved and curved dark sub-
terminal line ; a terminal series of dark striae and fine pale
line at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown tinged with grey ;
a dark discoidal point ; an indistinct rather diffused dark
medial line ; a slightly curved black postmedial fine with the
diffused dark subterminal fine just beyond it ; a terminal
series of slight black lunules and fine pale line at base of cilia.
Underside whitish tinged with red-brown ; fore wing with
some blackish irroration and striae on costal area before middle
and blackish striae hi the cell, medial line blackish, oblique to
vein 7, slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved below
vein 4, postmedial fine blackish, slightly excurved from below
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costa to vein 5, a slight blackish subterminal mark below
the costa ; hind wing with two obliquely placed black discoidal
points, oblique blackish medial line excurved beyond the cell,
and punctiform postmedial line oblique to discal fold.
Hab. Sierra Leone {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 38
millim.
Libystica crenata. n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown strongly tinged
with grey ; tarsi dark brown ringed with white ; ventral
surface of abdomen oc-hreous white. Fore wing reddish
brown suffused with purplish grey and with some silvery grey
on basal half, the terminal area rather browner ; a subbasal
brown striga from costa, antemedial line brown, waved ;
two white discoidal points connected by a brown striga ;
medial line rather diffused, brown, oblique to beyond upper
angle of cell, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line dark
brown, slightly dentate and somewhat oblique, a minute
white streak beyond it on the costa ; a red-brown shade with
somewhat sinuous edges before the indistinct diffused waved
red-brown subterminal line. Hind wing reddish brown suf-
fused with purplish grey, the terminal area red-brown except
towards tornus ; two slight blackish discoidal points ; medial
line red-brown, indistinct, diffused, oblique ; an almost
straight oblique dark brown line from costa beyond middle
to tornus ; a faint rather diffused red-brown subterminal
line ; cilia grey-brown with a fine pale line at base and the
tips whitish towards tornus ; the hair on inner margin whitish.
Underside grey tinged with red-brown, the inner areas whitish ;
fore wing with black discoidal point, traces of a sinuous dark
medial line excurved beyond the cell, postmedial line oblique
and slightly sinuous, with some white suffusion before and
beyond it towards costa, a faint red-brown subterminal
shade ; hind wing with two obliquely placed black discoidal
points and oblique sinuous brown medial and postmedial
lines.
Hab. Sierra Leone ( Cator ), 1 $ type ; Gold Coast,
Bibianaha {Spurred), 1 1 $ ; S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute
Meta {Boag), 1 <$, Old Calabar ( Cockburn ), 1 $, Sapelc {Samp-
son), 1 tf, 1 $ ; Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje {Heave), 1
Exp. 42 millim.
Genus ENMONODIOPS, nov.
Type, E. ochrodiscata.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd short with small triangular tuft of hair in front ;
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frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with
hair and long spatulate scales but without crests, the tegulae
in male with tufts of long scales behind extending to meta-
thorax ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is
produced and somewhat falcate, the termen slightly excurved
at middle and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle
of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Enmonodiops ochrodiscata, n. sp.
c?- Head and thorax red-brown mixed with ochreous and
tinged with grey ; antennae grey-brown ; abdomen ochreous
tinged with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with
reddish brown tinged with grey and irrorated with a few
black scales, the terminal area greyer shading to red-brown
at termen except towards tornus ; two indistinct curved
brown subbasal lines from costa to submedian fold ; two
indistinct brown antemedial lines, oblique towards costa,
slightly incurved in the cell, excurved in submedian interspace
and angled inwards at vein 1 ; a brown discoidal bar with
pale points at angles of cell and a brown shade from lower
angle of cell to inner margin ; the area beyond the cell brighter
ochreous to the subterminal line ; postmedial line slight,
brown, waved to vein 3 where it is bent inwards to near
lower angle of cell, then obliquely incurved ; subterminal
line brown, excurved below vein 7, angled inwards at discal
fold, then slightly waved, excurved at middle and incurved
between vein 3 and submedian fold, a faint waved greyish
line beyond it with some blackish points on it ; a fine dark
brown terminal line and slight pale line at base of cilia.
Hind wing ochreous suffused with reddish brown tinged
with grey and irrorated with a few black scales ; traces of
an oblique sinuous medial brown line angled outwards to
black points at veins 4 and 3 ; an indistinct curved waved
brown postmedial line and traces of a waved grey subterminal
line ; the termen narrowly red-brown ; cilia red-brown with
a fine pale line at base. Underside ochreous slightly tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with black ; fore wing with
slight brown postmedial line as above and two somewhat
dentate subterminal lines, the terminal area suffused with
grey- brown except at apex and tornus ; hind wing with
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532
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slightly waved postmedial line and two subterminal lines
wdth black points at the veins, the terminal area suffused
with grey-brown towards apex.
Ab. 1. Strongly suffused with grey-brown; fore wing
with paler patch beyond the cell.
Hob. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 2 ; S. Nigeria,
Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boag ), 1 <$, Sapele (Sampson), 1 $ ;
Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje, 1 type. Exp. 42-48 millim.
Genus MESOSCIERA, nor.
Type, M. typica.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather slenderly scaled in front
and slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
typically with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed
with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests.
Fore wing with the costa highly arched towards apex which is
produced and somewhat falcate, the termen excised below
apex and angled at vein 4, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto-
mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Mesosciera picta, n. sp.
Head and tegulse whitish suffused with brown, the antennae
dark brown, the palpi reddish browrn ; thorax and abdomen
brown suffused with leaden grey, the patagia with a few
dark brown scales, the pectus ventrally whitish, the legs
darker brown. Fore wing brown suffused with leaden grey
and irrorated with a few black-brown scales, especially on
basal area ; traces of a brown antemedial line, arising at
median nervure, oblique to vein 1, then erect ; a wiiite point
in middle of cell and white discoidal striga defined on inner
side by dark brown, slightly bent outwards at upper ex-
tremity ; the area from end of cell to the postmedial line
bright rufous from vein 6 to inner margin and with slight
oblique streak above it at base of vein 7 ; medial line double,
brown, arising at vein 0 beyond the cell, the outer line dark
and excurved to discal fold, then less distinct and dentate
to vein 2, then rather bent inwards and erect and straight
to vein l defining the inner edge of the rufous area, then
MESOSCIERA.
533
excurved and with the outer line again darker ; postmedial
line rather diffused dark brown, oblique and faint to vein 6,
then distinct and with a brown shade beyond it, excurved
to vein 3, then incurved ; subterminal line with a slight
brown bar above vein 7 and small rufous and dark brown
spot further from termen below 7, then a faint diffused curved
brown line ; a series of minute blackish spots before termen.
Hind wing brown suffused with leaden grey and irrorated
with a few black-brown and whitish scales, especially beyond
lower angle of cell and along vein 1 ; a series of blackish
points before termen and a slight dark terminal line. Under-
side grey-brown sparsely irrorated with black-brown scales
except on inner and terminal areas.
Hcib. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 $, Sapele
{Sampson), 1 <J, 1 $ type ; Natal, Durban {Clark), 1
Exp. 38-40 millim.
Mesosciera rubrinotata, n. sp.
<?• Head grey-brown, the frontal tuft edged with white,
the basal joint of antennae white in front, the palpi grey-
brown and white ; teg u he pale red-brown with some white
at edges ; thorax creamy white ; legs and abdomen whitish
suffused with pale red-brown. Fore wing whitish tinged
with red-brown and irrorated with a few brown scales ; ante-
medial line with a slight dark brown mark at costa, then
reddish brown, incurved in the cell and waved below the cell ;
a dark brown point in middle of cell and three on discocellu-
lars ; postmedial line brown, dentate and produced to slight
blackish and white points at the veins, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, a rufous band beyond it between veins 6 and 3
and in submedian interspace ; some slight brown marks on
costa towards apex ; a dentate brown subterminal line from
vein 6 to inner margin, with a brown streak beyond it below
vein 4, extending to the cilia ; a series of minute blackish
spots before termen and a terminal series of blackish striae.
Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with
a few dark brown scales ; a minute dark brown spot at lower
angle of cell and traces of an oblique sinuous brown line
from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line
brown, dentate and produced to blackish and white points
at the veins, curved ; a faint waved brown subterminal
line ; a series of blackish points before termen and a terminal
series of slight blackish striae. Underside whitish tinged with
red-brown ; both wings with curved dentate brown post-
medial line with dark points at the veins and series of minute
blackish spots before termen.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar {Crompton), 1 $ type. Exp.
30 millim.
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Mesosciera orientalis, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous irrorated with a
very few black scales ; antennae dark brown ; palpi suffused
with dark brown ; spurs ringed black and white. Fore
wing rufous tinged with grey, especially on postmedial area,
and sparsely irrorated with black ; two antemedial lines,
the inner faint and brown, the outer distinct and blackish,
angled outwards below costa, incurved in the cell and at
vein 1 and excurved in submedian interspaces ; a minute
black spot in middle of cell ; a narrow white discoidal lunule
defined by blackish, its extremities somewhat dilated ; medial
line rather diffused chocolate-brown, excurved just beyond the
cell, then sinuous and with chocolate-brown suffusion between
it and the postmedial line from cell to inner margin ; post-
medial line brown, blackish at costa, dentate to vein 3 and
slightly angled outwards below costa and at vein 4, bent
inwards at vein 3 to near the medial line ; traces of a waved
subterminal line with minute black spots at the veins, ex-
curved below costa and at middle. Hind wing rufous tinged
with grey and sparsely irrorated with black ; a slight blackish
discoidal bar ; faint traces of a dentate brown postmedial
line ; a subterminal series of slight black points ; cilia rufous
to submedian fold, the hair on inner margin whitish. Under-
side rufous strongly tinged with grey ; fore wing irrorated
with blackish, a small black spot in middle of cell, slight
whitish discoidal lunule, postmedial line blackish, dentate,
angled outwards below costa and incurved below vein 3, a
curved subterminal series of black points ; hind wing with
the costal area irrorated with black towards base, a slight
dark discoidal lunule, minutely dentate postmedial line, and
subterminal series of black points.
§. More strongly tinged with purple-grey and with less
rufous except on terminal areas of both wings, the black
irroration stronger ; fore wing with a purplish grey shade
between the medial and postmedial lines extending to the
costa.
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 2 <J, 10 $ type; Borneo,
Sarawak, Kuching {Lewis), 1 Sandakan {Creagh), 1 $.
Exp. 40-44 millim.
Mesosciera typica, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale purplish grey tinged
with red-brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey irrorated
with a few black scales ; a faint curved brown subbasal
striga from costa ; two indistinct waved brown antemedial
lines ; medial line brown, excurved below costa and in sub-
median interspace and angled inwards at vein 1 ; two whitish
MKSOSCIEItA. — RSEUDOGERESPA.
535
discoidal points ; a rather oblique red-brown shade before
the postmedial line except at costa ; postmedial line brown,
waved to vein 3, then incurved ; a similar but faint line
beyond it ; traces of a subterminal series of blackish points
with larger spots above and below vein 5 ; the terminal area
suffused with red-brown, narrowing to termen above tornus.
Hind wing pale purplish grey tinged with rufous and irrorated
witn a few black scales ; a faint red-brown medial shade,
angled outwards and with black points on its outer edge at
veins 4, 3 ; cilia red-brown. Underside pale purplish grey
irrorated with blackish ; fore wing with faint sinuous post-
medial line and slightly curved subterminal line ; hind wing
with traces of a waved postmedial line with slight black
points at the veins.
Hob. Gold Coast, Obuassi (Bergman), 1 $, Kumasi
{Sanders), 1 $ type. Exp. 40-46 millim.
Genus PSEUDOGERESPA, nov.
Type, P. usipetes, Druce (Melipotis), Biol. Centr.-Am., Het.
ii. p. 510, pi. 96. f. 23 (1S98).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi of male with the 2nd joint
upturned to vertex of head, broad, rather hollowed out at
sides and smoothly scaled in front, the 3rd minute, porrect
and lying on the 2nd joint, of female with the 2nd joint
oblique, rather bent forward at extremity where it is angled
with hair in front, the 3rd long and dilated at extremity ;
frons smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennse of male bipectinate with moderate branches to apex ;
thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without
crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.
Pseudogerespa diopis, n. sp.
2. Head and thorax dark olive- brown tinged with grey,
the antennse blackish, the palpi pale red-brown, the 3rd joint
blackish -with white tips ; abdomen grey-brown ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen grey-brown mixed
with some white, the tibiae at extremities and tarsi ringed
with white. Fore wing with the basal and postmedial areas
NOCTIHDJE.
536
dark brown suffused with purple-grey, the medial and terminal
areas olive-brown, the latter suffused with darker brown ;
antemedial line double, black filled in with white towards
costa, then olive-brown, sinuous ; a small white annulus
with brown centre in the cell towards extremity and a
figure-of-eight-shaped dark brown discoidal spot defined by
white scales and with white spots in its upper and lower
parts ; a medial brown shade with blackish irroration on it,
broad towards costa, narrowing to inner margin ; postmedial
line double, black filled in Avith white toAAards costa, then
with olive- brown, obliquely incurved to vein 6, then dentate
and strongly incurved beloAv ATein 4, the costa beyond it
black-brown with white points on it ; subterminal line black-
broAvn, forming a shade on inner side, broad below vein 7
and at middle where the line is excurved ; a terminal series
of black-brown lunules defined on inner side by a whitish
line ; cilia dark grey-brown. Hind Aving dark grey-brown ; a
minutely waved black postmedial line slightly defined on
outer side by AA’hitish and a similar subterminal line almost
obsolete toAvards costa ; a terminal series of blackish lunules
defined on inner side by a slight whitish line. Underside of
fore Aving grey-brown, the inner area Avhitish, a white discoidal
bar constricted at middle and AA'hite points on terminal half
of costa ; hind wing white mixed with reddish brown, a
reddish brown discoidal spot, curved postmedial line, and
rather diffused subterminal line.
Hab. W. Colombia, San Antonio (Palmer), 1 $ type.
Exp. 36 millim.
Genus DYSGLYPTOGONA.
Type.
Dysglyptogona, Warr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 248 ... dissimilis, Warr.
Dysglyptogona striatura, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged Avith rufous ;
antennse blackish ; palpi with some brown at sides. Fore
Aving ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated and striated
with red-broAvn, the postmedial area and the terminal area
beloAv A-ein 4 paler ; the basal area irrorated with some black
scales ; a minute black discoidal spot ; a faint red-broAvn
postmedial line, Arery oblique from \Tein 4 to 2, then obliquely
incurved to inner margin ; traces of a brown subterminal
line, angled outwards at vein 4 and with minute black spot
on it at submedian fold ; a series of black points before
termen. Hind Aving ochreous tinged with rufous and irrorated
and striated Avith red-broAvn, the inner area irrorated Avith
some large black scales before middle ; minute subterminal
black spots below costa and A*ein 7 and at discal and sub-
median folds ; a series of black points before termen Avith a
DYSGLYPTOGONA. — PLEONOXROCTA.
537
larger point below apex. Underside ochreous tinged with
rufous and irrorated with dark brown ; both wings with slight
black discoidal spot and series of points before termen.
Hcib. Brazil, Espiritu Sto., 1 ^ type. Exp. 44 millirn.
Dysglyptogona geminilinea, n. sp.
Dysglyptogona dissimilis, Warr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 249, $ (nec <3 ).
<?• Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow tinged
with rufous ; antennae red -brown ; palpi red-brown, whitish
in front ; fore legs red -brown ; ventral surface of abdomen
ochreous white. Fore wing ochreous yellow tinged with rufous
and striated with red-brown ; antemedial line indistinct,
red-brown, slightly angled outwards below costa, then oblique
and with minute red -brown spot beyond it above inner
margin ; an oblique slightly sinuous red-brown medial line ;
a minute black discoidal spot ; a slight red-brown subterminal
line from below costa to vein 2 ; a very indistinct diffused
maculate red-brown subterminal line, somewhat excurved at
middle ; a series of dark points before termen. Hind wing
ochreous yellow tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with
red-brown ; a brown discoidal point ; a strong oblique
bright red-brown postmedial line with a red-brown point
beyond it at discal fold ; traces of a punctiform red-brown
subterminal line, excurved at middle and bent outwards to
tornus ; a series of dark points before termen. Underside
ochreous whitish striated with red-brown ; fore wing with
dark discoidal point ; hind wing with the postmedial line
indistinct.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, R. Jurua (Trail), 1 $ type. Exp.
46 millirn.
Genus PLEONOTROCTA, nov.
Type, P. xerota.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned widely in front
of frons, the 2nd joint reaching to well above vertex of head,
moderately scaled in front and angled with scales behind at
base, the 3rd very long and thickly scaled ; frons smooth,
with tuft of scales ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
bipectinate with long branches, the apical part with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed with rough scales and hair, the
pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; fore tibiae
slightly fringed with hair, the mid tibiae with small tuft of
hair above at base, the hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
costa arched towards apex which is somewhat produced, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from just
before angle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6 from upper
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angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole,
10 anastomosing with 11. Hind wing with the costa excised
from middle to apex, the termen produced to points at the
veins, longer at veins 7, 0, 4, 3 and excised at discal fold ;
the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Pleonotrocta xerota, n. sp.
(J. Head creamy white, the antennae with the branches
brown, palpi with some bright red-brown mixed, the 2nd
joint bright red-brown above ; thorax very dark red-brown,
the tegulae at tips, upper edge of patagia and thorax with
some grey-white ; abdomen whitish mixed with some red-
brown towards base, then grey-brown ; pectus, femora and
ventral surface of abdomen dark brown mixed with some
grey-white, the tibiae and tarsi creamy white suffused with
red- brown. Fore wing with the base dark brown mixed with
some grey-white, the costal area and terminal area except at
middle reddish brown with some creamy white striae on costa,
the rest of wing creamy white mixed with red-brown and
irroratecl with black ; black subbasal marks on costa and
inner margin ; antemedial line represented by a creamy white
mark at costa and black points at discal and submedian
folds ; a small black spot in middle of cell and narrow discoidal
lunule defined on inner side by black and by some black
on outer side above ; postmedial line indistinctly treble,
brown, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique, a creamy
white mark between the two outer lines at costa ; subterminal
line formed by somewhat dentate black marks, arising below
the costa and with a distinct black spot on it above vein 4 ;
the terminal area tinged with purplish grey except the creamy
white patch at middle ; a terminal series of small black
lunules to vein 4 ; cilia blackish with some creamy white
and black points at the veins beyond the patch. Hind wing
creamy white with some red-brown irroration, the base
red-brown mixed with black, the inner margin suffused with
red-brown, oblique medial and postmedial series of blackish
points ; subterminal line deep red-brown defined on outer
side by whitish followed by blackish spots, arising at vein 7
close to the termen, excurved below vein 7, then oblique to
inner margin beyond middle and with some red-brown on its
inner side below vein 3 ; a deep red-brown shade on termen
to vein 4, then just before termen ; blackish spots before it
above and below vein 3 ; cilia red-brown, blackish at tips
to vein 4. Underside of fore wing red-brown with some
blackish irroration and black striae on costa, the inner margin
PL E ON 0T ROC T A. — O RO S C OP A .
539
white to beyond middle, a creamy white patch at middle of
terminal area, a blackish spot in middle of cell, then oblique
series of blackish spots on medial area not extending to costal
area, and a maculate creamy white subterminal line defined
on each side by rather maculate blackish lines ; hind wing
creamy white irrorated with black, some black marks at base,
a wedge-shaped spot in middle of a creamy white discoidal
lunule defined by black, medial and postmedial oblique
series of small black spots, the subterminal line replaced by
a dark red-brown band with traces of a creamy-white line
near its inner edge and V-shaped black spots beyond it
between veins 5 and 2.
Hab. Peru, Huancabamba, 1 $ type. Exp. 44 millim.
Genus OROSCOPA.
Type.
Oroscopa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am.. Het. i. p. 486 (1891) .. concha, Druce.
Oroscopa variegata, n. sp.
o. Head, thorax, and basal segment of abdomen white
tinged with red-brown and mixed with some dark brown ;
the vertex of head with black-brown bar and two points
behind, the tegulse with black-brown lines at base and middle,
the rest of abdomen black-brown mixed with some red-brown
and with bluish white subdorsal streaks ; antennae ringed
with dark brown ; palpi whitish blotched and striated with
red-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
whitish tinged with red-brown, the femora and tibiae with
dark brown, the abdomen with black-brown sublateral streaks
on medial segments and the extremity black-brown. Fore
wing whitish tinged with red-brown and striated with black-
brown ; an antemedial dark chocolate-brown spot angled
outwards below costa, then an oblique series of small spots
to vein 1 ; a diffused dark red-brown mark in end of cell,
slight black -brown discoidal lunule with minute white spot
on its outer side, oblique V-shaped mark from costa above
end of cell, then a maculate dark band excurved beyond the
cell, then incurved to below end of cell and ending at vein 1 ;
postmedial line indistinct, whitish, minutely waved, defined
on inner side by a small black-brown spot at costa, then by
minute spots, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the terminal
area wfith a semicircular patch of chocolate-brown suffusion
from below apex to vein 4 ; an incompletely double sub-
terminal series of minute chocolate-brown spots, oblique below
vein 3 ; a terminal series of small chocolate-brown lunules ;
cilia chocolate-brown at tips. Hind wing whitish, suffused
and thickly striated with dark red-brown except at base ;
two minute subbasal chocolate-brown spots beloAv the cell ;
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NOCTUIDJE.
a chocolate-brown discoidal spot with greyish centre and two
obscure maculate medial lines from cell to inner margin ; an
indistinctly double curved postmedial series of small chocolate-
brown spots ; a faint waved whitish subterminal line defined
on each side by small chocolate-brown spots ; a terminal
series of chocolate-brown points. Underside whitish tinged
with rufous and mottled and striated with black-brown ;
fore wing with oblique sinuous black-brown antemedial line,
two black- brown discoidal bars defined by white and with
minute white spot beyond them, a double maculate black-
brown medial line arising below the costa and incurved below
the cell, an indistinctly double curved postmedial series of
minute black-brown spots, a subterminal series of minute
black-brown spots forming a lunulate mark between veins
7 and 4 ; hind wing with small black-brown spot in middle of
cell, double sinuous maculate medial line, double curved
maculate postmedial line, and subterminal series of small
spots.
Hub. Peru, Yahuarmayo, 1 type. Exp. 34 millim.
Genus DIAGRAPTA, nov.
Type, D. laminata, Butl. (Tyrissa), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879,
p. 65.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
and fringed with hair behind except towards base, the 3rd
rather long and with tuft of hair behind towards extremity
which is somewhat acuminate ; frons smooth, with ridge of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with
fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed
and without crests ; fore tibiae moderately fringed with hair,
the mid and hind tibiae with tufts of hair at the spurs ; abdo-
men smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
costa somewhat excised beyond middle, the apex slightly
produced, the termen oblique, below vein 4, strongly crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen strongly crenulate
and somewhat excised at discal fold ; the cell about half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Diagrapta oxydercina, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale grey-brown ; antennae
ringed blackish and white towards base ; palpi red-brown,
the 3rd joint whitish ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
DIAGHtAVTA. — EGN ASIDES.
541
abdomen whitish tinged with brown. Fore wing pale grey-
brown slightly irrorated with dark brown ; a sinuous brown
antemedial lme ; a dark point in middle of cell and discoidal
s riga with diffused spot beyond it ; postmedial line brown,
waved, oblique to below vein 7 and inwardly oblique below
\ ein 4 ; a faint waved brown subterminal hne ; a terminal
senes of dark points. Hind wing pale grey -brown, slightly
in orated with dark brown ; two blackish discoidal points ;
two indistinct waved brown postmedial lines, the outer with
whitish points at the veins ; traces of a waved brown sub-
termmal line ; a dark terminal lme and ochreous white line
at base of cilia. Underside pale grey- brown slightly irrorated
with dark brown ; fore wing with brown point in middle
of cell ; three white discoidal points defined by blackish, a
crenulate dark postmedial line ; hind wing with two dark
brown discoidal points, the upper larger with rufous centre,
a rather diffused medial brown line excurved beyond the cell'
a crenulate dark postmedial line, and traces of a punctiform
subterminal line.
Hab. Panama, Cana Mines ( Tylecote ), 1 $ type. Exp
40 millim.
Genus EGNASIDES, nov.
Type, E. rudmuna, Swinh. ( Egnasia ), A. M. N. H (7) xvi
p. 623 (1905). '
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to far above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd
rather long, with tuft of hair behind towards extremity
which is somewhat acuminate ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate
with short fine branches ending in long bristles and with
some elongate scales above them from the shaft ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ;
fore tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the mid and hind
tibiae with slight tufts of hair at the joints ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore whig with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from
well before angle of cell ; 5 from near angle ; 6 from below
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen slightly
excised at discal fold and produced at veins 7, 4, 3 ; the cell
nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle and in
male veins 2, 3, 4, somewhat approximated towards base ;
5 fully developed from well above angle and rather down-
curved ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
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Genus EUCAMPIMA. nov.
Type, E. coenotype, Hmpsn. ( Zethe-s ), P. Z. S. 1910, p. 447,
pi. xxxviii. f. 8.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and angled with hair behind near base, the 3rd long,
with small triangular tuft of scales behind towards tips
which are acuminate ; Irons smooth, with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennse of male with slight tufts of scales
at the joints and long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with
hair and scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae smoothly
scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore
wing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen evenly
curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 0 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the termen slightly excised at discal fold and towards tornus ;
the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Eacampima atrito nalis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous mixed with some
whitish, the last with slight dark segmental lines ; antennae
darker brown ; palpi with the hair on 2nd joint above and
the tuft on 3rd joint black ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen whitish suffused with rufous, the tarsi slightly
ringed with white. Fore wing rufous, the base and costal
area to the medial line tinged with whitish ; an oblique
blackish subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line blackish,
angled outwards below costa, then sinuous ; a curved red-
brown medial line ; a faint greyish discoidal spot and a large
elliptical grey spot irrorated with and defined by black- brown
from lower angle of cell to vein 1 ; postmedial line red-brown,
strongly defined on outer side by white towards costa, then
slightly obliquely excurved to vein o, then oblique and
slightly incurved above inner margin, some white points
beyond it on costa ; an incurved black subterminal line
with white points at the veins on costal area, then a series of
black points in the interspaces and black and white points on
the veins nearer the termen ; cilia with some blackish at tips.
Hind wing rufous ; an indistinct slightly sinuous red-brown
antemedial line with a white point beyond it at lower angle
of cell ; postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by
white, excurved beyond the cell, then almost straight ; a
subterminal scries of black points in the interspaces with white
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543
and black points beyond them on the veins. Underside
whitish suffused and irrorated with rufous ; fore wing with
small white spot in middle of cell, whitish spots irrorated with
brown and defined by red-brown at and below end of cell a
curved rufous medial line, the postmedial line as above,
a subtermmal series of minute blackish spots in the inter-
spaces; hind wing with black- brown discoidal spot defined
by white, curved slightly waved red-brown postmedial line
defined on outer side by white, and subterminal series of
small blackish spots in the interspaces.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mt. Mlanje ( Neave ), U, 10 type
Exp. 30 millim. J L
Eucampima poliostidza, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish suffused with red-
brown ; antennae darker brown. Fore wing greyish suffused
with red -brown ; antemedial line indistinct, dark brown,
excurved below costa and cell ; a brown annulus in middle
of cell ; an indistinct curved waved brown medial line ; a
large round chocolate-brown discoidal spot connected with
a violaceous grey spot below the cell defined by brown and
extending to vein 1, rounded but somewhat constricted at
vein 2 , postmedial line with white mark at costa, then
red -brown, waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique to the
spot below the cell, the costa beyond it dark brown with white
points on it ; a subterminal series of white points defined
by blackish on the veins and in the interspaces, the points on
the veins nearer termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing
greyish suffused with red-brown ; a diffused dark brown
discoidal spot with sinuous line from it to inner margin ; a
curved slightly waved brown postmedial line ; an elliptical
black-brown patch on inner area before the slight subterminal
series of whitish points defined by brown on the veins and in
the interspaces, the points on the veins nearer the termen ;
a rather punctiform brown terminal line ; cilia rufous. Under-
side grey suffused with rufous, the inner areas whitish ; fore
wing with the spots in middle of cell, on discocellulars and
below end of cell whitish defined by brown, the spots at and
below end of cell with some brown in centres and the latter
divided into two spots, the discoidal spot of hind wing dark
brown with whitish annulus, the subterminal spots of both
wings dark brown defined on outer side by whitish and forming
an evenly curved series hi the interspaces with white points
beyond them on the veins.
$■ Whigs bright red-brown ; fore whig with the spots in
and at end of cell and below end of cell with silvery blue-green
centres, the discoidal spot with red-brown lunule in centre •
hind wing with silvery blue-green discoidal point, a silvery
544
XOCTULDiE.
blue-green patch beyond the postmedial line before vein 2
with the black- brown mark near its outer edge broken up
into spots above and below submedian fold, and a slight
mark below vein 1 ; the underside of fore wing with silvery
blue-green centres to the spots, the hind wing with the post-
medial line defined on outer side by white.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje (Bates), 1 g, 1 $ type.
Exp. 32, $ 36 milhm.
Genus EUGRAPTA, nov.
Type, E. venusta, Hmpsn. ( Eqnasia ), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist.
Soc. xi. p. 460 (1897).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and fringed with hair behind, the 3rd long, roughly
scaled in front and tufted with hair behind towards extremity
which is somewhat acuminate ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with rough
scales, the prothorax with slight crest, the metathorax
typically with very large crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with
hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with
the apex produced and acute, the termen produced to a point
at vein 4, then oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with
the termen crenulate and produced to points at veins 7, 4,
3, 2 ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus TROPIDTAMBA, nov.
Type, T. lepraota, Hmpsn. ( Zethes ), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist.
Soc.\xi. p. 458 (1897).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, moderately scaled
in front and slightly fringed with hair behind towards ex-
tremity, the 3rd long and roughly scaled ; frons with slight
vertical ridge at middle and somewhat hollowed out at sides,
a tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and
scales mixed and without crests ; tibiae fringed with long
hair, especially in male, the hind tarsi with the 1st joint
fringed with hair above ; abdomen with ridges of rough hair
T KOPIDTAM BA. — TAMBA.
545
on basal segments, but without crests. Fore wing with the
costa arched towards apex which is produced and acute,
the termen excised below apex and angled at vein 4, then
oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ;
6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen pro-
duced to points at veins 4, 3, 2, crenulate ; the cell about
one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus TAMBA.
Tarnbci, Walk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 94 (1869) decolor. Walk.
Obdora, Walk. Char. Undescr. Het. p. 95 (1869) nigrilinea, Walk.
Tamba plumipes, n. sp.
<$• Head and thorax purplish red mixed with some white ;
abdomen purplish pink with a dorsal white spot on 2nd seg-
ment and the genital tufts white ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white tinged with rufous, the fore legs
deeper rufous. Fore wing purplish red mixed with some
whitish and slightly irrorated with brown ; an indistinct
slightly sinuous brown subbasal line defined on inner side
by whitish from costa to inner margin ; antemedial line double,
red-brown filled in with white, slightly waved, inwardly
oblique below the cell ; a blackish point in middle of cell ;
reniform large, rufous with slight white annulus defined by
red-brown ; two diffused sinuous red-brown medial fines,
the inner excurved in the cell, the outer interrupted by the
reniform ; postmeclial fine double, brown filled in with white,
oblique to below vein 5, then incurved, some pale points
beyond it on costa ; a white patch with diffused rufous in
centre from costa to vein 5 before the subterminal fine which
is dark brown defined on inner side by white, angled outwards
at vein 7, then oblique to vein 5 where it is bent outwards,
then dentate ; a series of black strise before termen defined
on inner side by white ; a fine dark terminal fine ; cilia rufous,
whitish at base. Hind wing purplish red faintly irrorated
with brown ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial
fine double, brown filled in with white, oblique ; a faint
waved whitish subterminal line with slight blackish marks
on its outer side except towards costa and a more distinct
black spot above tornus ; a series of black points before termen
defined on inner side by whitish and a fine dark terminal
fine ; cilia rufous, whitish at base. Underside white ; fore
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wing with the terminal area rufous, obliquely from middle of
costa to tornus, a rufous bar from middle of costa, postmedial
line rufous defined on outer side by white, oblique towards
costa and ending at vein 3, a faint waved brown subterminal
line defined on inner side by whitish from costa to vein 4,
a series of black points before termen ; hind wing with the
costa slightly tinged with rufous, a series of black points
before termen.
Hcib. Amboina {Doherty), 1 Exp. 34 millim.
Tamba elacliista, n. sp.
§. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white, the last
with the basal crest tinged with rufous ; antennae fuscous
except towards base ; palpi tinged with rufous ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing
ochreous white slightly tinged and irrorated with rufous, the
area beyond the postmedial line more suffused with rufous
from costa to vein 4 ; a blackish point at base of vein 1
and subbasal and antemedial blackish points on costa ; a
black point in middle of cell and two black discoidal striae ;
an indistinct red-brown medial line, excurved in the cell
and incurved at vein 1 ; postmedial line indistinctly double,
the outer line very faint, red-brown filled in with white
towards costa, oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 4, then
inwardly oblique and waved ; subterminal line very in-
distinctly double, rufous filled in with whitish, waved,
oblique to discal fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique ;
a series of red -brown points before termen and a slight terminal
line. Hind wing ochreous white tinged and irrorated with
rufous ; a small black discoidal spot and point at lower angle
of cell ; traces of a sinuous rufous antemedial line from
discal fold to inner margin ; an indistinctly double waved
rufous postmedial line ; a faint diffused sinuous rufous sub-
terminal line with blackish point on it above tornus ; a series
of black points before termen and a fine brown terminal line.
Underside white ; fore wing tinged and irrorated with rufous
except on inner area, a black point in middle of cell and
discoidal bar, a faint diffused rufous medial line except towards
costa and inner margin, postmedial line dark brown, rather
maculate, oblique towards costa and incurved below vein 4,
a curved maculate brown subterminal line, and series of black
points before termen ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated
with rufous, a black discoidal spot and point at lower angle
of cell, curved rather maculate postmedial and subterminal
red -brown lines, and a series of black points before termen.
Hab. Kei Is., Little Kei I., 1 $ type. Exp. 28 millim.
TAMBA.
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Tamba carnitincta, n. sp.
3- Head and thorax Avhite tinged with rufous ; abdomen
white slightly irrorated with brown, the basal crest rufous ;
palpi with darker bands at middle of 2nd joint and near
extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints, the extremity of 2nd joint
white. Fore wing white suffused with rufous, the medial
area less suffused ; a faint double rufous subbasal line filled
in with whitish, angled outwards at subcostal nervure, then
oblique to inner margin ; antemedial line double, rufous
filled in with whitish, slightly incurved below costa, then
oblique ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform defined
by a black bar on inner side and two points on outer ; a
red-brown medial fine, indistinct to median nervure, excurved
in the cell and angled outwards below submedian fold and to
inner margin ; traces of another medial line, oblique and
defined on inner side by whitish from below costa to vein 4
well beyond the cell, then waved ; postmedial line red-brown,
oblique sinuous and defined on outer side by white, with a
diffused rufous line beyond it to below vein 5, then inwardly
oblique, some alternating white and brownish streaks beyond
it on costa ; subterminal line black-brown, defined on inner
side by whitish to vein 4, oblique and sinuous to discal fold,
angled outwards at vein 4, then represented by an oblique
series of small lunules ; a series of black points defined on
inner side by whitish before termen ; a brown terminal line
and small blackish mark on termen above vein 4, extending
to the cilia which are whitish at base. Hind wfing white
tinged Avith rufous especially on terminal half and irrorated
Avith a feAV black-brown scales ; a small black-broAA'n discoidal
spot and obliquely placed red-broAvn marks below middle of
cell and at submedian fold ; postmedial line red-broAvn,
curved and slightly sinuous ; traces of a Avaved brown sub-
terminal line and a black -brown spot at submedian fold ;
a series of black points before termen and a fine red-broAvn
terminal line ; cilia white. Underside Avhite slightly tinged
with rufous and irrorated Avith red-broAvn except on inner
areas ; fore Aving Avith slight red-broAvn discoidal striga and
postmedial line slightly bent outAvards beloAv costa and at
vein 0 ; both Avings Avith series of blackish points before
termen.
Hab. Borneo, Kuching (Shelford), 1 3 type. Exp. 36
millim.
Tamba hieroglyphica, n. sp.
d*. Head, thorax, and abdomen Avhite mixed with rufous ;
antennae broAvn, pale towards base ; palpi whitish irrorated
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NOCTTJIDiE.
with red, the 3rd joint with black ring near extremity ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore
legs irrorated with red, the tarsi banded blackish and white.
Fore wing vitite tinged with rufous and irrorated with dark
brown ; traces of a pale subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ;
antemedial line wiiitish slightly defined on each side by brown,
curved ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform whitish
slightly defined by blackish and with diffused black-browm
in centre ; two indistinct weaved red-browm antemedial lines ;
postmedial line double, blackish filled in with white, oblique
to below1- vein 5, then inwardly oblique, some whitish points
with red-browm between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal
line black with a violaceous shade before it, oblique and
sinuous to vein 6, then formed by small black lunules, bent
outwards at vein 4 ; a series of black points before termen
and red-brown terminal line ; cilia rufous and white. Hind
wing whitish tinged with violaceous and irrorated with dark
brown ; a red-brown point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial
line red-brown defined on outer side by white, oblique ; a
subterminal series of minute black spots with larger spots
above and below vein 2 ; a series of black points before termen
and a red-brown terminal line. Underside creamy white ;
fore wing with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with
red, a blackish point in middle of cell and red discoidal striga,
postmedial line red, oblique towards costa, then slightly
wraved, the terminal half of costa with alternating red and
white marks, an indistinct waved reddish subterminal line
with a shade before it from costa to vein 4 ; hind wing with
two blackish discoidal points, and red postmedial line inter-
rupted at middle ; both wings with series of black points
before termen.
Ab. 1. Fore wing without the black-browm in centre of
reniform .
Ab. 2. Fore wing with the outer part of medial area and
the apical half of terminal area strongly suffused with rufous.
Ab. 3. Fore wing tinged with violaceous throughout and
without the black lunules on the subterminal line.
Ab. 4. Fore wing with the medial area and hind wing
with the basal half tinged with ochreous, the basal area of
fore wing and terminal area of both wings deep rufous mixed
with purplish ; fore wing with a blackish fascia from the
angle of the postmedial line to termen.
Bab. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur (Doherty), 1 $ ; Hr. N.
Guinea, Milne Bay (Meek), 1 £ ; D’Entrecasteaux Is.,
Fergusson I. (Meek), 2 $ ; Solomon Is., Guadalcanar 1.
(Meek), 2 type, Rendova I. (Meek). 2 Choiseul I. (Meek),
1 (U Exp. 38-42 millim.
TAMBA.
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Tamba ionomera, n. sp.
c?- Head, thorax, and abdomen pale yellow mixed with
fiery rufous ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
white, the fore tibise with some brown, the fringe of hair on
outer side of mid tibiae mostly blackish, the tarsi suffused
with brown. Fore wing pale yellow irrorated with fiery
rufous, the basal area suffused with fiery rufous, the costal
edge whitish to the postmedial line ; a waved deep red
subbasal line from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line deep red,
oblique and slightly sinuous to vein 1, then incurved, a whitish
and brown mark on its inner side in submedian interspace ;
a dark brown point in middle of cell ; a waved red medial
line with another line beyond it, oblique and sinuous to lower
angle of cell, then bent inwards to join the inner line at vein 2 ;
reniform large, defined by red, its inner edge formed by the
outer medial line, its outer indented at middle ; postmedial
line red-brown, double, oblique and sinuous to below vein 5,
then inwardly oblique and the inner line forming veiy slight
angles inwards at the veins, a triangular patch of rufous
suffusion beyond it from costa to vein 5 followed by a broad
purplish shade ; a triangular purple-brown patch on terminal
area from below' apex to vein 4 with a broad oblique dark
purplish brov'n band from it to inner margin beyond the
postmedial line ; subterminal line brovm, waved and inter-
rupted to vein 4, then forming the outer edge of the oblique
band ; some fiery red in terminal part of discal fold ; a series
of black- browm points before termen with a slight yellow
mark before the point below vein 5 ; a v'aved black-browm
terminal line. Hind wing pale yellow' ; the basal area suffused
with rufous and irrorated with a few' black scales ; a faint
sinuous rufous antemedial line ; a black point in lower angle
of cell ; postmedial line triple, the twro inner lines deep
chocolate-red, the outer purplish, oblique and ending at tornus,
the area between and beyond them purplish to the subterminal
line, the terminal area red- brown to vein 4, then yellow' ;
subterminal line fuscous, waved, angled outwards at veins
6 and 4 and with a black spot before it above tornus ; a series
of black points before termen and a waved black terminal
line. Underside white slightly irrorated with rufous ; fore
wfing with minute black spot in middle of cell and red- browm
discoidal striga, a faint curved and slightly waved rufous
postmedial line and faint dark subterminal line, waved and
rather maculate to vein 4, then oblique ; hind wing with small
black discoidal spot, faint oblique browm postmedial line, and
waved subterminal line rather maculate to vein 4, then oblique.
Hub. Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Makiling [Baker), 1
Exp. 48 millim.
5.'0
NOCTUID-i'.
Tamba flaviolata, n. sp.
g, Head and thorax ochreous white tinged with rufous,,
the prothorax suffused with brown ; abdomen ochreous
white slightly tinged with rufous ; palpi tinged with rufous
and with brownish ring near extremity of 2nd joint. Fore
wing ochreous white tinged with red-brown and iri orated
with darker brown ; a rather diffused dark brown streak on
median nervure and vein 4 from base to termen with streaks
above and below it on veins 5 and 3 to the subterminal line ;
a brown subbasal line from costa to median nervure, excurved
below costa ; antemedial line dark brown, curved and slightly
sinuous ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform a narrow
lunule, defined on inner side by black-brown and slightly
on outer side by brown ; two indistinct rather diffused
sinuous red-brown medial lines ; postmedial line dark biown,
oblique to below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, some whitish
points with brown between them beyond it on costa , sub-
terminal line black-brown, waved, incurved at discal fold ;
a series of black points before termen. Hind wing ochreous
white with a slight rufous tinge and slightly irrorated with
brown ; two dark discoidal points ; postmedial line chocolate-
brown, oblique ; an irregularly lunulate chocolate-brown
subterminal line, obsolete towards costa ; a series of blackish
points before termen and a slight brown terminal line.
Underside white ; fore wing with the costal area slightly
tinged with brown, brown points in middle of cell and on
discocellulars, a faint curved slightly waved red-brown post-
medial line, an indistinct waved dark subterminal line ex-
curved at middle and with faint diffused red-brown line
before it ; both wings with series of dark points before termen.
Hat). Solomon Is., Guadalcanal- I. (Meet'), 1 £ fype-
Exp. 36 millim.
Tamba tliermeola, u. sp.
$. Head and thorax white mixed with rufous ; abdomen
white slightly tinged with rufous ; palpi with the 3rd joint
white except at tips. Fore wing whitish, the costal half of
basal area, the outer half of medial area obliquely and the
area beyond the postmedial line from costa to vein 4 suffused
with rufous, the rest of terminal area tinged with rufous ;
antemedial line whitish faintly defined on each side by red-
brown, slightly excurved below the costa and cell ; a black
point in middle of cell ; the reniform represented by black
striae on its inner and outer sides ; two faint diffused waxed
rufous medial lines, the outer excurved beyond the cell ;
postmedial line indistinct, red-brow n slightly defined on outer
side by whitish, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique ;
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subterminal line pale fuscous brown defined on inner side by
whitish, oblique and slightly sinuous to discal fold, then
bent outwards and waved to inner margin ; a crenulate
brown terminal line forming black points at the interspaces.
Hind wing whitish irrorated with rufous, the medial area
with a broad rufous shade, the terminal area tinged with pale
purplish rufous ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; an
indistinct oblique red-brown medial line ; an indistinct
diffused waved red- brown subterminal line with a small
black spot on it above tornus ; a series of blackish points
before termen defined on inner side by white, and a slight
brown terminal line. Underside white tinged and irrorated
with rufous except on inner areas ; fore wing with blackish
point in middle of cell and red- brown discoidal point, an
indistinct curved red -brown postmedial line, and diffused
slightly waved subterminal line ; hind wing with red-brown
discoidal point, indistinct oblique postmedial line, and sub-
terminal shade almost obsolete towards tornus.
Hab. Br. N. Guinea, Ivumusi R. {Meek), 1 $ type. Exp.
38 millim.
Tamba mnionomera, u. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous mixed with some
rufous, the thorax tinged with yellow-green ; antennae brown
except towards base ; palpi ochreous irrorated with dark
red-brown, the 2nd joint with diffused bands at middle and
extremity, the 3rd with ring near tip ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen ochreous white, the fore legs
and mid tibiae irrorated with red-brown. Fore wing ochreous
irrorated with red, the terminal area suffused with rufous
from below apex to vein 4 ; a yellow-green antemedial band
irrorated with some white scales forming a small spot in the
cell, narrowing to a point at inner margin and defined by
the dark brown subbasal and antemedial lines, the latter
oblique below the cell ; a dark point in middle of cell and
curved red discoidal striga, with some green and white irrora-
tion before it and a yellow-green shade beyond lower angle
of cell and rufous streak on vein 4 to termen ; postmedial
line double, deep red except between veins 6 and 4 where it is
yellow-green, slightly bent outwards below costa, then waved,
oblique to vein 5, then inwardly oblique, some brown points
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white defined on outer
side by dark brown, sinuous, oblique to discal fold, excurved
at vein 4, then again oblique, a green spot beyond it at discal
fold ; a series of dark brown points before termen and a fine
terminal line ; cilia with some dark brown at apex and
middle. Hind wing ochreous irrorated with red ; a red
discoidal striga ; postmedial line double, red, minutely waved ;
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subterminal line indistinct, white defined on outer side by
slight dark marks and with yellow-green spots before it at
discal and submedian folds, waved ; a series of dark brown
points before termen and a fine red terminal line ; cilia
ochreous white. Underside ochreous white ; fore wing
thickly irrcrated with red except on inner area, a small dark
discoidal spot, very slightly waved red postmedial line ex-
curved to vein 4, then incurved, and diffused brown sub-
terminal line with series of small white spots on it, oblique
below vein 4 ; hind wing with the costal and terminal areas
irrorated with red, a small red discoidal spot, indistinct
slightly curved postmedial line, and subterminal series of
brown spots.
Ab. 1. Fore wing with rather diffused rufous fascia on
median nervure and vein 4 from the antemedial line to termen.
— Sumatra.
Hub. Sumatra {Forbes), 1 ^ ; Bali {Doherty), 1 $ type.
Exp. 36 millim.
Tamta carneotincta, n. sp.
o'. Head and thorax purple-grey mixed with bright rufous,
the metathorax creamy white ; abdomen rufous tinged with
purple-grey ; antennae pale brownish ; palpi white irrorated
with rufous, a rufous band at middle of 2nd joint and ring
before tip of 3rd joint ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen creamy white tinged with rufous, the tarsi dark
brown ringed with white. Fore wing violaceous purple
slightly irrorated Avith black ; a blackish point at base of
vein 1 ; subbasal and antemedial blackish points on costa ;
small bright rufous antemedial spots in and below the cell,
the latter Avith slight oblique line from it to inner margin ;
a rufous point in middle of cell ; reniform large, incompletely
defined at sides by deep rufous, a blackish point in its upper
part and a yellow mark irrorated Avith deep rufous beyond it ;
an indistinct AvaA’ed rufous medial line, excurved in the cell ;
pcstmedial line defined on each side by deep rufous at costa
and slightly bent outAvards beloAv costa, then white defined
on each side by deep rufous and waved to \Tein 4, then fault
whitish oblique and Avaved, some alternating Avhite and
fuscous streaks beyond it on costa and an oblique Avaved
rufous line from costa to just beyond it at vein 6 ; a faint
dark subterminal line, excurved below costa, angled inwards
at discal fold, excurved at middle, then oblique and Avaved ;
a series of black points before termen and a line red-broAvn
terminal line. Hind A\ing violaceous purple irrorated Avith a
few black scales ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line Avhite defined on each side by deep rufous scales,
minutely waved ; a faint waved dark subterminal line Avith
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553
black spot above tornus ; a series of black points before
termen and fine red-brown terminal line. Underside white ;
fore wing irrorated with pale red, brown points in middle of
cell and on discocellulars, a waved red postmedial line, and
faint brownish subterminal shade with the maculate white
subterminal fine on it ; cilia deep rufous between veins 5
and 4 ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated with pale
red, a brown discoidal point, minutely waved red postmedial
fine, and brownish subterminal shade from costa to vein 4.
§. Fore wing with the patch beyond the reniform fiery red.
Hab. Malay States, Negri Sembilan {Ridley), 1 $ type ;
Singapore {Ridley), 1 $. Exp. $ 40, $ 32 milfim.
Tamba griseipars, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with fiery red,
the last with the basal segment fiery red ; antennae brown and
red ; palpi whitish and red, the 2nd joint with obscure red
bands at middle and tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen white, the legs tinged with rufous. Fore wing
grey-white tinged and irrorated with red-brown, the basal
area and the area beyond the cell from costa to vein 3 fiery
rufous ; antemedial fine white slightly defined on outer side
by red-brown, oblique ; two indistinct diffused waved red-
brown medial fines ; a narrow white discoidal lunule defined
by red-brown ; postmedial fine white, oblique with a slight
outward curve except towards costa to below vein 5, then
inwardly oblique, some whitish points with dark brown
between them beyond it bn costa ; a grey-white patch defined
by red- brown from costa to vein 6 before the indistinct
waved brown subterminal fine defined on inner side by whitish
below the patch ; a series of minute fiery red spots before
termen defined on inner side by whitish ; a fine brown terminal
fine ; cilia fiery rufous, whitish at base. Hind wing grey-
white suffused with fiery red, the basal half irrorated with
brown ; a dark brown striga below middle of cell and two
dark discoidal points ; postmedial fine white, slightly excurved
to vein 4, then slightly incurved ; subterminal fine white
slightly defined on outer side by brown, waved, a small black
spot on its outer side above vein 2 and spot on its inner side
above tornus ; a series of fiery red stride before termen defined
on inner side by white ; a fine reddish terminal fine ; cilia
pale red, white at base. Underside grey-white tinged and
irrorated with rufous ; fore wing with slight brown discoidal
spot, indistinct curved postmedial fine, and subterminal
shade ; hind wing with small blackish discoidal spot with
brown’ fine from it to inner margin, curved red- brown post-
medial fine, and indistinct waved brown subterminal shade.
Hab. Bhutan {Dudgeon), 1 $ type. Exp. 24 milfim.
554
NOCTUID.P.
Tamba hemiiouia, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with
red-brown, the thorax with purplish red band behind the
teg uke, the abdomen suffused with purplish red towards
extremity ; antennae brownish ; palpi ochreous with a red
ring at middle of 2nd joint and brown ring at its extremity,
the 3rd joint with dark ring near tip ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen creamy white, the fore and mid
legs tinged with red and the tarsi with brown bands. Fore
wing ochreous suffused and irrorated with red-brown, the
medial area rather paler ; a blackish point at base of vein 1 ;
antemedial line brownish, angled outwards at subcostal
nervure and vein 1 and oblique towards costa and inner
margin ; a black point in middle of cell ; reniform ochreous
white defined by pale red and with black points in its upper
and lower parts ; two indistinct waved red-brown medial
lines ; postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by
whitish, curved and sinuous, some whitish points with brown
between them beyond it on costa ; subterminal line brownish,
waved, angled inwards at discal fold ; a series of brown
points before termen and a slight terminal line ; cilia ochreous
white mixed with reddish brown. Hind wing ochreous, the
basal half tinged and irrorated with red-brown, the terminal
half suffused with purple-grey ; two dark brown discoidal
points ; postmedial line double, red -brown filled in with
rufous, bent inwards at vein 6, then sinuous ; an indist net
waved whitish subterminal line slightly defined on outer side
by brown ; a series of blackish points before termen, and a fine
brown terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged with red-brown.
Underside white ; fore wing irrorated with red except on
inner area, a dark point in middle of cell and three on disco-
cellulars, a red bar from middle of costa, postmedial line
red, oblique towards costa, then curved and waved, subterminal
line white defined on each side by rather diffused red-brown,
excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; hind wing with two
reddish discoidal points, a faint waved postmedial line, and
maculate brown subterminal line.
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 2 9 type. Exp. 28 millim.
Tamba prunescens, n. sp.
Head and thorax rufous with a few blackish scales ;
abdomen rufous tinged with greyish towards extremity, the
basal crest blackish ; palpi white mixed with dark brown ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated
with dark brown, the tarsi with white and fuscous rings.
Fore wing rufous slightly tinged with grey and irrorated
with blackish ; a curved whitish subbasal line from costa to
submedian fold ; antemedial line whitish, oblique towards
costa and inner margin ; a black point in middle of cell ;
renifotm incompletely defined by white, forming two more
prominent marks on its inner edge ; two faint waved dark
medial lines ; postmedial line whitish slightly defined on inner
side by dark brown, oblique towards costa, then less oblique
to below vein 5, then inwardly oblique, some slight blackish
streaks beyond it on costa ; subterminal line indistinct,
whitish defined on outer side by blackish marks in the inter-
spaces, waved, excurved below vein 7 and at middle, then
oblique ; a series of black points before termen ; cilia with a
whitish line at base. Hind wing rufous slightly tinged with
grey and irrorated with blackish ; two dark discoidal points ;
postmedial line whitish defined on inner side by dark brown,
oblique ; subterminal line faint greyish slightly defined on
outer side by fuscous and by minute black spots above and
below vein 2, waved ; a series of black points before termen ;
cilia whitish at base. Underside white irrorated with fuscous ;
fore wing with the terminal area suffused with rufous except
at apex and on termen below vein 4, black points in middle
of cell and on discoceliulars, a slightly waved fuscous post-
medial line, subterminal line whitish slightly defined on each
side by diffused fuscous, waved ; hind wing with two black
discoidal points, a slightly waved fuscous postmedial line,
and faint traces of a waved subterminal line.
Hab. Sikhim (Dudgeon), 1 $ type ; Singapore (Ridley),
1 Exp. 36-38 millim. The moth fertilises the Barringtonia
(Ridley). #
Tamba scopulina, n. sp.
cj>. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow suffused with rufous ;
antennae brownish ; palpi yellow tinged with rufous, the 2nd
joint at sides and the 3rd joint towards extremity brownish ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen yellow tinged
with rufous, the fore legs and mid tibiae suffused with brown.
Fore wing yellow tinged with purplish reel j an indistinct
oblique re°d antemedial line, incurved at vein 1 ; a red point
in middle of cell and oblique yellow discoidal bar defined at
sides by red and somewhat angled inwards at median ner^ ure ,
an oblique reel line from lower angle of cell to inner margin
and four oblique lines on postmedial area with the punctiform
whitish postmedial line between the 2nd and 3rd lines, not
extending to the costa ; subterminal line brownish, oblique,
excurved at middle ", a series of blackish points befoie termen ,
a fine dark terminal line ; cilia purplish red, whitish at tips.
Hind wing yellow tinged with purplish red ; a rather diffused
red medial line ; postmedial line white, defined on each side
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NOCTUIDJE.
by purplish red and with a purplish red line beyond it,
oblique ; the terminal area suffused with purplish rufous
with the faint slightly waved brownish subterminal line
near its inner edge and a fine red line before it from costa
to vein 4 ; a series of blackish points before termen slightly
defined on outer side by white, and a fine dark terminal line ;
cilia purplish red. Underside yellowish suffused with rufous,
the inner areas whitish ; both wings with small black discoidal
spots, curved dark postmedial line, and series of black points
defined on outer side by white before termen.
Hab. Bubma, Rangoon, 1 $ type. Exp. 26 millim.
Genus STENOZETHES, nov.
Type, S. obscurata, Butl. ( Marmorinia ), 111. Het. B.M. iii.
p. 68, pi. 57. f. 11 (1879).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint porrect,
extending about twice the length of head, smoothly scaled below
and slightly angled with hair above at middle, the 3rd obliquely
upturned, long and roughly scaled and acuminate at tips ;
frons smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large,
round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing narrow, the apex somewhat produced and
acute, the termen typically produced to a point at vein 4,
then excised, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to
form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen
typically produced to points at veins 7 and 4, the cell about
one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully''
developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Stenozethes liyriona, n. sp.
0. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
whitish ; palpi red-brown, the extremity of 2nd joint white ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white tinged
with rufous, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing red-
brown tinged with purplish grey ; a brown subbasal bar
from costa ; antemedial line rather diffused, red-brown,
curved ; postmedial line faint, red-brown, excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, some white points beyond it on costa ; a faint
pale subterminal line, excurved at middle ; some blackish
points on termen towards apex ; cilia whitish tinged with
rufous at base. Hind wing red-brown tinged with purplish
grey ; an indistinct rather diffused dark brown medial line ;
STENOZETHES. — PANCKRAPTICA.
■JO i
postmedial line dark brown, defined on outer side by diffused
ochreous except towards costa, curved and slightly waved ;
a faint rather maculate red-brown subterminal line, slightly
defined on outer side by whitish towards tornus ; a fine dark
terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged with rufous at base. Under-
side ochreous suffused with rufous and irrorated with dark
brown ; fore wing with pale spot defined by dark brown at
middle of cell, extending to below the cell, dark medial line,
pale discoidal striga defined by dark brown, slightly sinuous
dark brown postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin,
and dark subterminal line excurved below costa ; hind wing
with pale discoidal spot defined by dark brown on a dark
medial line, curved slightly waved dark postmedial line,
and waved whitish subterminal line defined on each side by
diffused dark brown.
Hah. Pulo Laut {Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 24 millim.
Genus PANGRAPTICA, nov.
Type, P. delicata, B.-Bkr. (Egnasici), Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 279
(1906).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi rather obliquely upturned,
the 2nd joint reaching to above vertex of head, moderately
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd short and blunt, surrounded by a small tuft of scales
before extremity ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male bipectinate with long
drooping branches to two-thirds length, then slightly ciliated”
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests ;
tibise slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Pore wing with
the costa arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen
more or less excised between veins 6 and 4 and excurved
at middle, then excised or oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 and 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the termen more or less excurved at middle and
typically excised between veins 6 and 4, crenulate ; the cell
about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Pangraptica albina, n. sp
E- Head, thorax, and abdomen white irrorated with brown
scales ; antennae and palpi red-brown. Fore wing white
irrorated with brown, the terminal area striated with brown ;
a sinuous black subbasal line from costa to submedian fold ;
antemedial line indistinct, blackish, angled outwards below
55 S
noctuida:.
costa, then inwardly oblique and waved ; orbicular pure
white defined by black, small, round ; two black discoidal
points ; medial line blackish, excurved below costa, then
inwardly oblique ; postmedial line faint, double, bent outwards
below costa, their inwardly oblique and slightly waved ; a
small subterminal black spot below vein 7 ; a rather lunulate
black terminal line. Hind wing white tinged with purplish
grey except towards base and irrorated with black ; a blackish
antemedial line ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; a macu-
late blackish postmedial line, excurved beyond lower angle of
cell ; a faint incomplete rather dentate rufous subterminal
line ; a rather lunulate black terminal line. Underside of
fore wing white suffused with red-brown and irrorated with
blackish ; hind wing white irrorated with blackish, the
markings as above but the subterminal line replaced by
some blackish points.
flab. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 $ type. Exp.
30 mi Him.
Genus MEPANTADREA, nov.
Tvpe, M. simia, Saalm. ( Zethes ), Lep. Madag. p. 474, f. 155
(1891).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and slightly fringed with hah' behind towards extremity,
the 3rd long and fringed with rough hair in front and behind ;
frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibiae
moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with
the costa highly arched towards apex which is produced and
acute, the termen oblique below vein 4, not crenulate ; veins
3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell.
Hind wing with the termen produced to a hook at vein 4 ;
the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus HYPOSEMANSIS.
'Type.
Hyposemansis, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 2 (1895) singha, Guen.
Hyposemansis lasiopliora, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red-brown mixed
with whitish ; antennae dark brown ; palpi rufous and whitish,
the 2nd joint with red-brown rings at base and extremity ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated
HYPO SEMAK SIS.
559
Avith rufous, the tarsi red-brown ringed with white. Fore
wing creamy white tinged with rufous, the area from near
base to middle strongly suffused with bright red-brown, the
streak of scales between veins 3 and 2 fulvous yellow ; sub-
terminal line white defined on outer side by pale red-brown,
dentate, oblique to vein 6 and obsolete from below vein 4
to above vein 1 ; a terminal series of slight dark lunules ;
cilia rufous. Hind wing whitish suffused with red-brown,
the costal area and termen whiter ; postmedial line dark
brown slightly sinuous, arising at vein 7 and incurved below
vein 4 ; an indistinct waved white subterminal line slightly
defined on each side by red- brown ; cilia rufous. Underside
white irrorated with red-brown ; fore wing with indistinct
double oblique waved antemedial brown line from costa to
median nervure, the postmedial line black-brown arising at
middle of costa and strongly bent outwards beloiv costa,
crenulate between veins 7 and 4, then incurved and ending at
submedian fold, a faint waved rufous subterminal line,
oblique to vein 6 where it is bent inwards and excurved at
middle ; hind wing with angled black discoidal striga with
two slight lines from it to submedian fold, postmedial line
black-brown, excurved below veins 6 and 4, then oblique
and with red -brown shade beyond it below discal fold, an
indistinctly double waved red-brown subterminal line.
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak {Shelford), 2 $ type. Exp. 40-42
millim.
Hyposemansis cryptosema, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown mixed with
whitish, the last darker ; ventral surface of abdomen white
irrorated with dark brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with
reddish brown ; a diffused dark discoidal spot ; the terminal
area fuscous brown from costa to vein 4 ; a faint curved
whitish postmedial shade and traces of a waved whitish sub-
terminal line. Hind wing whitish suffused with grev-brown ;
traces of a whitish subterminal line ; cilia of both wings pale
reddish with dark tips. Underside red-brown variegated
with white and dark chocolate-brown ; fore wing with the
inner area white, a slight dark discoidal lunule, postmedial
line indistinct, dark, interrupted, bent outwards and almost
obsolete below costa and incurved below vein 4, an indistinct
maculate white subterminal line oblique and defined on each
side by dark brown towards costa ; hind wing with the inner
margin whitish, a slight dark discoidal lunule, an indistinct
slightly waved dark postmedial line with bright rufous patch
beyond it on inner area, traces of a slightly waved dark
subterminal line.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur {Doherty), 1 $ type.
Exp. 34 millim.
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NOCTTTIDJ-:.
Genus 0CHE0TEIG0NA, rov.
Type, 0. triavgtdifera, Hmpsn. (Bleptina), Moths Ind. iii.
p. 46 (1895).
Froboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, in male with
the 2nd joint reaching to vertex of head, very broadly scaled
in front and with tuft of hair behind at extremity lying in a
hollow formed by the scaling of the 3rd joint which is long,
curved forwards and fringed with very long hair in front
and with fringe of long curved hair behind from its inner
side, in female the 2nd joint obliquely upturned to far above
vertex of head, broadly scaled in front and somewhat angled
with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd with tuft of hair
in front and large triangular tuft behind, the tip somewhat
acuminate ; irons smooth with large pointed tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia and with fringe of hair above before middle ; thorax
clothed with hair and scales mixed, the metathorax with
large spreading crest ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair, the
mid tibiae of male more strongly fringed above ; abdomen
with dorsal series of crests to near extremity, the crest on
2nd segment large. Fore wing with the costa arched towards
apex which is somewhat produced, the terrnen evenly curved
and slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8
to form the areole : 11 from cell ; the male with very large
costal fold on underside extending to median nervure and
to beyond middle. Hind wing with the cell about one-third
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only ; the costa
highly arched in male towards base.
Genus PANGEAPTA.
Pangrapta, Hiibn. Verz. p. 343 (1827) decor alis, Hiibn.
Marmorinia, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 370 (1852) decoralis, Hiibn.
Saraca, Walk, xxxiv. 1190 (1865) disruptalis, Walk.
Pangrapta pexifers, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
grey-white ; antennae brown ; palpi with the extremities of
the 2nd and 3rd joints white ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white tinged with brown, the fore tibiae
and tarsi banded -white and brown. Fore wing red-brown
mixed with grey-white, the postmedial area browner especially
towards costa ; a rather oblique whitish subbasal line defined
at sides by brown ; antemedial line whitish defined at sides
by brown, incurved in the cell and excurved below it ; a
white bar in middle of cell ; reniform grey defined by dark
PANGRAPTA.
561
brown except above and at sides defined by white ; medial
line dark brown defined on outer side by whitish towards
costa, oblique to discal fold, then waved ; postmedial line
white defined at sides by dark brown, oblique and sinuous
to discal fold, incurved and waved below vein 4, some white
points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish defined
at sides by brown, oblique to vein 6 below which it is bent
inwards, then waved and angled inwards at vein 3 ; a series
of dark points just before termen and a whitish line at base
of cilia. Hind wing red-brown mixed with grey-white, the
postmedial area browner ; a slightly waved dark brown
antemedial line defined on outer side by white ; an elliptical
grey-brown discoidal spot, defined by dark brown and with
a white patch beyond it ; postmedial line white defined at
sides by dark brown, waved, oblique from discal fold to lower
angle of cell ; a waved whitish subterminal line defined at
sides by brown, diffused on inner side ; a series of dark points
just before termen and whitish line at base of cilia. Under-
side red-brown mixed with grey-white on basal half ; fore
wing with small dark spot defined by white in middle of cell
and grey-white discoidal lunule defined by dark brown except
above and with white mark beyond it, the postmedial line
distinct, oblique to vein 6, then waved, a subterminal series
of white points defined at sides by dark brown ; hind wing
with sinuous brown antemedial line, grey-white discoidal
lunule defined by dark brown except above, waved white
postmedial line defined on outer side by dark brown, and
interrupted waved white subterminal line.
Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo (Cowan), 1 3 type. Exp.
30 millim.
Paugrapta cryptoleuca, n. ap.
3. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with
white ; antennae brown, the basal joint white on outer side ;
palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints ringed with dark brown ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated
with a few brown scales, more thickly irrorated towards
extremity of abdomen, the fore tibiae banded with dark
brown, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing
chocolate-brown tinged with grey, the costal area to the
postmedial line and the apical part of terminal area with
white mixed ; a slightly waved dark brown subbasal line ;
antemedial line dark brown, strong, oblique to above vein 1,
then bent inwards to inner margin ; a white bar defined on
outer side by dark brown in middle of cell ; reniform red-brown
mixed with white and defined at sides by dark brown, narrow,
somewhat angled inwards at median nervure ; a triangular
chocolate-brown mark at middle of costa ; postmedial line
dark brown, defined on outer side by white towards costa.
5G2
XOCTUIDJE.
oblique to vein 6, then waved, incurved below vein 4, some
whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line white,
oblique and sinuous to vein 6, then greyish defined at sides by
brown, waved ; a terminal series of minute dark lunules defined
on inner side by whitish ; cilia rufous with some dark brown
at tips at middle and towards tornus. Hind wing chocolate-
brown mixed with grey ; an oblique sinuous dark brown
antemedial line with a whitish discoidal bar on its outer side ;
a slightly waved dark brown medial line, arising at vein 6
and incurved below vein 3 ; post medial line dark brown
defined on outer side by whitish, slightly dentate, arising at
vein 7, and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish
tinged with rufous and defined at sides by brown, on inner side
strongly defined by chocolate-brown from vein 7 to inner
margin, curved ; a waved dark brown terminal line defined
on inner side by white ; cilia rufous with some dark brown
at tips at the veins. Underside rufous mixed with white,
the costal and inner areas of fore wing and the base and inner
area of hind wing mostly white ; fore wing with white bar at
middle of cell with dark point on it and white discoidal bar
with dark striga in centre, medial white bars defined on
inner side by dark brown from costa and cell, postmedial line
black-brown, oblique towards costa, angled inwards at discal
fold and strongly incurved below vein 4, subterminal line
waved, oblique and white to vein b, then dark and rather
diffused ; hind wing with black mark from costa near base,
black-brown discoidal lunule constricted at middle and with
some white in upper and lower parts, rufous medial line
defined at sides by diffused black- brown, strongly excurved
beyond the cell, then oblique and sinuous, postmedial line
rufous defined on inner side by black-brown and slightly
on outer side by brown, curved and slightly w'aved, a rufous
subterminal shade defined on inner side by diffused black-
brown between veins 4 and 1.
Hah. Br. N. Guinea, Kumusi R. (Meek), 1 £ type. Exp.
30 millim.
Pangrapta earner unia, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with brown ;
palpi red-brown, the 3rd joint whitish and brown ; tarsi
dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing grey suffused with
brown ; indistinct slightly sinuous pale subbasal and ante-
medial lines faintly defined at sides by brown ; medial line
rather diffused, brown, excurved belowr costa, then oblique ;
two dark discoidal points ; postmedial line whitish defined
at sides by brown, diffused on outer side, oblique to vein fi,
excurved to vein 4, then inwardly oblique, some white points
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of slight white points
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on the veins defined by dark brown ; a slightly waved dark
terminal line ; cilia grey at base, dark brown at middle, the
tips white mixed with brown. Hind Aving grey suffused
Avith broAAUi ; an oblique sinuous broAATi antemedial line ;
a whitish point defined by dark broAvn at lower angle of cell ;
postmedial line Avhitish defined at sides by chocolate- broAvn,
very slightly Avaved ; a subterminal series of white and dark
points on the veins with dark chocolate- b rown marks before
them in the interspaces except towards costa ; a fine Avaved
dark terminal line. Underside grey suffused Avith reddish
broAvn ; fore whig with white point defined by broAvn in middle
of cell, broAvn medial line excurved to discal fold, dark dis-
coidal striga defined by whitish, postmedial line white and
oblique to vein 7, then grey defined at sides by broivn and
Avaved, a slight waved brown subterminal line produced to
white and dark points on the veins ; hind wing Avith dark
discoidal point placed on a whitish medial line defined at
sides by broAvn, postmedial line Avhitish defined at sides by
broAATi, Avaved, a slight waved broAvn subterminal line pro-
duced to white and broAvn points at the veins.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje (Bates), 2 £ type. Exp.
28 millim.
Pangrapta molybdina, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the last suffused
A\dth grey ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen
white irrorated Avith broAvn, the tarsi dark brown ringed
with white. Fore Aving red-brown mixed Avith grey, the ter-
minal area suffused with leaden grey, on tornal half extending
to the postmedial line ; a dark broAvn subbasal striga from
costa and waved antemedial line ; a small whitish spot in
middle of cell and discoidal bar defined by dark broAvn ; a
curved sinuous dark broAvn medial line ; postmedial line
dark broAvn, oblique towards costa, then slightly waved,
excurved to vein 4, then oblique, traversing a triangular
grey-white patch irrorated Avith brown on costal area ; some
white points on postmedial part of costa ; subterminal line
white and somewhat dentate to discal fold, then faint and
waved ; a fine dark terminal line ; • cilia dark brown with a
yellowish AA'hite line at base and yelloAArish white tips except
at middle. Hind wing dark broAvn mixed Avith grey, a grey
patch on apical area before termen ; a dark discoidal bar
defined on outer side by Avhite and Avith a faint sinuous
broAvn line from it to inner margin ; a slightly waved dark
broAvn postmedial line Avith a dark shade beyond it on post-
medial area ; a Avaved whitish subterminal line from vein 5
to inner margin, defined at sides by dark brown and Avith
an oblique dark shade from its upper extremity to middle of
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termen ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia yellowish white
at base, with dark line at middle, the tips yellowish white
chequered with dark brown at the veins. Underside white
irrorated with dark brown, the terminal areas broadly suffused
with dark brown except towards costa of fore wing ; fore
wing with brown medial line, oblique towards costa, then
sinuous, postmedial line oblique towards costa, then waved
and incurved below vein 4, subterminal fine white and dentate
to vein 6 with dark brown marks beyond it above and below
vein 7, then double brown and waved ; hind wing with
sinuous dark antemedial line, white discoidal lunule defined
on inner side by a black striga, waved dark postmedial line,
the postmedial area dark except tcwards inner margin, a
dentate whitish subterminal line defined on outer side by
brown.
Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 <J- type. Exp. 32 milhrn.
Pangrapta transducta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the last tinged
with grey ; antennae pale ; palpi brown irrorated with white,
the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with in own,
the tarsi dark brown ringed with white. Fore wing red -brown
tinged wit h grev, the costal area irrorated with whitish
forming a triangular whitish patch irrorated with brown
on postmedial costal area ; an oblique dark subbasal striga
from costa \ antemedial line dark brow n, defined on inner
side by whitish, waved ; a small dark spot in middle of cell
and an indistinct discoidal bar defined on outer side by rufous ;
an indistinct brown medial line, excurved beyond the cell,
then oblique and sinuous ; postmedial line dark brown,
traversing the whit ish costal patch, excurved from below
costa to vein 4, then oblique and sinuous ; a dentate whitish
subterminal line defined on inner side bj7 dark ied-brown
suffusion on costal half ; a fine dark terminal line and oclireous
line at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown suffused with
purplish grey ; an indistinct dark antemedial line and black
point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line dark brown,
very slightly waved ; a dentate reddish ochreous subterminal
line defined on inner side by chocolate- brown suffusion,
excurved at middle ; a fine waved blackish terminal line
and whitish line at base of cilia. Underside white irrorated
with dark red-brown, the terminal areas suffused with red-
brown except towards costa of fore wing ; fore wing with
small white spot in middle of cell and discoidal bar with
dark striga in centre, the postmedial line oblique towards
costa, then waved ; hind wing with white discoidal patch
with rather K -shaped black mark on it placed on the slightly
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565
sinuous brown antemedial line, and slightly waved dark
postinedial line defined on outer side by white, the subterminal
line white defining the outer edge of the dark postmedial
shade.
Hcib. Up. Burma, Bhamo {Bingham), 2 q type. Exp.
34 millim.
Pangrapta pelidna, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown tinged with
grey ; antennae ringed with whitish ; palpi, pectus and legs
dark brown mixed with white, the palpi with the extremities
of 2nd and 3rd joints white, the tarsi ringed with white ;
ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing red-brown
mixed with grey ; a curved brown subbasal line from costa
to submedian fold ; antemedial line brown, rather diffused,
defined on inner side by white towards costa, waved ; a small
whitish spot in middle of cell ; traces of a sinuous brown
medial line, oblique to lower angle of cell, then inwardly
oblique ; some brown suffusion on costal area before the
postmedial line which is dark brown defined on outer side
by white towards costa, oblique to vein 6, then sinuous and
inwardly oblique below vein 5, a triangular patch of whitish
suffusion beyond it on costal area, and some white points
on costa ; a faint waved brown subterminal line ; an oblique
whitish streak from apex and a fine dark terminal line ;
cilia red-brown at base with darker line at middle, the tips
yellowish white chequered with dark brown, wholly dark
between veins 4 and 3. Hind wing with the basal half
ochreous white mixed with red-brown, the terminal half
brown suffused with grey ; a brown discoidal striga with
faint line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line dark brown,
sinuous, a fuscous brown shade beyond it ; a faint somewhat
dentate whitish subterminal line, slightly defined on inner side
bv red-brown except towards costa ; a fine dark terminal line ;
cilia red-brown at base with dark line at middle, the tips
yellowish white chequered with dark brown. Underside
ochreous white irrorated with red-brown, the terminal areas
broadly suffused with rufous except towards costa of fore
wing which is suffused with white ; fore wing with small
white spot in middle of cell and narrow discoidal lunule
defined on outer side by brown, the postmedial line oblique
to vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; hind wing
with faint sinuous red-brown antemedial line, brown discoidal
striga, sinuous postmedial line defined on outer side by
whitish, then by a fuscous shade, and waved red-brown
postmedial line faintly defined on inner side by ochreous
white.
Iiab. C. China, Hupeh, Lui-Shin-Tze ( Betton ), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
566
NOCTUIDiE.
Pangrapta mesacta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with
some red-brown ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white mixed with red-brown, the tarsi browner ringed
with white. Fore wing grey-white irrorated with red-brown,
the medial area except towards costa and the area before the
subterminal line from below costa to vein 4 suffused with
rufous, extending to the postmedial line at middle ; a curved
red-brown subbasal line defined on outer side by white from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line white defined on outer
side by diffused red -brown, waved ; a small brown annulus
in middle of cell and white discoidal lunule defined by brown
and with curved brown striga in centre, a brown line from it
to inner margin, excurved below submedian fold ; postmedial
line white defined on inner side by diffused dark brown,
slightly waved, oblique to vein 6, incurved beloAV vein 4
and excurved below submedian fold, some white points beyond
it on costa with dark brown between them ; subterminal line
white defined on outer side by diffused brown, slightly waved,
excurved at middle ; a dark terminal line ; cilia fulvous
yellow’ and dark brown with a white line at base. Hind wing
grey-white mixed with red-brown, the terminal area suffused
with rufous ; a white discoidal lunule broken up into spots
and with curved black-brown striga in centre and indistinct
oblique line from it to inner margin ; postmedial line w hite
defined on inner side by diffused dark brown and slightly
on outer side by brown, slightly sinuous, excurved at middle ;
subterminal line white defined on inner side by diffused
dark brown, somewhat dentate and the white obsolescent at
middle ; a fine blackish terminal line ; cilia red-brown,
white at base. Underside white irrorated with brown, the
terminal areas broad]}’ suffused with fulvous except towards
costa of fore wing ; fore wing with white spot with brown
striga in centre at middle of cell and white discoidal lunule
with curved brown striga in centre, the postmedial fine
indistinct, the white subterminal line obsolete below vein 6
and with dark suffusion beyond it on apical part of termen ;
hind wing with white discoidal bar with rather K-shaped
brown mark on it and sinuous brown line from it to inner
margin, sinuous dark brown postmedial line slightly defined
on outer side by white, obsolescent towards costa, a dark
brown subterminal shade, obsolescent towards costa and with
its outer edge dentate.
Hab. Bhutan (Dudgeo7i), 1 $ type. Exp. 36 millim.
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Pangrapta albiseriata, n. sp.
Head white suffused with rufous ; tegulse rufous ;
thorax dark red- brown with some white scales ; abdomen
grey-white mixed with dark red-brown and with fine red-
brown segmental lines ; palpi white irrorated with red-brown,
the extremities of the 2nd and 3rd joints white ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen white, the tarsi brown
ringed with white. Fore wing pale purplish grey, the basal
area thickly irrorated with red-brown, the medial area slightly
irrorated, the terminal area suffused with red-brown ; a
waved dark brown subbasal line from costa to submedian
fold ; antemedial line dark brown, diffused, waved, defined
on inner side by white towards costa ; a minute dark brown
spot in middle of cell and narrow discoidal lunule placed on a
diffused medial line, oblique to upper angle of cell ; post-
medial line dark brown, slightly defined on outer side by
white, minutely waved, oblique to vein 6 and angled outwards
at submedian fold, some white points beyond it on costa ;
a faint subterminal series of slight dark spots, excurved below
vein 7 and incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal series of slight
brown strife ; cilia pale at base and tips, blind wing whitish
tinged with red -brown, the basal half irrorated with dark
brown ; a diffused chocolate-brown antemedial line ; an
oblique dark discoidal striga defined by white ; postmedial
line double, chocolate-brown minutely waved, the outer line
diffused ; a macu ate white subterminal line defined on inner
side by diffused chocolate-brown and slightly on outer side,
arising at vein 7, angled outwards at vein 5, forming a larger
spot below vein 4 and ending at tornus, an oblique chocolate-
brown patch from it to middle of termen ; a waved dark
terminal line ; cilia dark beyond the patch, the t ps w hite
chequered with dark brown. Underside white slightly
irrorated with brown to the postmedial line and on costal
area of fore wing to apex, the rest of wings bright red-brown
with a triangular white patch on tornal area of hind wing ,
fore wing with faint diffused rufous medial line, two dark
discoidal points, postmedial line dark brown, angled outwards
below costa, then incurved to submedian fold, a maculate
brown subterminal line, oblique and defined on inner side by
white to vein 6 ; hind wing with faint rufous antemedial line,
two black discoidal points, sinuous dark postmedial line with
slight dark shade beyond it, a broad dark subterminal shade
emitting an oblique patch to middle of termen, v ith vhite
spots near its outer edge from below costa to discal fold and
lunulate white band on its outer side below vein 4.
Hob. Borneo, Pulo Laut, {Doherty), 1 $ type. Exp. 30
millim.
568
NOCTURE)^.
Pangrapta macaviana, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax dark red -brown suffused with grey ;
abdomen grey-white irrorated with brown ; antennae ringed
with white towards base ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen white irrorated with red-brown, the palpi
with the 3rd joint white at base and tips, the tarsi red-brown
ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown mixed with whitish
and suffused with grey ; a curved dark brown subbasal line
from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line dark brown
defined on inner side by some white, waved ; a black-brown
spot in middle of cell ; reniform greyish, defined on inner side
by black-brown and slightly on outer side by brown ; medial
line dark brown, oblique to the reniform and waved below it ;
postmedial line oblique and white towards costa, then dark
brown, waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, some white
points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct waved whitish sub-
terminal line defined on outer side by some red-brown and
with diffused red -brown before it from below costa to vein 5 ;
a dark terminal line and fine white line at base of cilia.
Hind wing red-brown mixed with some whitish and suffused
with grey ; an oblique white discoidal bar with dark striga
at centre and faint oblique diffused brown line from its inner
side to inner margin ; postmedial line dark brown slightly
defined on outer side by white, minutely waved, almost
obsolete towards costa ; a slight waved whitish subterminal
line defined on inner side by dark brown, almost obsolete
towards costa and with oblique dark brown mark beyond it
between veins 6 and 4 ; a dark terminal line and fine white
line at base of cilia. Underside white irrorated with red -brown,
the terminal area broadly suffused with red-brown except
towards costa of fore wing and tornus of hind wing ; fore
wing with white spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule
with curved dark striga in centre, traces of a waved red-brown
medial line, postmedial line double, dark brown, the outer
line less distinct, arising at vein 7 and incurved between
veins 5 and 2, curved dark brown crescentic subterminal
marks above and below vein 7 with a white patch below
them ; hind wing with indistinct red-brown antemedial line,
a dark striga on upper discocellular and point at loAver angle
of cell, a slightly waved dark postmedial line, and faint waved
white subterminal line defined on inner s de by diffused dark
brown.
Hah. Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim.
Pangrapta dialitha, n. sp.
§. Head and thorax red-brown tinged with grey ; abdomen
dark brown tinged with grey ; palpi with the 3rd joint dark
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brown towards tips which are white ; pectus and ventral
surface of abdomen pale reddish brown, the tarsi dark brown.
Fore wing red-brown irrorated with dark brown, the costal
area suffused with chocolate-brown ; a diffused dark subbasal
mark on costa ; antemedial line black-brown, waved, with
white points on it at submedian fold and inner margin ; a
black point in middle of cell and discoidal bar ; a rather
diffused black-brown medial line, excurved at middle and
angled outwards at vein 1 ; postmedial line black-brown,
rather diffused at costa and excurved below it, then dentate
and produced to minute white spots at the veins, oblique
below vein 4 ; a diffused dentate black-brown subterminal
hue, angled outwards at vein 7 and inwards above and below
vein 5 ; a waved black-brown terminal line, forming minute
spots at the interspaces ; cilia rufous at base. Hind wing
red-brown irrorated with black-brown ; a rather diffused
black-brown discoidal spot with line from it to inner margin ;
a double dentate black-brown postmedial line with series of
minute white spots on each line ; a rather diffused maculate
dentate black-brown subterminal line ; a waved black-
brown terminal line forming minute spots at the interspaces ;
cilia rufous at base. Underside reddish brown suffused with
grev ; fore wing with two red-brown spots defined on outer
side by ochreous white on medial part of costa ; hind wing
with faint diffused medial and postmedial brown lines.
Hcib. N. Borneo, Sandakan {Fryer), 1 9 tyPe- Exp.
36 millim.
Pangrapta holopliaea, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark olive-brown suffused
with grey ; antennae ringed with white towards base ; palpi,
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated
with red -brown, the palpi with the extremities of the 2nd
and 3rd joints white, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white.
Fore wing dark olive-brown suffused with purplish grey ; a
curved brown subbasal striga from costa ; antemedial line
dark brown, waved ; a faint brown spot in middle of cell
and indistinct discoidal lunule ; a faint brown medial line,
oblique to the discoidal lunule and waved below it ; post-
medial line dark brown, defined on outer side by white towards
costa, oblique to vein 6 and inwardly oblique below vein 5,
some white points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line in-
distinct, reddish defined on outer side by dark brown, waved,
incurved at discal fold and below vein 3 ; a fine dark terminal
line ; cilia reddish ochreous at tips except between veins
4. 3. Hind wing dark olive-brown suffused with purple-
grey ; traces of a brown antemedial line ; a slight oblique
dark ’discoidal striga ; postmedial line dark brown, slightly
570
NOCTl'ID^.
sinuous ; a faint somewhat dentate rufous subterminal line
defined on outer side by dark brown, angled outwards at
discal fold ; a fine dark terminal line and pale line at base
of cilia which are red -brown with reddish ochreous tips
chequered with dark brown. Underside whitish tinged with
red -brown and irrorated with dark brown ; fore whig with
indistinct brown medial line angled outwards below costa,
then oblique, postmedial line dark brown, obliquely excurved
to vein 6, then oblique, traces of a pale waved subterminal
line faintly defined on each side by brown ; hind wing with
oblique brown antemedial line, slight curved discoidal striga
with dark point at lower angle of cell, straight • oblique daik
postmedial line, and faint pale subterminal line defined on
inner side by diffused brown.
Hab. Singapore (Ridley), 1 3 $ type ; Borneo, Sarawak
(Wallace), 1 Exp. 36 millim.
Pangrapta melacleptra, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some
whitish ; antennae ringed with whitish towards base ; palpi
with the 2nd and 3rd joints white at extremities ; pectus,
legs and ventral surface of abdomen with more white, the
fore tibiae with white point in front at middle, the tarsi
red-brown ringed with white. Fore wing red- brown slightly
tinged with grey ; a curved brown subbasal striga from
costa defined on outer side by whitish ; antemedial line dark
brown defined on inner side by whitish, incurved in the cell,
then rather oblique and sinuous ; a small round grey-brown
spot in middle of cell defined by whitish ; reniform grey-
brown defined by whitish, its centre defined by dark brown ;
a dark brown medial line, strongly excurved in the cell,
then waved ; postmedial line double, dark brown filled in
with whitish, oblique to vein 6, then waved, excurved to
vein 4, then somewhat incurved, some white points with dark
brown between them beyond it on costa ; a subterminal
series of dark brown and whitish points, forming more distinct
spots at veins 8, 7, incurved below vein 4 ; a series of black
and whitish points before termen and some dark brown
suffusion at middle of termen ; a fine brown terminal line
and whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing red-brown
tinged with purplish grey and slightly irrorated with dark
brown on basal half ; an ndistinct waved brown antemedial
line ; an elliptical grey-brown discoidal spot defined by
whitish ; a double waved dark brown postmedial line filled
in with whitish ; subterminal line represented by a series
of whitish points defined on each side by dark brown, on inner
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571
side forming small spots except towards costa, and a strong
bar towards inner margin ; a series of black and whitish
points before termen ; a fine brown terminal line and whitish
line at base of cilia. Underside red- brown tinged with grey,
the basal half with whitish mixed ; fore wing with black-
brown spot in middle of cell and discoidal lunule defined by
white, indistinct medial line angled outwards at middle,
post medial whitish fine as above but less distinctly defined,
and subterminal series of white and dark points ; hind wing
with waved brown antemedial fine defined on outer side by
white, the discoidal spot with white striga in centre, the
postmedial fine less distinctly defined, a subterminal series
of white points.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Mlanje ( Neave ), 1 $ ; Lorenzo
Marques, 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim.
Pangrapta seriopuncta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with
some whitish ; palpi rufous at base, ending obliquely at
middle of 3rd joint, the rest of which is black irrorated with
white, the 3rd joint banded white and black ; tarsi black
ringed with white ; ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore
wing purplish grey suffused with rufous and irrorated with
brown ; an indistinct sinuous brown antemedial fine and
faint medial shade ; postmedial fine brown defined on outer
side by whitish, oblique to vein 4, then inwardly oblique,
the costa beyond it with white points with black streak
between them ; a subterminal series of minute white spots
defined on outer side by black points ; a black-brown terminal
fine. Hind wing purplish grey suffused with rufous and
brown ; a white discoidal point placed on an obscure brown
shade ; a sinuous brown medial fine ; postmedial fine indis-
tinct, double, red-brown, filled in with whitish, sinuous,
the outer fine dentate ; a subterminal series of minute white
spots defined on outer side by black ; a black-brown terminal
fine ; the underside white suffused with rufous ; a minute
black discoidal lunule defined by white ; a curved sinuous
brown postmedial fine defined on outer side by white to
discal fold, a faint waved subterminal fine with some white
and black points on its outer side towards costa, and a blackish
terminal fine.
£. Purple-grey suffused with olive-brown and without, the
rufous tones.
Hab. Sierra Leone, Kennema Distr. (Mrs. Addison),
1 ^ type ; S. Nigeria, Lagos (Boag , 1 $. Exp. $ 20,
$ 26 millim.
NOCTUIDiE.
072
Pangrapta elassa, n. sp.
9- Head, thorax, and abdomen red -brown slightly tinged
with grey, the abdomen with dorsal series of slight white
bars ; palpi rufous to beyond middle of 2nd joint where it
ends obliquely, then black and white ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen oc-hreous tinged with red -brown,
the fore tibiae red- brown ringed with white, the tarsi dark
brown ringed with white. Fore wing red-brown tinged
with grey, the apical half of terminal area with some whitish ;
antemedial line dark brown defined on inner side by white
and oblique on costal area, then faint and waved ; a minute
oblique whitish mark in middle of cell and dark discoidal
bar defined by whitish ; medial line red-brown, excurved to
the discoidal bar, then ob’ique ; postmedial line red-brown
defined on outer side by white, oblique to vein 6, then inwardly
oblique and very slightly angled outwards at veins 4, 3 and
1, some white points beyond it on costa ; a subterminal
series of white and black points ; a fine dark terminal line ;
cilia pale red-brown with a dark line at middle and some
dark brown at tips at middle. Hind wing red-brown tinged
with grey ; a sinuous brown antemedial line ; a white dis-
coidal point ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side
by white, sinuous ; a somewhat dentate red- brown subterminal
line with a series of white and black points beyond it on the
veins ; cilia pale reddish with a dark line at middle, the tips
chequered with dark brown. Underside of fore wing rufous,
an oblique white lunule in middle of cell and discoidal bar
defined by dark brown, the area below end of cell dark brown
irrorated with white, postmedial line dark brown defined on
outer side by white, oblique to vein 7, inwardly oblique below
discal fold and angled outwards at vein 1, an indistinct
dentate brown subterminal line produced to black and white
points at the veins, some white suffusion on apical area ;
hind wing ochreous, the basal half irrorated with rufous, the
terminal half suffused with rufous, the inner area whitish, a
b ack discoidal point, medial 1 ne red-brown, excurved beyond
the cell and s ightly in submedian interspace, postmedial
line red-brown, defined on outer side by white to discal fo d,
ang ed outwards below costa and at discal fold and excurved
in submedian interspace, a dentate red-brown subterminal line
produced to white and dark points at the veins.
Hab. Gold Coast, Kumasi (Sanders), 1 9 type. Exp.
26 millim.
Pangrapta eucraspeda, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed with
grey ; antennae ringed w th wh'tish towards base ; palpi
ochreous rufous to middle of 2nd joint, then black-brown
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573
irrorated with white ; pectus, leg and ventral surface of
abdomen white inged with brown, the tars’ blacki h inged
with white. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated and in parts
suffused with dark brown ; a curved dark subbasal striga
irom costa ; antemedial line dark brown, oblique and defined
on inner side by white towards costa, then weaved ; a small
white spot defined by brown n midd e of cell and narrow
discoidal lunule ; medial line diffused dark brown oblique
towards costa and inner margin ; postmedial line Back
defined on outer side by white, ob ique to vein 6, incurved
below vein 4 and oblique towards inner margin, a dark shade
beyond it and some white points with dark brown between
them on costa ; an oblique Avhite shade from apex with
subterminal black points on it below costa and at vein 7,
then a series of slight whitish points defined by brown ; a
black terminal line ; cilia whitish tinged with brown at base,
a black medial line, the tips white with some black scales
at middle. Hind wing purplish grey irrorated with dark
brown, the basal area more suffused with dark brown ; a
diffused brown antemedial line ; postmedial line black,
excurved below costa and at middle, a faint brown line
beyond it, an indistinctly double diffused brown subterminal
line produced to white and black points at the veins, a black
terminal line ; cilia whitish finely pencilled with brown at
base, with black line at middle, the tips white with some
blackish at vein 3. Underside ochreous white irrorated with
rufous, the terminal areas more suffused with rufous ; fore
wing with small white spot defined by blackish in middle of
cell and discoidal lunule, faint red-brown medial line excurved
beyond the cell, postmedial line black defined on outer side
by white, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, a red-brown
shade beyond it, subterminal line white and blackish, dentate
and produced to white and black points at the veins ; hind
wing with minute white discoidal spot defined by blackish,
two curved red-brown medial lines, postmedial line dark
brown, excurved to vein 2, then sinuous, and whitish sub-
terminal line slightly defined by brown and produced to white
and blackish points at the veins.
Hab. Sierra Leone (Clements), 1 ; Cameroons, Ja R.,
Bitje (Bates), 1 $ type. Exp. $ 20, $ 22 millim.
Pangrapta euzonea, n. sp.
Head and thorax bright red-brown ; abdomen red-brown
mixed with purplish grey ; antennae dark brown ; palpi
red -brown mixed with whitish, the 3rd joint darker, the
extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen red-brown mixed with whitish,
574
N0CTTJIDJ3.
the tarsi darker, the hind tibiae at extremities, spurs and tarsi
ringed with white. Fore whig red -brown tinged with purple-
grey, the area beyond the postmedial line leaden grey except
towards costa ; a sinuous black subbasal striga from costa
defined on outer side by whitish ; a minutely waved black
antemedial line, stronger and defined on inner side by whitish
towards costa ; a minute black spot in middle of cell and
two discoidal points ; postmedial line black defined on outer
side by white, slightly waved except towards costa, oblique
to vein 5, then incurved, some black suffusion before it in
submedian interspace and some white points beyond it on
costa ; a waved black-brown subterminal line, almost obsolete
towards costa, with a minute white spot on it above vein 7,
larger oblique spot below 7, and minute reddish ochreous
spot at discal fold ; a waved black terminal line ; cilia brown
with yellow line at base and slight pale line near tips which are
chequered with blackish to vein 2. Hind wing grey tinged
with brown, the terminal area leaden grey ; a blackish
discoidal striga defined on outer side by white and with
traces of a diffused line from it to inner margin ; postmedial
line pure white, sinuous, with chocolate-brown suffusion
before it from vein 6 to submedian fold, and a fulvous yellow
patch beyond it between veins 6 and 2 ; subterminal line
fulvous yellow, white towards costa and tornus, defined on
inner side by chocolate-brown suffusion from below costa
to vein 5 and black below vein 5, waved between veins 6
and 2 ; a waved black terminal line ; cilia brown with a
yellow line at base and slight pale line near tips. Underside
bright red-brown ; fore wing with the costa irrorated with
whitish, the discal fold beyond the cell and the area below
the cell and vein 3 striated with white, a round white spot
in middle of cell with black point in centre and black discoidal
striga defined on each side by white, postmedial line blackish
defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below costa
then curved and slightly waved, a waved white subterminal
line with oblique spot on it below vein 7, then indistinct to
vein 2, the lunulate black terminal line defined on inner side
by white from above vein 7 to vein 5 ; hind wing striated
with white, a black discoidal lunule defined by white, slightly
waved postmedial line defined on outer side by white, and
dentate white subterminal line.
Hah. Dutch N. Guinea, Fak-fak (Pratt), 1 <$, 1 $ type.
Exp. 36 millim.
Genus THYROSTIPA, nov.
Type, T. spheeriphora, Moore ( Thyridospila ), P. Z. S. 1867,
p. 79 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 9 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
THYKOSTIPA. — EGNASIA.
575
front and slightly angled with hair behind at middle, the 3rd
long and slightly tufted with hair behind; Irons smooth,
with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with fasciculate ci ia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with
hair, the mid tibiae dilated wdh a fold containing a tuft of
long hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and
acute, the termen angled at vein 4, then oblique, not crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the termen produced to a point at vein
4 , the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from
angle , o fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus EUTRQGIA, nov.
Type, E. castanea, Moore ( Egnasia ), Lep. Atk. p. 184
(1882) ; Waterh. Aid, ii. pi. 173. f. 4 (1887) ; Hmpsn. Moths
Ind. iii. p. 17 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely
upturned to far above vertex of head, moderately scaled in
front and angled with hair above at middle, the 3rd long,
upturned, with tuft of hair behind at middle and acuminate
at tip ; fro ns smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male typically with slight bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and
without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
apex produced and acute, the termen excised to vein 4
where it is produced to a point, then oblique and crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the termen produced to points at
veins 7 and 4, then strongly crenulate ; the cell about one-
third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus EGNASIA.
Egnasia, Walk. xvi. 216 (1858) ephyrodalis, Walk.
Margana, Walk, xxxiv. 1520 (1865) seclusalis, Walk.
Matella, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 196 (1885) accingalis, Walk.
Spectrophysa , Swinh. Cat. Hot. Mus. Oxon. ii. p. 190
(1900) distorta, Swinh.
Egnasia trogosema
n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with fulvous
yellow ; antennae blackish ringed with white. Fore wing
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NOCTVIDJS.
fulvous yellow irrorated with dark brown ; a dark antemedial
line, oblique to above vein 1 where it is excurved, then
inwardly oblique ; a small round white spot defined by
blackish in middle of cell ; a white discoidal spot defined by
blackish, its upper part formed by two conjoined spots and
its lower extremity bilobate ; rather diffused curved blackish
medial and postmedial lines ; a rather lunulate dark terminal
line ; cilia white from vein 3 to tornus. Hind wing fulvous
yellow irrorated with dark brown ; a white discoidal spot
defined by black sh, its outer edge indented at middle ; rather
diffused curved blackish medial and postmedial lines, the
latter very slightly waved ; a waved blackish terminal line ;
cilia white, brown at tips. Underside white tinged with
fulvous yellow and irrorated with dark brown ; fore wing
with the spots indistinctly defined, the lines slightly waved ;
hind wing with the discoidal spot indistinctly defined.
Hah. Tr avan core, Trivandrum {Fergus son), 1 $ type.
Exp. 36 millim.
Egnasia microtype, n. sp.
0. Head, thorax, and abdomen white mixed with pale
red-brown ; palpi with the tuft behind the 3rd joint blackish ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white slightly
tinged’ with brown, the last with sublateral series of blackish
points. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with brown ;
antemedial line blackish, curved and slightly waved ; a small
semihyaline white spot defined by blackish in middle of
cell ; a semihyaline white discoidal mark defined by blackish,
bar-shaped above and expanding into a spot below ; a
blackish medial line, excurved below costa, then oblique
and touching the lower extremity of the discoidal mark ;
postmedial line black defined on each side by white, straight
and erect to vein 4, then slightly waved ; a subterminal
series of minute black points with a diffused spot at discal
fold ; the terminal area slightly tinged with rufous ; a terminal
series of blackish points defined on inner side by white ; cilia
pale red-brown with fuscous tips. Hind wing white thickly
irrorated with fuscous, the terminal area with a slight rufous
tinge ; a small triangular white spot defined by blackish at
lower angle of cell ; traces of a blackish medial line, incun ed
below vein 4 ; postmedial line black defined on each side by
white curved and slightly sinuous ; a faint double minutely
dentate blackish subterminal line filled in with white and with
black spot on it at vein 4 ; a terminal series of black striae
defined on inner side by white ; cilia pale red-brown with
fuscous tips . Underside white tinged with brown and irrorated
with black except on inner areas ; fore wing with some pale
yellow in the cell and on postmedial costal area, the costal
egnasia.
577
area tinged with rufous towards apex, some diffused black
m end of cell, the postmedial hne slightly bent inwards at
vemi V c ,d, wing with inverted comma-shaped discoidal
mark defined by black.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos, Ebute Meta ( Boaq ), 1 9 type
Exp. 20 millim.
Egnasia geminipuncta, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous tinged with pale
red-brown ; antennae browner ; tarsi pale red-brown ringed
with white. Fore wing ochreous tinged with red-brown
and irrorated with dark brown; a blackish subbasal striga
from costa and point in the cell ; an indistinct red- brown
antemeclial line on costal area and in submedian interspace •
two black discoidal points, placed on a curved rufous medial
hne which is indistinctly double to lower angle of cell ; post-
medial line blackish, arising from costa just beyond the
medial line, very oblique to vein 6, then minutely waved,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; a subterminal series of
small blackish spots with a slight rufous shade before them ;
a fine black terminal line ; cilia rufous at base, with blackish
hne at middle and the tips ochreous white with blackish
marks at veins 4, 3, 2. Hind wing ochreous tinged with
red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; two
obliquely-placed black discoidal points ; a rufous medial hne,
excurved beyond the cell, then sinuous ; postmedial hne dark
brown, cuived and somewhat dentate ; a subterminal series
of minute blackish spots with a slight rufous shade before
them; a fine dark terminal hne; cilia rufous at base with
blackish hne at middle, the tips ochreous white with blackish
marks at veins 7, 4, 3. Underside, ochreous white tinged and
irrorated with red-brown, the inner areas white ; fore wing
with minute white spot defined by red-brown hi middle of
cell, a straight erect red-brown medial hne from costa to
submedian fold, the discoidal points placed on a whitish bar
the postmedial hne very indistinct, the subterminal spots
more distinct with an ochreous white shade before them •
hind wing with the discoidal points placed on a sinuous rufous
medial line, the postmedial hne very indistinct, the sub-
terminal spots with a whitish shade before them.
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 $ type; Pulo Laut
(Doherty), 1 $. Exp>. 22 millim.
Egnasia microsema, n. sp.
<$. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark bluish grey suffused
with brown, the abdomen with slight white segmental lines
towards extremity, the anal tuft blackish ; hind legs and base
2 p
578
N0CTTTIDJ3
of abdomen with some whitish, the tarsi black-brown ringed
with white. Fore wing dark blu sh grey tinged with brown
and irrorated with blackish ; a subbasal black striga from
costa ; antemedial line black slightly defined on inner side
by white, waved ; a semihyaline white lunule in middle of
ce 1 and two discoidai points defined by black ; medial line
black, oblique towards costa, excurved beyond the cell, then
waved ; postmedial line black slightly defined on outer side
by white arising from costa just beyond the medial line
and waved except towards costa, very oblique to vein 6 and
incurved below vein 4 ; some white points on terminal part
of costa ; subterminal line indistinctly double, blackish,
filled in with rufous, waved, excurved from below costa to
vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series of minute black
lunules ; cilia dark brown, rufous at base. Hind wing dark
bluish grey tinged with brown and irrorated with blackish ;
a black discoidai point ; a slightly waved blackish medial
fine ; a waved black postmedial line ; subterminal line
indistinctly double, blackish filled in with rufous, minutely
dentate, oblique towards costa ; a terminal black line inter-
rupted at the veins ; cilia dark brown with a whitish line at
base, the tips pale towards tornus. Underside of fore wing
with a triangular chocolate-brown patch between the white
spots narrowing to a point at vein 1, a broad dark brown
shade before the subterminal line which is whitish tinged
with rufous and defined on outer side by blackish ; hind wing
with the subterminal line defined on inner side by a narrow
dark brown band from costa to discal fold and from above
vein 2 to 1.
Hab. Gold Coast, Bibianaha ( Spurrell ), 1 $ type. Exp.
22 millim.
Egnasia conifer, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax dark red-brown, the scales tipped
with violaceous white ; antennae dark brown ringed with
whitish ; palpi red-brown mixed with white, the extremity
of 2nd joint white ; abdomen dark red-brown mixed with
violaceous white ; pectus and legs red-brown mixed with
white, the tarsi red-brown ringed with white. Fore wing
dark red-brown strongly suffused and irrorated with violaceous
white, the outer half of medial area except towards costa
suffused with deep choclate-brown, emitting a diffused fascia
beyond the cell to near termen ; a dark brown subbasal bar
from costa defined on each side by violaceous white scales ;
antemedial line violaceous white defined on each side by rather
diffused chocolate- brown, slightly angled outwards below
costa, then oblique ; an indistinct dark medial line, excurved
EGNASIA.
579
below costa, then oblique ; postmedial line indistinct, dark,
oblique and defined on outer side by a white line to vein 6,
then inwardly oblique and slightly defined by white scales, a
truncate conical deep chocolate-brown patch defined by
white beyond it on costa with three white points at costa ;
subterminal line indistinct, maculate, blackish defined on
outer side by white scales, from the postmedial patch to inner
margin ; a lunulate black-brown terminal line ; cilia black-
brown with a whitish line at base. Hind whig dark reddish
brown strongly suffused and irrorated with violaceous white
except on costal area ; a sinuous dark medial line ; post-
medial line dark defined on outer side by white, slightly
incurved below discal fold ; subterminal line fulvous yellow
strongly defined on inner side by black-brown and slightly
on outer side except towards costa, excurved at discal fold ;
a rather lunulate black- brown terminal line ; cilia black-brown
with a whitish fine at base. Underside red-brown, the fore
wing to the postmedial line and the costal area to termen
and the hind wing to beyond the postmedial line strongly
irrorated with white ; fore wing with slight blackish discoidal
lunule defined by white, the postmedial line white, excurved
to discal fold, then incurved ; hind wing with dark medial
line slightly excurved just beyond the cell, the postmedial
line white, slightly waved to discal fold.
Hab. Philippines, Luzon, Mt. Makiling {Baker), 1 $ type.
Exp. 34 millim.
Egnasia rufifusalis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and base of abdomen pale purplish grey
faintly tinged with brown, the rest of abdomen suffused with
red-brown with purplish grey segmental lines ; palpi tinged
with red-brown, the 3rd joint with the tuft blackish and white
tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish
tinged with red- brown, the tarsi brown ringed with white.
Fore wing pale purplish grey slightly tinged -with red -brown ;
minute black subbasal points on and below costa ; antemedial
black points on and below costa and an oblique line from
cell to inner margin ; an oblique black striga on upper disco-
cellulars and minute spot at lower angle of cell ; a dark
medial line, oblique to just before upper angle of cell and
strongly incurved below the cell ; postmedial line dark
faintly defined on outer side by whitish, slightly waved,
oblique to vein 6 and strongly incurved below vein 5, some
white points with blackish between them beyond it on costa ;
a subterminal series of minute blackish spots defined on inner
side by whitish, oblique below vein 4 ; a black terminal
line ; cilia pale reddish at base, then black with the tips
white in the interspaces. Hind wing pale purplish grey
2 p 2
580
NOCTUID-ffi.
slightly irrorated with blackish, the area between the medial
and subterminal lines suffused with rufous except towards
costa ; two minute black discoidal spots ; a rather diffused
dark medial line, somewhat incurved be ow vein 4 ; post-
media line blackish, double and filled in with white to
vein 2, then with diffused white patch on its outer side,
excurved to vein 4, then incurvr d ; a slightly waved white
subterminal line defined on outer side by black marks in the
interspaces ; a black terminal line ; cilia rufous at base,
with black line at middle and white tips. Underside of
fore wing pale rufous mixed with whitish and shghtly irrorated
with fuscous, the inner area white, a white spot with black
centre in middle of cell, diffused dark medial line excurved
in the cell, whitish discoidal bar with two black points on it,
the postmedial and subterminal lines as above ; hind wing
whitish irrorated with blackish and tinged with rufous except
on inner area, a black subbasal striga from costa, a blackish
discoidal lunule, its lower extremity touching the diffused
slightly waved dark medial line incurved below the cell, an
interrupted curved waved black postmedial line defined on
outer side by white, and waved white subterminal line defined
on each side by blackish.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje {Bates), 1 $ type. Exp.
20 millim.
Egnasia scotopasta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with grey,
the head, tegulae and abdomen with black mixed ; legs
suffused with brown, the tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing
whitish tinged -with brownish grey and shghtly irrorated with
blackish, the costal edge blackish towards base ; an ante-
medial black point on costa ; a black point in middle of
cell and a rather cruciform discoidal mark formed by four
black points ; an oblique black striga from middle of costa
and traces of an incurved line below the cell ; postmedial
line very indistinct with black striga from costa, then oblique
to discal fo d where there is a minute black spot, then inwardly
oblique and with more distinct striga on submedian fold,
some white points beyond it on costa with blackish between
them ; a subterminal series of blackish points defined on
inner side by whitish ; a rather lunulatc terminal line ; cilia
white at base, blackish at tips. Hind wing whitish tinged
with brownish grey, the basal area whiter, the area between
the medial and subterminal lines suffused with black ; two
obliquely placed black discoidal points ; medial line indistinct,
black, excurved beyond the cell ; postmedial line whitish
defined by black, oblique to vein 4 where it is strongly angled
outwards, then sinuous and with diffused white beyond it
EURASIA.
581
on inner area ; sub terminal line whitish, defined on outer
side by small black spots below vein 6, oblique to vein 5,
then somewhat dentate ; a rather lunulate black terminal
line ; cilia white at base, blackish at tips. Underside whitish
tinged with red-brown and irrorated with blackish except
on inner areas ; fore wing with small spot in middle of cell
and discoidal lunule, white with black centres and defined by
black irroration, a brown medial line excurved below costa,
postmedial line oblique to vein 6 then inwardly oblique and
diffused, a diffused streak beyond it at discal fold, traces of a
subterminal series of small dark spots ; hind wing with black
discoidal lunule touching the brown medial line which is
slightly excurved beyond the cell, a sinuous brown postmedial
line, subterminal line white defined on each side by diffused
blackish, incurved below costa and somewhat dentate below
vein 5.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Lagos ( Boag ), 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Egnasia trogocraspia, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white suffused with
red-brown ; palpi with the 3rd joint ringed with white ;
tarsi red-brown ringed with white. Fore wing greyish
suffused with red-brown and slightly irrorated with dark
brown ; an indistinct dark antemedial line, oblique to sub-
median fold ; an indistinct blackish discoidal bar ; medial
line indistinct, blackish, oblique to the discoidal bar at discal
fold, then inwardly oblique ; postmedial line very indistinct,
oblique to vein 4, then incurved and slightly waved, some
whitish points with blackish between them beyond it on
costa ; a subterminal series of small blackish spots defined
on inner side by white and with a rufous shade before them ,
a terminal series of slight black lunules ; cilia red-brown
at base, then fuscous with- the tips yellowish white except
at veins 4, 3, 2. Hind wing greyish suffused with red -brown
and slightly irrorated with dark brown ; a slight dark discoidal
mark and black point at lower angle of cell , an indistinct
sinuous blackish medial line, excurved beyond the cell; a
fine minutely dentate brown postmedial line ; a subterminal
series of slight blackish points faintly defined on inner side
by whitish; a terminal series of blackish striae ; cilia red-
brown at base, with fine black line at middle and greyish
tips Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with rufous
and irrorated with red-brown, the inner area white, the
postmedial costal area suffused with white, a whitish spot
defined by brown in middle of cell and whitish discoidal
bar with black striga in centre, medial line red-brown, excurved
in the cell, postmedial line indistinct, very obliquely bent
582
noctuida:.
outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4, a subterminal
series of small black spots defined on inner side by white
towards costa, then faintly by whitish ; hind wing white
thickly irrorated and striated with red-brown, a slight dark
discoidal striga, medial line excurved beyond the cell, slightly
waved postmedial line, waved white subterminal line defined
on inner side by red-brown, a blackish terminal line, lunulate
and defined on inner side by white below vein 4.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Ilesha ( Humfrey ), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
Genus MICROSELENE, nov.
Type, M. mesostipa.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to far above vertex of head, moderately fringed with
hair in front, produced to a slight point at extremity and
angled with hair behind at middle, the 3rd long, with tuft of
hair behind towards extremity which is acuminate ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely
with scales and without crests ; build slender ; mid and hind
tibiae with slight tufts of hair at the spurs ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced
and acute, the termen oblique below vein 4 and hardly crenu-
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole
and 10 rather approximated to 8, 9 just beyond the areole ;
1 1 from cell. Hind wing with the termen produced to a slight
point at vein 7 and angled at vein 4, then crenulate ; the cell
nearly half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully
developed from below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Microselene mesostipa, n. sp.
3. Head, thorax, and base of abdomen red-brown mixed
with ochreous whitish, the rest of abdomen blackish brown
mixed with white and with white segmental lines ; antennae
red-brown ringed with white towards base ; palpi dark
brown mixed with whitish, the 3rd joint white at base and
tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white
irrorated with dark brown, the tarsi black-brown ringed
with white. Fore wing reddish brown irrorated with blackish
and shot with blue-grey in certain lights ; an oblique black
antemcdial striga from costa defined on inner side by white ;
a narrow semihyaline white lunule in middle of cell and two
black discoidal points ; a dark medial shade, oblique to
MIC1I0SELENE. GRACILODES.
583
upper angle of cell and incurved below the cell ; postmedial
line blackish, oblique and defined on outer side by white to
vein 6, excurved to vein 4, then incurved and minutely
waved, some white points with blackish between them beyond
it on costa ; a subterminal series of minute black spots
defined on inner side by white ; a blackish terminal line.
Hind wing reddish brown mixed with some white and irrorated
with darker brown ; two black discoidal points and a faint
slightly waved line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
a curved minutely waved dark postmedial line slightly defined
on outer side by white ; a straight white subterminal line
defined on inner side by rufous and on outer by dentate
black points ; a black terminal line. Underside dark brown
mixed with white and shot with rufous in certain lights ;
fore wing with the white lunule in the cell defined by black,
a medial black shade from costa to submedian fold, broad
in the cell, a black discoidal bar defined by white, blackish
postmedial line defined on outer side by white, oblique to
discal fold, then erect, a diffused blackish line beyond it
between veins 6 and 3, the sub terminal spots faint ; hind wing
with black discoidal lunule on a diffused dark brown line,
postmedial line blackish defined on outer side by white,
angled outwards at discal fold, then slightly sinuous, a slight
somewhat dentate white subterminal line defined on each side
by blackish, on inner side diffused.
Hab. S ik him (Moller), 1 £ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Genus GRA.CILODES. T
Gracilodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 369 (1852) nysa, Guen.
Gracilodes metopis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown, the last
tinged with grey-white towards extremity ; palpi reddish
brown, the 3rd 'joint white at base and tips ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown,
the fore tibise brown in front, the tarsi white. Fore wing
fuscous brown tinged with grey ; antemedial line blackish
defined on inner side by white, slightly excurved below costa
and more strongly at vein 1 ; a black point m middle of
cell and two minute white discoidal spots , a diffused dark
medial line, oblique below discal fold; postmedial line
blackish defined on outer side by a triangular white mark
at costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; a fine dark terminal
line Hind wing fuscous brown tinged with grey ; an
oblique black discoidal striga ; medial line blackish, oblique,
angled outwards above inner margin near tornus ; post-
medial line black, defined on outer side by white below vein 4,
584
NOCTTTIDiE.
angled outwards below submedian fold to near termen and
excurved above tornus, a cupreous -tinged patch beyond it
below its angle with a slight metallic blue spot on termen ;
a black terminal line with a white band before it below vein
3 ; cilia fuscous, chequered white and black below vein 3.
Underside fuscous brown irrorated with blue-white ; fore wing
with white point in middle of cell and two discoidal points,
the postmedial line indistinct ; hind wing with the inner area
bluish white, a black discoidal point with some white below
it, the medial and postmedial lines indistinct.
Hcib. N. Nigeria, Baro ( Macfie ), 1 type ; Cameroons,
Ja R., Bitje (Bates), 1 <$. Exp. 32-36 millim.
Gracilodes nycticliroa, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with
some whitish, the last with the penultimate segment white
irrorated with brown, the anal segment chocolate-red and
the anal tuft reddish ochreous ; palpi rufous ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen white irrorated with brown,
the tarsi white. Fore wing fuscous brown ; antemedial line
blackish defined on inner side by whitish, rather oblique,
sinuous, a semihyaline white bar on it in the cell ; a semi-
hyaline white discoidal bar expanding into a small spot
below ; an oblique blackish line from lower angle of cell to
inner margin ; postmedial line blackish with a small white
mark at costa and defined on outer side by whitish towards
inner margin, excurved below costa, then oblique ; the apex
slightly irrorated with blue-white. Hind wing fuscous brown ;
a curved semihyaline white discoidal bar ; an oblique black
postmedial line defined on outer side by whitish, sinuous
and defined by pure white towards inner margin ; cilia
white at tips towards tornus. Underside of fore wing fuscous
brown suffused and irrorated with blue-white, a small white
spot in middle of cell and discoidal bar constricted at middle ;
hind wing blue-white irrorated with brown, a sinuous white
discoidal bar defined by blackish above, an oblique sinuous
postmedial series of points becoming a line towards inner
margin. *
Hab. Uganda, Entebbe ( M inchin , Neave), 1 1 $ type.
Exp. $ 48, $ 54 millim.
Gracilodes disticlia, n. sp.
cj. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown, the last
with slight white segmental lines, a chocolate-red dorsal
patch on anal segment and the anal tuft ochreous ; frons,
GRACILODES.
585
palpi and fore femora and tibiae rufous, the tarsi yellowish
white ; mid and hind legs, pectus and ventral surface of
abdomen white slightly irrorated with brown . Fore wing
fuscous brown ; antemedial line blackish defined on inner
side by whitish and with a semihyaline white bar on it in
the cell ; two small semihyaline white discoidal spots ; post-
medial line blackish defined on outer side by whitish and
with a small white mark at costa, excurved below costa,
then oblique. Hind wing fuscous brown ; a small semi-
liyaline white discoidal spot defined by blackish ; post-
medial line black defined on outer side by white, oblique,
ending at tornus ; cilia white at base and tips from vein 3
to tornus. Underside of fore wing fuscous brown irrorated
with blue-white and with some blue-white suffusion at base,
the costal edge rufous towards base, a small white spot in
middle of cell and two discoidal spots ; hind wing more
thickly irrorated with blue-white especially towards base,
the inner area Avhite, two white discoidal spots defined by
brown, the upper minute, a curved postmedial series of
white points.
Hab. Cameroons, Ja R., Bitje {Bates), 1 $ type. Exp.
40 millim.
Gracilodes opisthenops, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown mixed with
white, the pectus, hind legs and ventral surface of abdomen
whiter. Fore wing fuscous brown mixed with white ; a
curved blackish antemedial line defined on inner side by
white ; a black point in middle of cell and elliptical discoidal
spot defined by blackish ; postmedial line blackish defined
on outer side by white, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly
oblique, some minute white spots beyond it on costa ; a
terminal series of minute black spots defined on inner side
by whitish striae. Hind wing fuscous brown, the basal half
irrorated with white, the terminal half tinged with white ,
a white discoidal bar ; postmedial line blackish defined on
outer side by white, oblique, .slightly bent inwards above
inner margin ; a blackish terminal fine defined on inner
side by white, incurved and with a rufous spot beyond it
below vein 2. Underside brown suffused with whitish ;
both wings with slight white discoidal striae ; fore wing with
small white spots on terminal part of costa ; hind wing
with curved blackish postmedial line defined on outer side
by white, the white before the terminal line as above.
Hab. S. Nigeria, Old Calabar [Crompton), 2 <$, Jemmata
{Simpson), 1 ? type. Exp. 20-22 millim.
586
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Genus GRACIL0P8IS, nov.
Type, G. guianensis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head and slightly angled
behind at middle, in male with a thick fringe of scales in
front and a tuft of hair from the angle behind, in female
moderately scaled in front and with a few hairs from the
angle behind, the 3rd joint very long and smoothly scaled ;
frons smooth, the lower part with a patch of scale-less mem-
brane edged by scales at sides and a tuft of scales above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without
crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with some
rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the costa arched, the apex somewhat produced,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the cell less than half the length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from below middle of
discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only. .
Gracilopsis guianensis, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown tinged
with grey, the head with some white on frons and bars between
the antennae and on vertex, the antennae whitish above,
ringed with black towards base, the palpi dark brown, fulvous
yellow in front and with some white irroration behind, the
2nd and 3rd joints white at extremities ; fore tarsi ringed
with white, the mid and hind tibiae at extremities and the
tarsi white ; genital tufts fulvous yellow. Fore wing dark
brown tinged with grey ; a curved white subbasal striga
from costa ; antemedial line white defined on outer side by
blackish, slightly sinuous and somewhat excurved at middle ;
a faint sinuous dark medial line ; a curved white discoidal
striga defined on inner side by black ; postmedial line just
beyond the cell and almost touching the extremities of the
discoidal lunule, white defined on inner side by black, slightly
curved and sinuous ; some white points on apical part of
costa ; traces of a sinuous dark subterminal line ; two white
points below costa towards apex and a series of slight white
striae just before termen. Hind wing dark brown tinged
with grey ; an oblique white postmedial line, excurved just
above tornus ; a sinuous dark subterminal line, defined on
outer side by white below submedian fold ; a black-brown
GRACILOPSJS. — ORYGMORHORA.
587
terminal line, defined on imier side by a white line except
towards apex and slightly incurved above and below vein 3 ;
cilia with a white line at base from vein 4 to tornus. Under-
side grey- brown ; fore wing with slight dark medial line,
the discoiclal striga as above, the postmeclial line white
defined on inner side by whitish and slightly excurved beyond
the cell, two white subterminal striae below costa ; hind wing
with oblique dark medial line, blackish discoiclal striga with
white mark on outer side of its upper part, the postmedial
line as above, a white subterminal line from below vein 3 to
termen at vein 1.
Palpi with the 1st and 3nd joints ochreous mixed with
brown in front.
Hob. Br. Guiana, Demerara {Rodway), Id, 1 ? type.
Exp. 36 millim.
Genus OR YGMOP HOR A , nov.
Type, 0. mediofoveata.
Proboscis aborted and small ; palpi obliquely porrect,
the 2nd joint extending about the length of head, moderately
scaled below and slightly fringed with hair above towards
extremity, the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons
smooth, with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ;
antennae of male minutely serrate, with long bristles and
fasciculate cilia, ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
apex rounded, the termen slightly crenulate and oblique
below vein 4 ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
just below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell ;
the male with small "fovea above base of vein 3. Hind wing
with the termen slightly angled at veins 7 and 4 and excised
at discal fold, then crenulate ; the cell half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from below
middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell near base only.
Orygmophora mediofoveata, n. sp.
g. Head, thorax, and abdomen deep red-brown mixed
with some dark brown, the tegulae and patagia with some
of the scales tipped with white, the abdomen with some
whitish at base ; antennae black-brown ; palpi, pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen whitish suffused with rufous,
the tibiae irrorated with dark brown, the tarsi black-brown
ringed with white. Fore wing deep red-brown mixed with
whitish and dark brown ; an indistinct double sinuous brown
5S8
XOCTUIDE.
antemedial line ; a faint oblique red-brown medial line from
costa to lower angle of cell, the fovea beyond which is white,
then an incurved dark brown line ; postmedial line double,
curved, represented by minute dark spots to vein 2, then
by striae, some white points with dark brown between them
beyond it on costa ; subterminal line fine, white, slightly
waved, angled outwards at vein 7 to near termen ; a pale
terminal line with slight dark marks before it in the inter-
spaces ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing deep red-brown
mixed with whitish and dark brown ; an indistinct curved
dark antemedial line ; postmedial line dark, somewhat
angled outwards at discal and submedian folds ; a waved
white subterminal line ; a pale terminal line with slight
dark marks before it in the interspaces ; cilia red-brown
and dark brown. Underside red-brown mixed with white
and dark brown ; fore wing with medial line white and oblique
towards costa, then black-brown and erect, postmedial line
with minute white spot at costa, below vein 7 black-brown,
excurved to vein 4, then erect, the white subterminal line
diffused to discal fold, then interrupted to vein 4 ; hind
wing with blackish antemedial line, small discoidal spot,
postmedial line angled at discal fold and rather diffused
maculate white subterminal line with small black lunules on
it above and below vein 7.
Hab. Sierra Leoxe {Clements), 4 type. Exp. 20-22
mi Him.
Genus POLYSCIERA, nor.
Type, P. manleyi, Leech ( Egnasia ), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900,
p. 609.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint about twice the length of head and moderately
fringed with hair in front and behind, the 3rd moderate and
thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with small tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of female with slight bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and
without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
costa moderately arched towards apex which is rounded, the
termen oblique below vein 4, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind
wing with the termen somewhat excised at discal fold and
angled at vein 4 ; the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
AMPHITROGIA. — CULTRIPALPA.
589
Genus AMPHITROGIA, nov.
Type, A. amphidecta, Butl. ( Marmorinia ), 111. Het. B.M.
iii. p. 69, pi. 57. f. 12 (1879).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint extending about twice the length of head, moderately
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except at base,
the 3rd rather long and roughly scaled in front and behind
except at tip which is rather acuminate ; frons smooth,
with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; build slender ;
tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled
and without crests, the male with elongate thickened processes
from below the stigmata. Fore wing with the costa arched
towards base, the apex produced and falcate, the termen
excised to vein 4 where it is produced to a point, then oblique
and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen produced
to points at veins 7, 4, 3, crenulate ; the cell about half the
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus CULTRIPALPA.
Type.
Cultripalpa, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 332 (1852) partita, Guen.
Cultripalpa lunulifera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red-brown slightly
mixed with whitish ; palpi, pectus and legs white mixed
with brown, the hind femora and tibiae almost entirely white,
the tarsi brown ringed with white, the genital tufts white.
Fore wing whitish mottled with bright red-brown and dark
brown ; an indistinct sinuous brown subbasal line from
costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line brown, incurved
in the cell and oblique below it ; a broad bright red-brown
medial shade ; a narrow black discoidal lunule defined by
whitish ; postmedial line black defined on each side by whitish,
slightly angled outwards below vein 7, angled outwards
at vein 4, then oblique to vein 3, then retracted to lower
angle of cell, and oblique and sinuous to inner margin, some
white points beyond it on costa and obliquely placed dark
brown patches below lower angle of cell and in submedian
interspace j obliquely placed black subteiminal spots above
and below vein 7 ; a series of black striae defined on inner
side by white before termen ; cilia dark brown. Hind wing
590
NOCTTTIDJE.
with the basal area whitish suffused with red-brown ; a
subbasal black bar defined by whitish below the cell ; a black
discoidal bar defined on outer side by white ; postmedial line
black defined on inner side by whitish, oblique, somewhat
dentate towards costa and beyond lower angle of cell, forming
a small spot beyond the cell and sinuous towards inner margin ;
a whitish patch striated with black-brown beyond it from
vein 4 to inner margin ; a dark reddish brown subterminal
shade with dentate white mark on it below veins 4 and 3,
then a white line to tornus ; the terminal area grey-brown ;
a series of black strife defined on inner side by white before
termen ; the termen bright rufous, the cilia dark brown.
Underside with the basal area whitish, the rest of wing
grey-brown, slightly irrorated with black ; fore wing with
black discoidal point, punctiform sinuous postmedial line,
the subterminal spots as above ; hind wing with dark red-
brown medial shade, waved punctiform black postmedial
line, and subterminal black spots above and below vein 7.
Hub. Singapore (Ridley), 1 $ type. Exp. 26 millim.
Genus THROANA.
Thrnana, Walk. xvi. 224 (1858)
Type.
amyntoralis, Walk.
Tliroana flavizonata, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown mixed
with whitish ; antennae with slight blackish rings towards
base ; palpi with the extremities of the 2nd and 3rd joints
white ; tarsi ringed with white. Fore wing grey-white
suffused with pale red-brown and slightly irrorated with
darker brown ; a blackish subbasal line from costa to median
nervure, angled outwards below costa ; an indistinct rather
diffused waved red-brown antemedial line ; two blackish
discoidal points ; a faint diffused red-brown medial line,
excurved to median nervure, then sinuous ; postmedial line
slight, dark, oblique to vein 6. slightly incurved at discal
fold and below vein 4, defined on outer side below vein 6
by a maculate white band followed by a pale yellow band
irrorated with rufous ; a subterminal series of slight dark
spots, excurved below vein 7, incurved below vein 3 and
ending at tornus ; a fine blackish terminal line, defined on
inner side by white below vein 4. Hind wing grey-white
suffused with pale red-brown and slightly irrorated with
darker brown ; a faint slightly waved red -brown medial line ;
postmedial line dark brown, sinuous, slightly angled outwards
at vein 4, defined on outer side below vein 7 by a white line
followed by a diffused pale yellow band irrorated with rufous ;
THROANA.
591
subterminal line indistinct, double, dark, somewhat dentate,
the inner line obsolete above vein 6 ; a black-brown terminal
line, defined on inner side by white below vein 4. Underside
pale grey tinged with red-brown and irrorated with darker
brown, the inner areas whitish ; fore wing with faint red-brown
antemedial and medial lines except on inner area, a black
point at lower angle of cell, a dark shade beyond the yellow
band beyond the postmedial line, the terminal area yellowish
suffused and irrorated with rufous ; hind wing without the
medial line.
Hab. N. Borneo, Sandakan ( Pryer ), 1 $ type. Exp.
22 millim.
Throana rufipicta, n. sp.
3- Head, thorax, and abdomen violaceous white tinged
with brown especially towards extremity of abdomen ;
antennae dark brown, ringed with whitish towards base ;
tarsi brown ringed with white. Fore wing violaceous white
irrorated with reddish brown, the terminal half suffused
with rufous except a subterminal patch from costa to discal
fold ; a slight waved red-brown antemedial line ; medial
line red-brown, oblique to median nervure ; two small blackish
discoidal spots ; postmedial line red-brown slightly defined
on outer side by white, oblique to vein 6, inwardly oblique
and slightly waved below vein 4, some white points with dark
brown between them beyond it on costa ; a subterminal
series of small black-brown spots, incurved at discal fold
and below vein 3 ; a lunulate black-brown terminal line ;
cilia rufous at base, with black line at middle, the tips white’
black at the veins. Hind wing violaceous white irrorated
with reddish brown, the medial area except towards costa
and the postmedial area between discal and submedian folds
suffused with rufous ; a whitish discoidal spot with black
point on it and slight dark line from it to inner margin ;
postmedial line dark brown defined on outer side by white
excurved below discal and above submedian folds ; a minutely
waved blackish subterminal line ; a waved black-brown
terminal line defined on inner side by white ; cilia rufous
at base, with black fine at middle, the tips white, black at
the veins. Underside white irrorated with red- brown ; fore
wing with the terminal half suffused with rufous except on
costal area ; a white spot defined by brown in and below
middle of cell, sinuous red -brown medial line, white discoidal
patch with two black points on it, red-brown postmedial line
excurved beyond the cell, and dark shade before the black
subterminal spots from below vein 7 to inner margin ; hind
wing with sinuous brown medial line with black point on it
at lower angle of cell, sinuous postmedial line defined on outer
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NOCTUID.E.
side by white and with whitish line beyond it from vein 5
to inner margin, the terminal area suffused with grey-brown,
a dark subterminal line, waved and defined on inner side
by white below vein 4.
Hob. Borneo, Sarawak (Moulton), 1 $ type . Exp. 28
millim.
Tkroana ionodes, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen white slightly in-orated
with red-brown ; antennae tinged with rufous ; palpi tinged
with rufous, the 3rd joint white at base and tips ; tarsi pale
rufous ringed with white. Fore wing white tinged with
rufous especially on terminal half and irrorated with red-
brown ; a slight waved red -brown subbasal line from costa
to vein 1 ; antemedial line red-brown, waved ; a rather
diffused red-brown medial line, oblique to subcostal nervure,
then sinuous ; a discoidal spot faintly defined by brown,
attenuate above and with black point in its lower part ;
postmedial line red-brown, defined on outer side slightly by
white towards costa, oblique to vein fi, then waved, incurved
below vein 4, some white points with brown between them
beyond it on costa ; a subterminal series of small blackish
spots ; a lunulate black-brown terminal line ; cilia rufous at
base, black-brown at tips. Hind wing white tinged with
rufous and irrorated with red-brown, the medial area suffused
with rufous except towards costa ; a dark point at lower
angle of cell, a red-brown medial line excurved beyond the
cell ; postmedial line red-brown, waved, angled outwards at
vein 4 ; a subterminal series of small blackish spots with a
diffused rufous line before them from vein 4 to inner margin ;
a waved dark brown terminal line slightly defined on inner
side by white below vein 4 ; cilia rufous at base, dark brown
at tips. Underside white tinged with rufous and irrorated
with red-brown ; fore wing with white spot defined by red-
brown in and below middle of cell, rather diffused oblique
rufous medial line except on inner area, the other markings
as above ; hind wing with the subterminal line white defined
on each side by brown and slightly waved.
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching ( Shelford ), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
Throana lasiocera, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen pale red-brown mixed with
whitish ; palpi red-brown, the extremity of 2nd joint and
the 3rd joint whitish, the latter with dark band towards
tips ; pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen white
tinged with red-brown. Fore wing grey suffused and irrorated
with red-brown ; two indistinct oblique sinuous red-brown
antemedial lines ; an obscure discoidal spot defined at sides
THRO ANA. — SEMIOTHISOPS.
593
by red- brown and with two black points on it ; an indistinct
red-brown medial line, oblique to the discoidal spot, then
incurved ; postmedial line indistinct, brown, oblique to
vein 6, strongly incurved and slightly waved below vein 4 ;
a slight waved dark subterminal line defined on inner side
by white from costa to vein 3 below which it is bent inwards,
then erect and white defined on inner side by a rufous shade
to tornus ; a fine waved dark terminal line. Hind wing grey
suffused and irrorated with red-brown ; a whitish discoidal
bar defined by brown ; waved brown medial and postmedial
fines ; a faint waved whitish subterminal line with a brown
shade before it ; a fine waved brown terminal fine ; cilia
white. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with red-
brown and irrorated with dark brown, the terminal area
white below vein 5, a black-brown subbasal spot below costa,
sinuous medial fine, brown striae before and beyond the
discocellulars and point at lower angle of cell, postmedial
fine excurvecl below costa, bent inwards below vein 4, then
erect and sinuous, lunulate white subterminal fine defined
on outer side by brown striae, oblique below vein 4 ; hind
wing white tinged with red-brown and irrorated with dark
brown, a black discoidal striga, the fines as above but the
subterminal fine more distinct.
Hab. Singapore {Ridley), 1 <§, 1 $ type. Exp. $ 30, $ 26
millim.
Genus SEMIOTHISOPS, nov.
Type, S. macariata, Hmpsn. ( Zethes ), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist.
Soc. xiv. p. 216 (1902).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female ciliated ;
thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ;
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with some rough
hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore whig with
the costa highly arched towards apex which is falcate and
produced to a rounded hook, the terrnen strongly excised
below apex and angled at vein 4, then oblique, crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind whig with the terrnen oblique to vehi 4 where it
is produced to a point, then crenulate, the cell about one-third
length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
2 Q
594
XOCTTTIDjE.
Genus MALATROGIA. nov.
Type, M. castanitis, Hmpsn. ( Zetlies ), J. Bomb. Nat. Hist.
Soc. xvii. p. 666 (1907).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching to middle of frons, moderately scaled in
front and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd minute and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with
long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales
mixed and without crests ; fore and mid tibiae moderately
fringed with hair, the hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen
with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests.
Fore wing with the apex obliquely truncate, the termen
hooked at vein 3, then excised and crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the termen produced to slight points at veins 7
and 4, hooked at vein 3, then excised and produced to a point
at vein 2 ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Genus ZETHESIDES, nov.
Type. Z. hesperioides. Guen. ( Zethes ), Noct. iii. p. 330
(1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 11 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd long and
smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight bristles and
cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without
crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the costa arched towards apex which is produced
and acute, the termen excised below apex and produced to a
point at vein 4, then oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto-
mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the termen produced to points at veins 7 and 4, crenu-
late ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
ZETIIESIDES. CRYPTASTBIA.
595
Zethesides pusilla, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish brown mixed
with whitish ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen white mixed with dark brown, the tarsi dark brown
ringed with white. Fore wing dark reddish brown mixed
with grey -white ; antemedial line red-brown defined on inner
side by white, waved and somewhat oblique ; a red-brown
discoidal striga defined by whitish ; an oblique rather diffused
red-brown line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ;
postmedial line red-brown defined on outer side by white,
excurved from below costa to vein 6, then oblique and slightly
waved, some white points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct
waved brown subterminal line, defined on inner side by white
towards costa and at middle ; a white line at base of cilia.
Hind whig dark reddish brown mixed with grey -white ; a
minute dark discoidal spot with traces of a line from it to
inner margin ; a slightly waved dark postmedial line defined
on outer side by whitish ; a dentate white subterminal line
defined on inner side by diffused dark red- brown ; cilia with
a white line at base. Underside red-brown mixed with
whitish ; fore wing with dark striae on each side of disco-
cellulars, an oblique postmedial white bar from costa followed
by two points, an indistinct dentate white subterminal line ;
hind wing with faint waved brown postmedial line defined on
outer side by whitish and similar more distinct subterminal
line ; both wings with slight lunulate dark terminal line.
Hob. Gold Coast, Ajinah [Dudgeon), 1 Kurnasi ( White-
side), 1 type ; N. Nigeria, Zungeru ( Macfie ), 1 Exp.
$ 20, $ 24 millim.
Genus CRYPTASTRIA, nov.
Type, C. fuscomarginata, B.-Bkr. ( Zethes ), Nov. Zool. xiii.
p. 272 (1906).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, broadly scaled in front and fringed
with hair behind except at base, the 3rd long and nearly
smoothly scaled ; fro ns smooth, with tuft of hair above ;
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without
crests ; tibiae fringed with rather long hair ; abdomen with
some rough hair at base of dorsum but without crests. Fore
wing with the apex produced and acute ; the termen angled
at vein 4, then oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near
angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the
termen strongly crenulate and somewhat produced at veins
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KOCTUIDyE.
7 and 4 ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6,7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base
only.
Genus CHLOROGRAPTA. nov.
Type, G. variegata, Walk. ( Pradiota ), xxxv. 1573 (1866).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, broadly scaled in front and fringed
with hah- behind, the 3rd long and slightly fringed with hair
in front and behind towards extremity ; frons smooth, with
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female
with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hah' and
scales mixed and without crests ; fore tibiae fringed with long
hair on outer side, the mid and hind tibiae slightly fringed
with hair ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore wing with the apex produced and
acute, the terinen excised to vein 4 where it is produced to a
point, then oblique, slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto-
mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind whig
with the costa lobcd towards base, the termen almost straight
to vein 4, then curved, hardly crenulate ; the cell about half
the length of wing ; ve ns 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed
from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing
with the cell near base only.
Genus LEPT0TR0GA, nov.
Type, L. costalis, Moore ( Adiarya ), P. Z. S. 1883, p. 28, pi. 6.
f. 10 ; Hrnpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 12 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to well above vertex of head, broadly scaled hi
front and fringed with hair behind, the 3rd long, with tufts
of hair in front and behind towards extremity ; frons smooth,
with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennal of
male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae moderately
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without
crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced, the
termen oblique below vein 4, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anas-
tomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the termen slightly produced at veins 7 and 4, crenu-
late ; the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4
from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
CHRYSO^RAETA, DIAEOLIA.
597
Genus CHRYSOGRAPTA, nov.
Type, C. igneola, Swinh. ( Egnasia ), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890,
p. 254 ; Hmpsn., Moths Ind. iii. p. 14 (1895).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd long and
tufted with hair behind ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and
without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the costa excised
beyond middle, the apex somewhat produced, the termen
produced to a point at vein 4, then oblique, crenulate ;
veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the termen produced to points at
veins 7 and 4, crenulate ; the cell half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus DIAPOLIA, nov.
Type, D. magna, Leech (Zethes), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900,
p. 608.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the
3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male minutely
ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and
without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, the
mid tibiae of male dilated with a groove containing a tuft of
long hah’ ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum
but without crests. Fore wing with the costa moderately
arched towards apex which is acute and falcate, the termen
somewhat excised to vein 4 where it is obtusely angled,
then again somewhat excised, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5
from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind
wing with the termen somewhat excurved at middle ; the
cell “about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from above angle ; 6, 1 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
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NOCTITIDJE,
Genus NEOPANGRAPTA, nov.
Type, N. stenothyris.
Proboscis full}7 developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed ■with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short, porrect, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with pointed
tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female
with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely
with scales and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ;
abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing
with the costa arched towards apex which is produced and
acute, the termen excised below apex and excurved at middle,
then oblique, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing
with 8 to form a short areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the termen produced to points at veins 7 and 4, then
oblique and crenulate ; the cell half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from above angle ;
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near
base only.
Neopangrapta stenothyris, n. sp.
2. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed with
some rufous ; antennae tinged with brown except towards
base ■ palpi rufous ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with
rufous, the tarsi dark brown ringed with white ; ventral
surface of abdomen white. Fore wing ochreous white tinged
with rufous and irrorated with brown ; the costa irrorated
with fuscous ; a curved red-brown antemedial line ; a small
white lunule in middle of cell and two black discoidal points ;
a dark brown bar from middle of costa, then a rufous shade ;
postmedial line rufous defined on outer side by whitish and
with a black point at costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved,
some white points with black between them beyond it on
costa ; subterminal line white with a rufous shade before it
to vein 4, angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved and slightly
waved ; the apex white irrorated with fuscous ; a terminal
series of small black lunules defined on inner side by white ;
cilia rufous with a black line near tips which are white,
black at apex and vein 4. Hind wing ochreous white tinged
with rufous, especially on terminal area, and irrorated with
brown ; a red -brown antemedial line from discal fold to
vein 1 ; an oblique black discoidal striga ; postmedial line
red-brown with a dark brown band beyond it from vein 3
to inner margin ; a slight maculate whitish subterminal line ;
a black terminal line ; cilia rufous with a black line near tips
which are white. Underside ochreous white suffused with
NEOPAN GRAPTA. FOCILLISTIS.
599
rufous except on inner areas ; fore wing with white lunule
defined by black in middle of cell and slightly waved whitish
subterminal line somewhat angled outwards at vein 4, the
terminal area white irrorated with fuscous to vein 5 ; hind
wing with slight rufous antemedial line, a black point at
lower angle of cell, a slight curved rufous postmedial line
with a narrow brown and grey shade beyond it, traces of a
maculate whitish subterminal line.
Hob. Br. Honduras (Dyson), 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Genus PANGRAPTELLA, nov.
Type, P. herbitecta, Dyar ( Pangrapta ), Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus.
xliv. p. 302 (1913).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to above vertex of head, straight, moderately scaled
in front and fringed with rather long hair behind towards
extremity, the 3rd rather long and thickly scaled ; frons
smooth, with tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae
of male ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
costa arched towards apex which is produced and acute, the
termen excised below apex and produced to a point at vein
4 ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ;
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from
cell. Hind wing with the termen excised at discal fold and
angled at vein 4 ; the cell about half the length of wing ,
veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 fully developed from above angle of
cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus FOCILLISTIS, nov.
Type, F. salsoma , Swinh. ( Zethes ), A. M. N. H. (7) x.
p. 499 (1902).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the ~nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, rather broadly scaled in front
and fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd rather
long and thickly scaled; frons smooth, with tuft of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with gristles
and cilia; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and
without crests ; tibiae of male fringed with long hair, of female
moderatelv fringed with hair ; abdomen dorsally clot e v 1
rough hair towards base but without crests. toie v ing vi i
the costa arched towards apex which is produced and falcate,
the termen excised to vein 4 where it is produced to a point,
crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
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JfOCTTJIDiE.
areole ; 1 1 from cell ; the male with vein 2 curved upwards
and approximated to the cell towards base, vein 1 curved
downwards and with slight fold below it on upperside. Hind
wing with the termen produced to points at veins 4, 3, 2 ;
the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly
stalked ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from
upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus CAKPRERIA, nov.
Tvpe, C. aroa, B.-Bkr. ( Zethes ), Nov. Zool. xiii. p. 273
(1906).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, rather broadly
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind, the 3rd rather
long and roughly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and
without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
costa moderately arched towards apex which is produced and
acute, the termen excised below apex and angled at vein 4,
then oblique, not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of
cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from
10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 7 from well beyond
the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; the cell half the length of wing ;
veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from well above
angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell
near base only.
Genus XANTHOSTHA. nov.
Type, X. xantharia, Walk. ( Pyrinia ), xxxv. 1543 (1866).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed Avith hair behind except at base, the 3rd
short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female Avith slight
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed Avith hair and scales mixed
and Avithout crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdo-
men with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore Aving with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of
cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7,8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from
just beyond 10 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell
about one-third length of wing ; ATeins 3, 4 from angle ; 5
fully developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing Avith the cell near base only.
OSTHOPIS. — PSEUDOSTELLA.
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Genus OSTHOPIS, nov.
Type, 0. exocausta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to middle of frons, moderately scaled in front and
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
short and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with ridge of hair
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and
without crests ; build slender ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdo-
men with slight rough hair at base of dorsum but without
crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle of
cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ;
10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with
the cell near base only.
Osthopis exocausta, n. sp.
Head, tegulae, and prothorax grey -brown, the rest of
thorax and abdomen ochreous white mixed with some brown ;
palpi and fore and mid legs dark brown. Fore wing ochreous
yellow slightly irrorated with rufous, the terminal area
suffused with rufous, the costa red-brown towards base ; an
obliquely curved rufous antemedial line, incurved and with
dark brown point on it in the cell and with dark brown spot
at inner margin ; a dark brown discoidal point ; postmedial
line rufous, rather oblique and slightly waved, excurved
beyond the cell ; a diffused rufous subterminal line with a
deep rufous shade before it on costal area, somewhat incurved
at discal fold and below vein 2 ; a terminal series of black-
brown points. Hmd wing ochreous white with a faint
red -brown tinge ; a terminal series of slight brown points ;
the cilia tinged with rufous towards apex. Underside of
fore wing ochreous suffused with red -brown, a curved post-
medial line, faint except towards costa and brown mark on
costa towards apex ; hind wing ochreous yellow irrorated
with brown on terminal half, a small brown discoidal lunule,
and terminal series of striae.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Sto., 1 £ tyPe- Exp. 22 rmllnn.
Genus PSEUDOSTELLA, nov.
Type, P. cyanolepia, Kaye ( Megatomis ), Trans. Ent. Soc.
1901, p. 132, pi. v. f. 19.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the *md joint
reaching to above vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
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NOCTUID-E.
and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
moderate and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of
hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles
and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the
metathorax with spreading crest ; build slender ; fore tibiae
of male fringed with very long hah- on outer side and with
tuft of long hah- from femoro-tibial joint, the mid and hind
tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal
crest on basal segment only. Fore wing with the apex
produced and acute, the termen excised below apex and
excurved at middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from
near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomos-
ing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from well above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Genus STENOXIA. nov.
Type, S. erythropis.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint
reaching to rather above vertex of head, rather broadly
scaled in front and fringed with hair behind except at base,
the 3rd moderate and thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
large tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antenme of male
with bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed with hair and hair-like
scales and without crests ; build slender ; fore femora of
male fringed with long hair below, the tibiae moderately
fringed with hair, the mid tibiae with fringe of long hair on
basal half above ; abdomen with some rough hair at base of
dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded,
the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from
well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole, 10 anastomosing with 11. Hind wing with the cell
half the length of wing ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Stenoxia erythropis, n. sp.
Head, tegulae, and prothoracic crest red-brown, the frons,
small tufts of scales behind the antennae and on shoulder
and the tip of the prothoracic crest white ; thorax dark
fiery red ; abdomen red-brown, dark fiery red at base, the
anal tuft white at extremity ; palpi rufous ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen pale red-brown, the fringe
of hair on mid tibiae dark brown. Fore wing dark fiery red.
STENOXIA.
603
the costal edge whitish with some white scales below it ;
a faint sinuous brown antemedial line ; a minute black-
brown spot in middle of cell with white point in centre ; two
small dark brown discoidal spots, the lower with white
centre ; a faint brown postmedial line, excurved below costa,
slightly incurved at discal fold and incurved below vein 4 ;
traces of a waved brown subterminal line ; a black terminal
line interrupted by whitish points at the veins. Hind wing
dark fiery red slightly irrorated with brown, the inner margin
grey- brown ; a round white spot defined by dark brown
and with deep crimson -red centre at lower angle of cell ; a
faint slightly waved brown postmedial line, excurved beyond
lower angle of cell ; traces of a waved brown subterminal
line ; a fine black terminal line interrupted by white points
at the veins. Underside grey tinged and irrorated with
brown ; fore wing with the costa tinged with rufous, a faint
waved brown postmedial line excurved beyond lower angle
of cell, and a faint waved subterminal line ; hind wing with
faint curved slightly waved brown postmedial line and faint
waved subterminal line.
In the male vein 7 of the fore wing is connected by an
oblique bar with the stalk of veins 8, 9 well beyond the areole.
Hob. Br. Guiana, Demerara ( Rodway ), 1 Potaro R.,
1 $ type ; Ecuador, Loja, in Coll. Dognin. Exp. $ 26, $ 28
millim.
Stenoxia pupillata, n. sp.
g. Head and thorax reddish brown mixed with white ;
abdomen white mixed with rufous ; fore and mid legs reddish
brown ; pectus and hind legs whitish tinged with rufous.
Fore wing fulvous yellow, the terminal area suffused with
red-brown ; the costa brown towards base and with yellow
points with black between them towards apex , traces of a
waved brown antemedial line from cell to inner margin ,
a black spot with silvery white centre in middle of cell and a
black discoidal lunule with two silvery white spots on it ;
postmedial line brown, excurved below costa, incurved at
discal fold, incurved below vein 4 to near origin of \em -
and again excurved below submedian fold ; a slightly waved
brown subterminal line, incurved below vein 3 ; a terminal
series of black-brown bars with yellow points between them .
Hind wing fulvous yellow tinged with red -brown ; a black-
brown discoidal lunule with silvery white point on it at lower
angle of cell; a waved brown postmedial line, incurved at
discal fold and in submedian interspace ; an indistinct slightly
waved brown subterminal line; a terminal series of black-
brown bars with yellow points between them ; cilia reddish
brown Underside of fore wing ochreous white suffused with
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XOCTI'IDJE.
reddish brown, the spots in middle of cell and on discocellulars
dark, a faint waved brown subterminal line ; hind wing
ochreous white slightly tinged with red-brown, a brown
discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line excurved to vein 4,
then incurved, and faint waved subterminal line.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Ega (Bates), 1 type. Exp.
18 millim.
Genus OSTHA. Type
Ostha, Walk. xxiv. 109S (1862) sileniata , Walk.
Ostlia cambogialis, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white mixed
with brown ; antennae, frons and palpi red-brown, the last
white at tips. Fore wing chrome-yellow, the terminal area
from shortly beyond the cell bright rufous, its inner edge
slightly sinuous ; a red-brown subbasal bar in submedian
interspace ; some yellow points on costa towards apex.
Hind wing chrome -yellow, the terminal area bright rufous
with curved slightly waved inner edge. Underside with the
terminal areas pale rufous.
Hab. Brazil, Amazons, Para (Schultz), 1 $ type. Exp.
18 millim.
Ostlia diplosticta, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish suffused with pale
red-brown ; antennae fuscous brown ; palpi and fore legs
darker brown ; pectus, mid and hind legs and ventral surface
of abdomen whitish tinged with red-brown. Fore wing
greyish suffused with pale red-brown and irrorated with a
few dark scales ; the costal edge blackish towards base ;
antemedial line slight, blackish, angled inwards at subcostal
nervure, then excurved ; a blackish point in middle of cell ;
an oblique white discoidal bar defined by blackish ; post-
medial line blackish, oblique to vein 4, then incurved ; the
costa towards apex with yellowish white points with blackish
between them ; an indistinct rather diffused dark subterminal
line, incurved below vein 4 ; a terminal series of black bars
in the interspaces ; cilia with a fine black line near base
followed by a stronger line, the tips whitish tinged with brown,
black at apex. Hind wing greyish suffused with pale red-
brown and slightly irrorated with dark scales ; a white
discoidal bar ; postmedial line dark brown, incurved below
vein 3 ; a terminal series of blackish striae ; cilia with a fine
blackish line near base followed by a stronger line, the tips
whitish. Underside of fore wing greyish tinged with red-
brown and irrorated with dark brown, the inner area whitish,
OSTHA.— STELLIDIA.
605
the markings as above ; hind wing white irrorated -with dark
brown, a white discoidal bar defined by black, curved black
postmedial line, and slight subterminal line.
Hab. Brazil, Espiritu Sto., 1 $ type. Exp. 16 millim.
Ostha hyriaria, n. sp.
$• Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with rufous ;
antennae blackish, ringed with whitish towards base ; frons
with blackish bar above ; palpi blackish ; fore legs suffused
with blackish. Fore wing whitish mixed with rufous and
irrorated with dark brown, the costal edge blackish towards
base ; an indistinct dark antemedial line ; a white discoidal
bar defined by blackish ; postmedial line slight brownish
and oblique to vein 6, then formed by white lunules slightly
defined on each side by brown and inwardly oblique ; sub-
terminal line whitish defined on each side by brown, strongly
on inner side by dark brown between veins 7 and 4, angled
outwards at vein 7, then slight]}7 -waved ; a terminal series
of dark stride with white between them. Hind wing whitish
mixed with rufous and slightly irrorated with dark brown ;
a dark brown antemedial line except on costal area ; a white
discoidal lunule defined on outer side by blackish ; postmedial
line dark brown defined on outer side by white, waved,
incurved below vein 4 ; a slightly waved whitish subterminal
line defined on inner side by dark brown ; a terminal series
of minute blackish spots with white between them. Under-
side of fore wing whitish suffused with brown, a slight blackish
discoidal spot ; faint postmedial line incurved below vein 4
and diffused subterminal line ; hind wing white irrorated with
brown, a dark discoidal spot and curved slightly waved
postmedial and subterminal lines.
Hab. Peru, Rio Pacaya, 1 $ type. Exp. 16 millim.
Genus STELLIDIA.
Stellidia , Guen. Uran. & Phal. i. p. 328 (1857) planetaria, Guen.
Coma, Walk, xxxiii. 1005 (1865) inconspieua, Walk.
Stellidia micrasteria, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax dark reddish brown ; abdomen grey-
brown ; pectus and legs whitish suffused with brown ; ventral
surface of abdomen white. Fore wing reddish brown tinged
with grey ; an indistinct oblique brown antemedial line ; a
white point defined by brown in middle of cell and slight
dark discoidal lunule ; a faint sinuous brown postmedial line,
strongly incurved below vein 4, some white points beyond it
on costa ; a faint incurved brown subterminal line from costa
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noctuida:.
to vein 6. Hind wing reddish brown tinged with grey ; a
dark discoidal bar ; traces of a slightly waved brown post-
medial line, more distinct beyond the cell and incurved
below vein 4. Underside grey- white suffused with brown ;
both wings with dark discoidal bar ; hind wing with indistinct
postmedial line incurved below vein 4.
Hab. Ecuadok, R. Pastaza, Alpayacu {Palmer), 1 £ type.
Exp. 24 millim.
Stellidia tritonias, n. sp.
Hypenaria tenebrosa, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 420 (nec Walk.).
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark chocolate-brown mixed
with some whitish ; palpi and legs deep chocolate-brown.
Fore wing dark chocolate-brown irrorated with white ; a
faint sinuous whitish antemedial line ; a minute whitish
spot in middle of cell ; a postmedial series of slight whitish
spots, bent outwards below costa and incurved below vein 4
to below end of cell, some white points beyond it on costa ;
a subterminal series of slight whitish spots, excurved below
vein 7, incurved below vein 3 and with brownish ochreous
spot on it in submedian interspace ; a terminal series of whitish
points. Hind wing dark chocolate-brown irrorated with
whitish ; a postmedial series of slight whitish lunules, incurved
below vein 3 ; a subterminal series of slight whitish spots ;
a terminal series of white points. Underside chocolate-brown
tinged with grey and irrorated with a few whitish scales ;
fore wing with faint postmedial series of slight whitish spots,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; hind wing with indistinct
curved maculate postmedial line.
Hab. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil {Champion), 1 $ ; Costa
Rica, R. Sucio {Rogers), 1 1 $ type ; Panama, Chiriqui
{Champion), 1 $, Godman-Salvin Coll. Exp. $ 38, $ 42—46
millim.
Genus AGL0SS0ST0LA, nov.
Type, A. diana, Schaus {Stellidia), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc.
xxx. p. 166 (1904).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint
obliquely upturned, straight, hardly reaching to vertex of
head, rather broadly scaled in front and fringed with hair
behind except towards base, the 3rd long and roughly scaled
in front ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male
with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales
and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the
costa slightly arched towards apex which is rounded, the
termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 2 from well
before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from upper
AGLOSSOSTOLA. — ILTKGIS.
607
angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ;
11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from
well above angle of cell ; 6. 7 from upper angle ; 8 anasto-
mosing with the cell to near middle.
Genus ECTOGONIA.
Camptochilus, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iii. p. 68 (1895), nee Type.
Hmpsn. Lep. 1892 viola, Hmpsn.
Ectogonia, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 543 (1896) viola, Hmpsn.
Ectogonia fumosa, n. sp.
$. Head, tegulae and prothorax white mixed with purplish
brown, the rest of thorax and abdomen purplish brown
tinged with violaceous grey ; antennae dark brown, white
towards base ; palpi, pectus, legs and ventral surface of
abdomen purplish brown mixed with some whitish, the 3rd
joint of palpi white at base and tips. Fore wing purplish
brown suffused with violaceous grey and slightly irrorated
with blackish ; antemedial line dark brown, oblique and
defined on inner side by whitish towards costa ; postmedial
line dark brown, defined on outer side by white towards
costa, slightly excurved to discal fold and excurved at middle
and above inner margin ; a faint pale subterminal line defined
on inner side by diffused brown scales, slightly excurved
below vein 7 and at middle ; a dark terminal line ; cilia
dark brown with a whitish line at base. Hind wing pale
purplish brown slightly irrorated with darker brown ; a
curved brown postmedial line from vein 6 to inner margin ;
a fine dark terminal line ; cilia dark brown with a whitish
line at base. Underside pale purplish brown ; fore whig
with curved brown postmedial line defined on outer side by
white towards costa, a subterminal line punctiform and white
towards costa, then faint, pale and excurved at middle ; hind
wing with rather diffused curved brown postmedial and
subterminal lines.
Hab. Solomon Is., Rendova I. (Meek), 1 $ type. Exp.
26 millim.
ILYRGIS.
Ilyrgis, Walk. xix. 879 (1859)
Type.
echepliurealis, Walk.
Ilyrgis costinotata, n. sp.
Head and thorax pale red-brown, the frons white ;
abdomen white suffused with purplish brown , antennae
black-brown, white towards base ; palpi, pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen purplish brown mixed with some
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NOCTUIDJE.
white. Fore wing whitish suffused with purple-brown ; an
antemedial white patch on costa with faint waved brown line
from it to inner margin ; postmedial line with triangular
white patch from costa, then brown and dentate ; a terminal
series of black-brown bars ; cilia white with some red-brown
at tips. Hind wing whitish suffused with purple-brown ; a
slightly waved brown postmedial line ; a waved whitish
subterminal line ; a dark brown terminal line ; cilia white
with some red-brown at tips. Underside of fore wing white
tinged with purple -brown except on inner area, the costal
area and cell striated with dark red-brown to the curved
red-brown postmedial line from costa to vein 2, leaving a
white mark at middle of costa, a dark red-brown patch on
costal area before the white subterminal line excurved below
costa and ending at vein 5 ; hind wing white tinged with
red-brown and striated with dark red- brown except on inner
area, a rather diffused waved red- brown postmedial line, and
waved white subterminal line defined on each side by dark
red-brown.
Hab. Borneo, Sarawak (Wallace), 1 £ type. Exp. 16
millim.
Ilyrgis capnosia, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and prothorax white, the rest of thorax
pale purplish grey-brown, the abdomen dark grey-brown with
white segmental lines ; antennae brown except towards base ;
palpi dark brown irrorated with white, the extremity of
2nd joint and the 3rd joint at base and tips pure white ;
pectus, legs and ventral surface of abdomen dark purplish
brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey-brown ; a subbasal
white striga from costa ; antemedial line rather diffused,
brown with a white mark before it at costa, cur\ ed and
slightly waved ; postmedial line brown defined on outer side
by whitish and by pure white towards costa, oblique to
vein 7, then slightly waved and excurved at middle ; sub-
terminal line white, angled outwards below vein 7, incurved
at discal fold and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of
small black lunules with two slight wedge-shaped blackish
marks irrorated with white before the lunules at apex , cilia
brown with a fine yellow line at base and two black lines at
middle, the tips white at discal fold. Hind wing pale purple
grey-brown ; an indistinct diffused curved brown postmedial
line except towards costa ; a faint whitish subterminal line
bent out to the termen below submedian fold ; a slight dark
terminal line ; cilia brown with a fine yellowish line at base
and two black lines at middle. Underside of fore wing
purplish brown, the inner area whitish, postmedial line with a
white bar from costa then faint pale sinuous, oblique to vein 7,
ILY11GTS. DERCETIS.
609
a white subterminal line angled outwards below vein 7 and
excurved at middle ; hind wing dark red-brown irrorated
with whitish, the inner area white irrorated with brown, a
slight dark discoidal spot, slight waved postmedial line, and
white subterminal line.
Hob. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur {Doherty), 2 type ;
Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay [Meek), 1 £ ; D’Entrecasteaux
Is., Fergusson I. {Meek), 1 $. Exp. 20-26 millim.
Ilyrgis ethiopica, n. sp.
(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish suffused with pale
red-brown ; antennae dark brown, white towards base ; palpi
dark brown, white in front, the tuft on 2nd joint and the
3rd joint with white mixed ; pectus, legs and ventral surface
of abdomen dark reddish brown mixed with some white.
Fore wing pale purplish grey tinged with red-brown ; the
terminal half of costa with alternating blackish and white
streaks ; traces of a curved brown postmedial line ; a rather
punctiform black-brown terminal line ; cilia black-brown
with a white line at base. Hind wing pale purple-grey
tinged with red-brown ; traces of brownish postmedial and
subterminal lines ; a slight dark terminal line ; cilia white
with some brown at tips. Underside of fore wing purplish
red- brown mixed with whitish, rather diffused black post-
medial and subterminal marks on costa with white between
and beyond them, and a black subapical patch ; hind wing
white irrorated with dark reddish brown, thickly except on
inner area, a small dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial
line and slightly waved whitish subterminal line defined on
inner side by dark brown.
Hab. Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 $ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Genus DERCETIS.
Dercetis, Grote, Bull. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 186 (1878)
Type.
vitrea, Grote.
Dercetis straminea, n. sp.
$. Head and thorax white tinged with rufous ; abdomen
white tinged with purple-grey ; palpi, pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen white suffused with mfous. Fore
wino- white tinged with purple-grey and slightly irrorated
with brown; antemedial line blackish, minutely dentate
towards costa and excurved in submedian interspace , a
faint diffused brown medial line, excurved at middle ; post-
medial line blackish, strong and oblique to vein 6, then
dentate, excurved at middle, then incurved ; small black
marks on termen above and below vein o and a stuga below
2 R
610
XOCTXUDiE.
vein 3 ; cilia black at apex and middle. Hind wing white
faintly tinged with purple-grey ; an indistinct dark post-
medial line from vein 6 to submedian fold ; a fine red-brown
terminal line from vein 6 to submedian fold ; cilia tinged
with red-brown at vein 2. Underside white ; fore wing
suffused with rufous except on inner area, a curved rather
diffused black postmedial line from costa to vein 2, broadly
diffused on inner side towards costa ; hind wing with the
costal area tinged and irrorated with rufous, a small rufous
discoidal spot and spots above it on costa, an indistinct
waved postmedial line.
Hub. Panama, La Chorrera {Dolby -Tyler), 1 $ type. Exp.
14 millim.
Genus ILYRGrODES, nov.
Type, I. intacta.
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi recurved over vertex of
head, the 2nd joint reaching to well above the vertex and
smoothly scaled, the 3rd as long as the 2nd, roughly scaled
in front and fringed with hair behind ; frons smooth ; eyes
large, round ; antennae of male pectinate on outer side with
long branches, the apical part ciliated, the inner side with
long fasciculate cilia on basal third, then typically a small
tuft of scales, then pectinate with moderate branches except
towards apex ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales
and without crests ; tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen
smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the costa
arched towards apex which is rounded, the termen evenly
curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle
of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ;
7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from before 10 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing
with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ;
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only.
Ilyrgod.es intacta, n. sp.
Head white ; thorax and abdomen whitish tinged with
rufous, the latter with slight white segmental lines ; antennae
brownish ; palpi brownish towards base ; pectus, legs and
ventral surface of abdomen dark brown mixed with whitish.
Fore Aving grey-white suffused with red-brown ; antemedial
line brown defined on inner side by Avhitish towards costa,
curved and waved ; postmedial line brown defined on outer
side by white towards costa, oblique to \rein 6, incurved at
discal fold, incurved and slightly waved below A'ein 4 ; sub-
terminal line white defined on inner side by broAvn, excurved
beloAv vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black-brown
ILYKUODES.
611
points to vein 3, then strise ; cilia dark brown with a reddish
ochreous line at base, the tips white from below apex to
vein 4. Hind wing whitish tinged with red-brown ; a slightly
waved brown postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin ;
subterminal line white defined on inner side by brown, slightly
waved, from discal fold to tornus ; a fine dark brown terminal
line ; cilia dark brown with a reddish ochreous line at base.
Underside reddish brown, the inner areas whitish ; fore wing
with indistinct sinuous brown postmedial line defined on outer
side by a small triangular white mark at costa and white
subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; hind
wing with brown discoidal bar, postmedial line excurved
from vein 7 to submedian fold, and white subterminal line
slightly angled inwards below costa, then slightly waved.
Hab. Dutch N. Guinea, Kapaur {Doherty), 1 <$ ; Louisiade
Is., St. Aignan I. {Meek), 1 $ type, Rossel I. {Meek), 1 $ ;
Solomon Is., Isabel I. {Meek), 1 <$. Exp. 20-24 millim.
Ilyrgodes perfumida, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and prothorax white irrorated with dark
brown, the rest of thorax and abdomen dark reddish brown,
the latter with white segmental lines ; antennae dark brown,
ringed with white towards base ; palpi dark brown, mixed
with white except towards base ; pectus, legs and ventral
surface of abdomen dark brown mixed with some white, the
tibiae at extremities, spurs and tarsi ringed with white.
Fore wing dark reddish brown ; a white subbasal point on
costa ; an oblique white antemedial bar from costa, then
traces of a waved inwardly oblique brown line with small
brown spot beyond it in the cell ; an oblique white postmedial
bar from costa, then an indistinct waved brown line ; a white
subterminal striga from costa, then a faint very minutely
waved whitish line angled outwards below vein 7 ; a dark
terminal line ; cilia dark brown with a yellow line at base,
slightly chequered with yellow at tips above and below
middle. Hind wing whitish suffused with brown, the costal
area whiter to beyond middle ; a whitish postmedial line
defined on inner side by rather diffused dark brown below
discal fold ; a slightly waved white subterminal line except
towards costa ; a dark brown terminal line , cilia dark
reddish brown with a fine yellow line at base. Underside
of fore wing red-brown, the inner area white, a small triangular
white postmedial spot on costa then a cuived whitish line to
submedian fold, a white subterminal line from costa to vein 3,
excurved below vein 7 ; hind wing white, the costal half
thickly mottled with dark red-brown and the submedian fold
irrorated with red-brown and with patch before termen, a
2b 2
G12
NOCTUIDiE.
slight brown discoidal spot, slightly waved diffused postmedial
line except on inner area, and very slightly waved white
subterminal line from costa to vein 2, angled inwards below
costa.
Hcib. Br. N. Guinea, Milne Bay {Meek), 2 g type. Exp.
20 millim.
Ilyrgodes longirostris, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish tinged with red-
brown ; palpi, pectus and legs dark brown tinged with
grey ; ventral surface of abdomen dark brown. Fore wing
grey- white suffused with red-brown, the terminal area darker ;
antemedial line brown defined on inner side by white towards
costa, curved and waved ; postmedial line brown defined
on outer side by white towards costa, oblique to vein 6, then
waved and incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line brown,
slightly waved, excurved at middle ; a dark brown terminal
line ; cilia dark brown with a reddish ochreous line at base.
Hind wing grey suffused with brown ; a curved brown post-
medial line from discal fold to inner margin ; a slight brown
terminal line ; cilia dark brown with a reddish ochreous line
at base. Underside reddish brown, the inner area whitish ;
fore wing with the postmedial line white to vein 6, then
indistinct and dark, a whitish subterminal line excurved below
vein 7 and at middle ; hind wing with the costal area irrorated
with whitish, a brown postmedial line rather bent outwards
between vein 7 and submedian fold, a white subterminal
line oblique towards costa and angled outwards to termen
at submedian fold.
Ab. 1. Whiter ; fore wing tinged with rufous. — Singapore.
Hob. Singapore (Ridley). 1 $ ; Bali {Doherty), 1 $ type.
Exp. 22 millim.
Ilyrgodes bisinuata, n. sp.
Head, tegulse, and prothorax white, the rest of thorax
and base of abdomen white mixed with rufous, the remainder
of abdomen rufous with white segmental lines ; antennae
tinged with brown ; palpi brown towards base ; pectus, legs
and ventral surface of abdomen brown tinged with grey.
Fore wing grey suffused with red-brown ; antemedial line
brown with a slight white streak before it on costa, excurved
to median nervure ; postmedial line brown defined on outer
side by white towards costa, excurved to vein 4 with a slight
inwards curve at discal fold, then incurved ; subterminal line
white, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal
series of dark striae ; cilia dark brown with a fine pale line
at base. Hind wing grey suffused with brown ; a slightly
waved brown postmedial line from discal fold to inner margin ;
ILYRGODES. — PHYCOPTERUS.
613
a faint whitish subterminal line slightly defined on inner side
by brown ; a fine brown terminal line ; cilia dark brown
with a fine pale line at base. Underside red-brown, the inner
areas whitish ; fore wing with curved brown postmedial line
defined on outer side by white towards costa and white
subterminal line excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; hind
wing with curved brown postmedial line and white subterminal
line angled inwards below costa and outwards to termen at
submedian fold.
Hob. Amboina (Doherty), 1 £ type. Exp. 22 millim.
Genus EGONE.
Type.
Egone, Walk, xxvii. 4 (1863) bipunctalis, Walk.
Dnopheropis, Turner, Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxvii.
p. 103 (1902) scotxa, Turner.
Egone atrisquamata, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown mixed with some
whitish. Fore wing pale red-brown, the costa with a whitish
tinge to beyond middle ; small black spots in middle of
cell and on discocellulars, the latter defined on outer side
by whitish ; minute subbasal and antemedial black spots in
submedian fold and a slight medial streak of black scales ;
an oblique postmedial series of small black spots in the
interspaces between veins 5 and 2. Hind whig uniform pale
red-brown. Underside of fore wing pale red-brown ; ^ hind
wing whitish tinged with red-brown, a faint diffused oblique
red-brown postmedial shade.
Hcib. W. Australia ( Shortbridge ), 1 S type- Exp. 38
millim.
Genus PHYCOPTERUS. Type.
Phycopterus, Blanchard, Gay’s Fauna Chilena vii. p. 103
G8521 flavellus, Blanch,
Phycopterus rubritincta, n. sp.
A Head and thorax ochreous suffused with rufous ; fore
and mid legs suffused with fuscous, the tarsi slightly ringec
with whitish ; abdomen creamy white tinged with rufous.
Fore wing ochreous suffused with purplish red, the costal
edge purplish red to middle ; an indistinct sinuous brownish
antemedial line ; orbicular slightly defined by b ackish,
round ; two blackish discoidal points ; medial line blackish,
rather diffused and oblique to lower angle of cell then
inwardly oblique and sinuous ; postmedial line double,
purplish red, the outer line with some blackish scales on it
oblique, slightly excurved at middle, indistinct and diffused
614
NOCTTJIDjr.
on costal area, the inner line bent inwards to costa ; a fine
waved blackish terminal line ; cilia purplish red mixed with
some blackish. Hind wing silky white tinged with ochreous
and brown especially towards termen ; a faint brownish
postmedial line excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; cilia
whitish with a brown line near base. Underside of fore wing
ochreous suffused with brown except on costal and terminal
areas which are tinged with rufous ; hind wing whitish tinged
with ochreous brown, a slight brownish discoidal striga and
curved postmedial line.
Hob. Chili ( Ruschewegh ), 1 £ type. Exp. 28 millim.
Genus CRAMBIFORMA, nov.
Type, C. leucostrepta .
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint ob-
liquely upturned to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front
and fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd
porrect, short, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with large tuft
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male ciliated ;
thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without crests,
a tuft of long hair from below' origin of fore wing ; tibiae
smoothly scaled ; build slender ; abdomen smoothly scaled
and without crests. Pore wing long and narrow, the apex
somewhat produced, the termen angled at vein 4, then oblique,
not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 1 1 from cell ; a fringe of hair below' base of costa
on underside. Hind wing with the cell half the length of
wing ; veins 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 fully developed from
lowrer angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the
cell to near middle.
Crambifonna leucostrepta, n. sp.
Head and tegulse white, the thorax white mixed with
red-browm and with a rufous band behind the tegula? ;
antennae tinged with red-browm ; palpi with some pale brown
at sides ; pectus and legs creamy w'hite, the fore legs tinged
with brown ; abdomen pale reddish brown, the ventral
surface creamy white. Fore wing whitish tinged with rufous
and slightly irrorated with black-brown, the costal area, a
fascia below the cell and the medial part of terminal area
whiter ; an indistinct diffused oblique reddish brown medial
line from cell to inner margin ; a reddish brown postmedial
line, faint and excurved to vein 3, then more distinct and
very strongly incurved ; a slight oblique rufous shade from
termen just below apex to the postmedial line at discal fold.
CRAMBIFORMA. — PRIONOPTERINA.
615
Hind wing white suffused with pale red-brown especially on
terminal area. Underside of fore wing pale red-brown, the
costa towards apex and inner area white ; hind wing white
tinged with pale red-brown except the cell and inner area
and the costa towards apex.
Hab. Abyssinia, Harrar {Degen), 1 $ type. Exp. 32
milliru.
Genus EPIMECIODES, nov.
Type, E. abunda, Feld. {Epimecia), Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 108.
f. 46 (1874).
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the
2nd joint reaching about to vertex of head and fringed with
long hair above and below, the 3rd moderate, porrect ; frons
smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennse of male ciliated ;
thorax clothed chiefly with scales and without crests ; a tuft
of hair from below origin of fore wing ; tibiae nearly smoothly
scaled ; build slender ; abdomen without crests. Fore wing
rather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen
obliquely curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before
angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from just below
upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle
of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ;
8 anastomosing with the cell to near extremity.
Germs PRIONOPTERINA, nov.
Type, P. grammatistis, Meyr. ( Prionophora ), Trans. Ent.
Soc. 1897, p. 374. . . , ^ _ , ...
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the _,nd pint
obliquely upturned to vertex of head, slender, slightly fringe
with scales in front and with hair behind towards extremity,
the 3rd short, oblique, thickly scaled ; frons smooth, with
slight ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ; antennse of
male typically with long bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed
almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with oblique crest ;
tibife smoothly scaled ; build slender ; abdomen smoothly
scaled and without crests. Fore wing narrow, the apex
somewhat produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved
and not crenulate ; vein 3 from well before angle o ! cell
5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 from 10
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 s jom ie times from
beyond the areole ; 11 from, cell ; a fringe of hair- from below
base of costa on underside. Hind wing ^
E-mn half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle , o fully
developfd from fust, above angle; 6 7 from upper angle;
8 anastomosing with the cell to beyond middle.
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NOCTUIDJE.
Genus ADRA.
Type.
Adra, Walk, xxvii. 137 (1863) argentilinea, Walk.
Adra nicobarica, n. sp.
<$. Head and thorax white, the patagia and antennae pale
rufous ; palpi ochreous brown at sides ; legs ochreous brown ;
abdomen white tinged with ochreous brown . Fore wing
pale rufotis ; a white fascia on discal fold from base to termen ;
a slight white streak along vein 1, diffused into submedian
interspace at middle ; white fascia? above terminal parts of
veins 3 and 2 ; a slight black-brown streak just below costa
before apex and slight black-brown streaks on extremities
of veins 7, 6, 4, 3, 2. Hind wing white suffused with ochreous
brown. Underside white tinged with pale brown.
Hub. Nicobar Is. {Rogers), 1 <$ type. Exp. 20 millim.
Genus ANTARCHiEA.
Type.
Anthophila, Ochs. Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 93 (1816), non
descr. ; Zincken, Ersch. & Grnbe, Allg. Encyc.
Wiss. iv. p. 275 (1820) ; Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. (3)
p. 273 (1826), nec 111. Hym. 1804, and Haworth
Lep. 1811 viridaria, Clerck.
Antarchsea, Hiibn. Verz. p. 254 (1827) numisma, Hiibn.
Prothymia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 282 (1827) viridaria, Clerck.
Heliomanes, Sodoffsky, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1837, vi
suppl. p. 16 (1837) viridaria, Clerck.
Daona, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vii. p. 190
(1864) mansueta, Walk.
Gauzania, Walk, xxxiv. 1208 (1865) det.ersalis, Walk.
Byturna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 28 mansueta, Walk.
Pseiidomicra, Butl. Entom. xxv. p. 69 (1892) marginalis, Walk.
Antarchsea coniota, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white tinged with
red-brown ; antennae dark red-brown ; palpi deep red-brown,
purplish red in front ; fore legs suffused with purplish red.
Fore wing ochreous white mottled with rufous especially
towards termen and slightly irro rated with blackish, the
costal edge bright rufous ; a black point at lower angle of
cell ; an oblique rufous line from apex to vein 1 beyond
middle ; a series of slight blackish points just before termen ;
cilia bright rufous. Hind wing white faintly tinged with
brown especially towards termen ; cilia tinged with purplish
pink. Underside of fore wing whitish suffused with purplish
pink except on inner area and more deeply towards costa ;
hind wing white tinged and irrorated with purplish pink
except on inner area, a series of black points before termen.
Hab. N.E. Rhodesia, Up. Luangwa R. ( Neave ), 1 $ type.
Exp. 28 millim.
ANT ARCH JEA.
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Antarchaea hypopsamma, n. sp.
Head and thorax ochreous white, the head irrorated
with fuscous, the tegulse suffused with fuscous except at tips ;
fore legs rufous in front ; abdomen ochreous tinged with rufous.
Fore wing ochreous sparsely irrorated with black, the terminal
area slightly tinged with brown ; antemedial line represented
by obliquely placed blackish points in and below cell ; a
black point at lower angle of cell ; faint traces of a brownish
postmedial line towards costa ; a series of black points just
before termen ; cilia rufous at base, white at tips with some
black scales at middle and a dark line near tips. Hind wing
pale ochreous, the terminal area suffused with brown ; a
series of blackish points just before termen ; cilia rufous ;
the underside ochreous white, the costal area tinged with
crimson.
Hab. N.E. Rhodesia, Niamadzi R. ( Neave ), 1 $ ; Trans-
vaal ( Cholmley ), 1 type. Exp. 26 millim.
Antarchaea punctilinea, n. sp.
Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white ; palpi irrorated
■with brown ; antennae slightly ringed with brown ; legs
irrorated with red. Fore wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated
with brown, the costa tinged with red, forming spots at the
lines ; a subbasal brown point in cell ; antemedial points
below costa and in and below cell ; a minute black point in
middle of cell and two on discocellulars a postmedial series
of slight brown spots with some greyish scales on them,
excurved to vein 4, then incurved, two dark points beyond, it
on costa ; faint traces of a brown subterminal line ; a series
of black points just before termen ; cilia rufous at base,
brown at tips. Hind wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated
with brown except at base ; a brown postmedial line from
below costa to inner margin ; a series of black points just
before termen ; a fine waved rufous terminal line , cilia
pale rufous at base, brown at tips ; the underside thickly
irrorated with brown, the costal area suffused with red.
Ab. 1. Fore and hind wing much more prominently
mottled with brown.
Ab. 2. Much greyer.
Hab W Australia, Roebuck Bay (J . J. W alker), 2 $
type, Sherlock R. {Clements), 1 & 1 $ ; N. S. Wales [Arnold),
1 $. Exp. 24-26 millim.
618
NOCTUID.E.
Antarchaea straminea, n. sp.
Head and tegulae fuscous black ; thorax pale ochreous
yellow, the fore legs and mid tibiae at base irrorated with
fuscous ; abdomen pale yellow, dorsally tinged with rufous
except at base. Fore wing pale yellow irrorated and striated
with black ; small obliquely placed antemedial black spots
on costa and in cell ; a small spot in middle of cell and another
below it in submedian fold ; reniform incompletely defined by
black and with black points in upper and lower parts, con-
stricted at middle, some dark suffusion beyond it ; postmedial
line with prominent black bar from costa, then slight and
•with two black points on inner area, excurved below costa
and at middle ; a subterminal series of slight blackish points
with two black points at costa ; a series of black points just
before termen ; cilia rufous at base, dark at tips. Hind wing
yellow with a series of slight black points just before termen.
Hab. Br. C. Africa, Port Herald (Old), 1 ^ 5 Queensland,
Brisbane (Turner), 1 $ type. Exp. 20 millim.
Antarchaea goniogrannna, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white tinged with
rufous, the head and tegulae irrorated with fuscous ; pectus
whitish ; the legs irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing creamy
white tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown,
the terminal area more rufous and with some fuscous suffusion
at apex ; reniform rufous slightly defined on inner side by
brown, elliptical ; a faint diffused oblique rufous line from
lower angle of cell to inner margin ; traces of a double post-
medial line, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ;
subterminal line pale defined on each side by fuscous irroration
angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series
of black points ; cilia rufous. Hind wing ochreous white
tinged with rufous and slightly irrorated with brown.
Hab. Sudan, White Nile, Kosti (Longstaff), 1 $ type,
Roseires (Longstaff), 1 $, Port Sudan (Waterfield), 1 $. Exp.
18-22 millim.
Antarchaea diacraspis, n. sp.
Head and tegulae pink ; thorax and abdomen ochreous
yellow, the fore legs pink in front. Fore wing yellow ; a
pink costal fascia from base to apex ; a narrow oblique pink
band from costa towards apex to middle of inner margin,
expanding at lower angle of cell into a patch which is angled
inwards on median nervure and extending between veins
5 and 3 to the pink terminal band. Hind wing yellowish
white ; the underside tinged with crimson towards apex.
Hab. Jamaica (Sturridge), 1 type. Exp. 24 millim.
ANT ARCH. R A.
619
Antarchsea curvifera, n. sp.
cJ. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white ; antennae
brown ; palpi suffused with chocolate-red ; legs deep choco-
late-brown ; ventral surface of abdomen tinged with red-
brown. Fore wing ochreous suffused with purplish rufous
except on inner area ; a black point at lower angle of cell ;
an obliquely downcurved interrupted black streak with some
white scales on it from below apex to beyond lower angle of
cell ; traces of a series of black points just before termen ;
cilia deep red-brown with some black scales before the tips
which are silvery white. Hind wing white slightly tinged
with ochreous ; cilia tinged with brown towards tips which
are white. Underside ochreous white ; fore wing suffused
with purplish red except the inner area and the terminal
area except at apex ; hind wing with the costal area tinged
with purplish red.
Hab. Br. E. Africa, Mt. Kenia ( Neave ), 1 <$ type. Exp.
36 millim.
Antarchsea signifera, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen creamy white, the tegulae
and patagia irrorated with blackish ; antennae tinged with
brown ; palpi with some broivn mixed. Fore wing creamy
white irrorated with reddish brown ; a small subbasal black
spot on costa and point in cell ; an antemedial black spot on
costa with oblique line from it to discal fold and a point on
submedian fold ; a short black streak in end of cell ; small
obliquely placed black spot on and below middle of costa,
two discoidal spots with some white between them, and
obliquely placed spots on veins 2 and 1 ; postmedial line
with oblique wedge-shaped black mark from costa, then
brownish, incurved at discal fold, oblique below vein 4, and
with small black spots at submedian fold and inner margin ,
a very indistinct reddish brown subterminal line, excurved
at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing
white faintly tinged with brown ; the underside w ith blackis l
discoidal points and traces of postmedial line towards costa.
Hab. Gold Coast, Accra ( Sir G. Carter), 1 $ type. Exp.
24 millim.
Antarchsea nyctichroa, n. sp.
Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed with black and
some grey; pectus with some white, eqs ac rown
mixed with grev, the tarsi black ringed with white
grey suffused with red-brown and irrorated wi
Fore wing greyish tinged with red-brown and irrorated with
black, the ante- and postmedial areas with more or less
leaden silvery suffusion ; a subbasal black bar from costa ,
abdomen
with fuscous.
620
NOCTTJIDJE.
antemedial line with oblique black bar from costa, then
indistinct, waved ; a rather X-shaped blackish mark in middle
of cell ; medial line rather oblique and black towards costa,
then less distinct and slightly waved ; postmedial line with
wedge-shaped black mark from costa, then slightly waved,
angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal line
ochreous white defined on inner side by chocolate-brown
suffusion, slightly waved, incurved at discal fold ; a terminal
series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing with the
basal half ochreous whitish irrorated with black, the terminal
half greyish suffused with dark brown ; blackish medial and
postmedial lines ; subterminal line ochreous white, slightly
waved, obsolescent towards costa ; a waved black terminal
line. Underside pale ochreous irrorated with brown, the
terminal areas chocolate-brown, the inner area of fore wing
whitish ; both wings with dark medial and postmedial lines
and slight waved whitish subterminal line.
Hob. S. Nigeria, Lagos (Dudgeon), 1 q type ; N. Nigeria,
Zungeru ( Mac fie ), 1 2 $. Exp. 28-30 millim.
Antarchaea opsiphora, n. sp.
$. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish mixed with reddish
brow-n ; tarsi ringed* with white. Fore whig whitish tinged
and irrorated with brown and suffused in parts with purplish
red especially near the antemedial line and on terminal
area ; the veins streaked with black ; a subbasal black point
below costa ; antemedial line blackish, oblique to median
nervure beyond origin of vein 2, then very inwardly oblique ;
a small wedge-shaped black mark in end of cell ; a white
discoidal lunule defined by black and with black points in
its upper and lower parts ; a wedge-shaped white streak
between veins 4 and 3 extending to near termen ; postmedial
line black, oblique to discal fold, then inwardly oblique and
slightly incurved at vein 2 ; subterminal line represented by
a series of short black dashes on the veins, angled outwards
at vein 7, a whitish mark beyond it at apex and another
before it below vein 7 ; a waved black terminal line. Hind
wing whitish suffused with some brown ; traces of a curved
dark postmedial line and of a double subterminal line filled
in with whitish ; cilia white intersected with black at the
veins ; the underside with blackish discoidal spot and curved
postmedial line.
Hab. Transvaal, White R. (Cooke), 1 $ type. Exp. 24
millim.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
[Synonyms are printed in italics .]
abclitalis (Gustiana), 243.
Abrostola, 22.
abrostolica (Catephia), 58.
abrupta (Focilla), 523.
abrupta (Trogogonia), 523.
abunda {. Epimecia ), 615.
abunda (Epimeciodes), 615.
Aburina, 501.
Acacallis, 335.
Acanthermia, 248.
Acantholipes, 272.
Acantholipes, 258, 273.
Acantholipis, 409.
Acanthoprora, 85.
accingalis (Egnasia), 575.
accingalis (Matella), 575.
acclinalis (Antiblennna), 383.
accolytis (Nagia), 65.
achceoides (Elpia), 4.
achaeoides (Sypna), 4.
Achceops, 103.
achalcea (Plusiodonta), 361.
Acharya, 596.
Acigona, 524.
Aeolasis, 110.
Acontia, 87.
Acrobyla, 76.
acron (Iiemeroblemma), 120.
acron { Thermesia ), 120.
acronyctoides {Catephia), 58-
Actenia, 331.
acutalis (Phyprosopus), 380.
acutalis (Sudariophora), 380._
acutissima (Hypopleurona), 501.
acutissima (Paratherrnes), 501.
Acygnatha, 482.
acygonia (Isogona), 453.
Acygoniodes, 517.
acypera (Malagonia), 473.
acypera {Talapa), 473.
adelopis {Prorocopis), 83.
adelopis (Stenoprora), 83.
adjutrix (Athyrma), 177.
admiraltensis (Rhesalides), - 1 4.
Adra, 616.
Adrocampa, 243.
Aidia, 49.
ceneofusa (Calpe), 376.
cequalis ( Motina ), 252.
cequalis (Orcesia), 376.
sequalis (Rivula). 252.
cequatoria (Diphthera), 4S.
sequatoria (Halochroa), 48.
sequilinea (Mecodina), 490.
sesehra (Sminthopses), 528.
setheriopasta (Sipatosia), 434.
afghana (Acrobyla), 76.
Aggustiana, 261.
Aglossostola, 606.
agramma (Eucalyptra), 248.
Alabama, 345.
Alamis, 296.
Alapadna, 191.
albicilia (Clapronia), 317.
albicornea (Pseudogyrtona), 215.
albida (Hopetounia), 86.
albidentata (Avittonia), 496.
albidentina ( Blosyris), 118.
albidus (Eulepidotis), 132.
abidus (Peropalpus), 132.
albifimbria (Mmophisma), 105.
abligutta (Athyrmina), 179.
albigutta {Talapa), 179.
albiguttula (Phlogochroa), 417.
albilixnbata (Renodes), 326.
albilimitata (Thoracolophotos), 370.
albilinea (Ugia), 437.
albilineata (Anticarsia), 450.
albilineata (Olulis), 482.
albina (Pangraptica), 557.
albipars (Rhesala), 279.
albipuncta (Arugisa), 242.
albipuncta (Pha;oblemma), 8.
albipunctula (Anomis), 354.
albirena (Catephia), 51.
albirena (Metoponrhis), 78.
albiseriata (Pangrapta), 567.
albisparsata (Stibara), 10.
albistellata (Isadelphina), 340.
albistellata (Isogona), 452.
albistriata (Eulepidotis), 133.
albivirgata (Calpe), 373.
622
ALPHABETICAL IXDEX.
albizonata (Uripao), 90.
alboarcuata (Heoeugorna), 495.
albopunctata (Silignea), 410.
albopunctata (Zethes), 410.
alceste ( Capnodes ), 203.
alc-este (Micranthops), 203.
Aleucanitis, 39, 41.
aliena (Arugisa), 241.
Allia, 131.
alternans (Loxioda), 303.
Aluaca, 332.
amaba (Marcipa), 167.
Amarna, 345.
amata (Loxioda), 303.
amcita (Pyralidesthes), 303.
Amblygoes, 294.
Amblygonia, 299.
amelaena (Metaphoenia), 478.
amphidecta (Amphitrogia), 589.
amphidecta ( Marmorinia ), 589.
Amphigonia, 512, 523, 524.
Amphiongia, 516.
Amphitrogia, 589.
amphix (.J arasana), 33.
amphix (Lvncestis), 33.
amyntoralis (Throana), 590.
Anachrostis, 186.
amemica (Erastriopis), 196.
anoemica (Rivula), 258.
Ananepa, 205.
anartoides ( Chirconia ), 366.
anartoides (Radara), 366.
Anatatha, 291.
anceps (Mecodinops), 488.
anceps (Thermesia), 488.
anconia (Pleuronodes), 509.
androconiata (Plecoptera), 265.
anepsia (Acolasis), 110.
Anereuthina, 94.
angulina ( Baniana ), 181.
annulisigna (Oglasa), 225.
Anoba, 172.
Anomis, 345.
Anophia, 49, 74, 79.
Antarchsea, 616.
antecedens (Euclystis), 524.
antecedent (Galapha), 524.
anterosticta (Rhopalognatha), 458.
anterosticta ( Thermesia ), 458.
Anthocitta, 110.
Anthophila, 616.
Antiblemma, 383.
Anticarsia, 448.
antitermina (Paracarsia), 451.
anyx (Capnodes), 383.
apicalis (Marcipa), 171.
apicalis ( Sphetta ), 22.
apicata (Ephyrodes), 499.
apicata (Hcrpoperasa), 499.
apicia (Mecodina), 490.
Apistis, 444.
Aplocampa, 243.
Apphadana, 294.
Apphadana, 325.
approximans (Plecoptera), 268.
Aramuna , 227.
Archana, 469.
Archephia, 88.
Arctia, 109.
Arctinia, 172.
arenalis (Glympis), 332.
arenalis (Perta), 332.
areos (Brachyblemma), 119.
areos (Phalcena Geometra), 119.
A retype, 243.
Argadesa, 335.
argentescens (Hypocalpopis), 378.
argentescens (Makapta), 378.
argentifera (Homodina), 143.
Argidia, 459.
argillacea (Alabama), 345.
argillacea (Anomis), 345.
argillacea (Eualabama), 345.
argyra (Euglyphina), 145.
argyra (Plusia), 145.
argyresthia (Paralephana), 151.
argyrolampra (Calpe), 375.
argyropasta (Polygrapta), 185.
argyrosema (Calpe), 374.
argyrosema (Marcipa), 165.
argvrozonea (Antiblemma), 394.
ariefera (Acrobjda), 76.
Armada, 76.
aroa (Acantholipes), 258.
aroa (Carpheria), 600.
aroa (Zethes), 600.
Arugisa, 241.
Arvaduca, 128.
Arytrurides, 515.
asaphisema (Oxidercia), 307.
asema (Massala), 406.
Asiccia, 197.
Asplenia, 77.
Asia, 497.
Asthana, 181.
Asticta, 148.
astrapetes (Goniohelia), 319.
Asymbata, 105.
Athvrma, 177.
Athyrmina, 179.
Athysania, 371.
atlantica (Amblygonia), 299.
atlantica (Juncaria), 299.
atomifera (1 )evena), 371.
atrapex (Acygnatha), 482.
atrapex ( Hcrpepcras), 514.
atrapex (llaparna), 482.
atribasis (Corsa), 288.
atridisca (Paracceria), 236.
atriplaga (Anoba), 172.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
623
atripluga (Galapha), 172.
atripuncta (Avitta), 498.
atripuncta (Tolpia), 191.
atripustula ( Gangra), 305.
atripustula (Oxidercia), 305.
atrisignata (Oglasodes), 209.
atrisquamata (Egone), 613.
atristipat-a (Oglasa), 224.
atristipata (Plecoptera), 267.
atritornalis (Eucampima), 542.
atrosignata ( Chadaca ), 249.
atrosignata (Herminodes), 249.
aulota (Oglasa), 218.
aurantia (Khadira), 334.
aurantiaca (Xanthanomis), 356.
aurata (Tipasa), 475.
aureopicta (Eutelephia), 49.
aureopicta (Eutelia), 49.
auripennis (Cryptochrvsa), 109.
auripe.nnis (Hypogramma), 109.
Authadistis, 87.
Avitta, 420, 497.
Avittonia, 496.
Axiocteta, 359.
Azatha, 428.
Azazia, 448.
Azirista, 459.
badia (Anomis), 347.
bahamensis (Litoprosopus), 146.
Baniana, 173, 176, 180, 181, 199.
Baniopis, 208.
Barbesola, 217.
barbipes (Deinopa), 183.
Barcita, 2, 4.
Bareia, 487.
basimochla (Herminodes), 251.
basirhabdota (Plusiodonta), 361.
basistriga (Bradunia), 208.
Batracharta, 101.
Belciana, 46.
Bendis, 428.
Bendisopis, 433.
Bessacta, 172.
biatomea ( Rivula ), 258.
bicolor (Arctia), 109.
bicolor (Lepidopalpia), 109.
bifasciata (Mimeugoa), 189.
biformis (Belciana), 46.
biformis ( Nalca ), 46.
bigutta (Epicarsia), 451.
bigutta (Thermesia), 451.
bilinea (Phrodita), 243.
bilineatus (Accintholipes), 2/3.
bilineatus (Orthogrammica), 273.
bimaculata (Bocula), 227.
bimaculata (Sillophora), 227.
bipuncta (Eucalyptra), 243.
bipunctalis (Egone), 613.
Biregula, 263.
birenosa (Discosema), 425.
birenosa (Renodes), 425.
Birtha, 161.
bisignata ( Bcethantha ), 489.
bisignata (Mecodina), 489.
bisignata (Paralephana), 153.
bisinuata (Deinopa), 183.
bisinuata (Eucalyptra), 244.
bisinuata (Ilyrgodes), 612.
bisinuata (Oglasodes), 210.
bistriga ( Melipotis ), 35.
biundata (Paragabara), 261.
Blasticorhinus, 297.
Bleptina, 560.
Blosyris, 114.
boarmioides (Hypotrisula), 123.
boarmioides ( Steiria ), 123.
Bocula, 227, 234.
Bcethantha, 489.
Bolina, 41.
bolinoides (Anticarsia), 448.
bolinoides ( Hypospila ), 448.
bolinoides ( Mcepa ), 448.
bolinoides (Orrea), 448.
boopis (Tipasa), 476.
Borsippa, 227.
Boryzola, 46.
Brachyblemma, 119.
brachygonia (Gorgonia), 444.
Brachyherca, 527.
Brachyona, 84.
brachypecten (Maxera), 301.
brachyptera (Tolpia), 190.
bracteigutta (Homodes), 141.
bracteigutta ( Philecia ), 141.
Bradunia, 208.
braziliensis ( Burdettia ), 238.
braziliensis (Cocriana), 238.
Brevipecten, 217.
breviramia (Caryonopera), 231.
Brujas, 120.
brunnea ( Pseudogonitis ), 344.
brunnea (Savara), 344.
brunneigrisea (Glympis), 333.
bubastis (Giria), 97.
Buphana, 238.
Burdettia, 238.
byrsopa (Radara), 366.
Byturna, 616.
cacata (Ephyrodes), 455.
cacata (Leida), 455.
cacata ( Liviana ), 455.
cacata ( Maltana ), 455.
caerula (Belciana), 47.
cailino ( Aleucanitis ), 41.
cailino (Bolina), 41.
cailino (Syneda), 41.
cajeta (Corycia), 335.
cajeta (Othreis), 335.
624
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
calamina (Rivula), 258.
calamodes (Anomis), 354.
Calesia, 105.
ealgia (Manbuta), 400.
calgia (Pagyra), 400.
calligramma (Pseudyrias), 17.
calligrapha (Sudariopliora), 380.
Callopistria, 368.
Calpe, 373.
Calymniops, 205.
Calyptra, 373.
cambogialis (Ostha), 604.
camerunia (Pangrapta), 562.
campana (Serrodes), 148.
camptocera (Paralephana), 157.
Camptochilus, 358, 606.
camptogramma (Bendis), 429.
camptogramma (Gonoglasa), 206.
canescens (Catephia), 57.
canipars (Phaeoscia), 505.
capensis (Acolasis), 110.
capensis (Anthocitta), 110.
capensis (Hypogramma), 110.
Capis, 261.
Capitaria, 345.
Capnodes, 203, 293, 381, 383, 390,
416, 421, 473.
capnosia (Ilyrgis), 608.
captata (Brevipecten), 217.
captata (Oglasa), 217.
capucina (Calpe), 373.
capucina {Calyptra), 373.
capucina ( Gonodonta ), 373.
Caradrina, 88.
caradrinoides (Bocula), 227.
caranea (Hulodes), 92.
carcistola (Eulepidotis), 140.
carda (Hopetounia), 86.
Carissa, 101.
carneomacula (Metaleetra), 280.
ccirneomacula ( Stimmia ), 280.
carneotineta (Tamba), 552.
carnina (Sanys), 464.
carnitincta (Tamba), 547.
Carpheria, 600.
carpnophora (Oxidercia), 309.
Carsina, 302.
Carteia, 263.
Caryonopera, 230.
castanea ( Egnasia ), 575.
castanea (Eutrogia), 575.
castancata (Drepanophiletis), 342.
castanitis (Malatrogia), 594.
castanitis ( Zethes ), 594.
Catada, 291.
Cataloxia, 295.
Catephia, 49.
Catephiona, 62.
catortha (Savara), 344.
catoxantha (Acolasis), 111.
caustiplaga {Capnodes), 421.
caustiplaga (Selenoperas), 421.
Celcena, 16.
eenturialis (Euclystis), 524.
cervicornis (Crioniea), 82.
cervicornis (Pteronycta), 82.
Chabora, 366.
Chadaca, 249.
chalcomera (Plusiodonta), 364.
chalsytoides { Gadera ), 362.
Chamina, 463.
charassota (Episparis), 518.
cheilosema (Isadelphina), 339.
Chelaprora, 84.
chelesema (Baniana), 199.
chinensis (Batracharta), 101.
chionopasta (Mecodina), 492.
Chirconia, 366.
Chitasida, 73.
chlorargyria (Dyops), 130.
chlorea (Sphingomorpha), 101.
chloridina (Asplenia), 77.
Chlorograpta, 596.
chloropis (Obroatis), 472.
chlorota (Eustrotiopis), 207.
chlorotherma (Metaleetra), 284.
Cholimma, 252.
choninea ( Gonodonta ), 372.
chordophoides (Amphigonia), 516.
chordophoides {Zethes), 516.
chorinca (Athysania), 371.
Chorsia, 217.
chrysocephala (Plecoptera), 266.
Chrysograpta, 597.
ehrysotornus (Athysania), 372.
cimolia (Diomyx), 131.
cinctigutta {Enydra), 108.
cinctigutta (Rhanidophora), 108.
cinerea {Capnodes), 293.
cinerea (Hypostrotia), 293.
cinerea (Ugiodes), 422.
cinnamomeus {Camptochilus), 358.
einnaraomeus (Striaptera), 358.
circumdata (Acantholipes), 272.
circumdata { Docela ), 272.
clandestina (Cairiana), 238.
Clapronia, 316.
Claterna, 515.
clavifera (Plusiodonta), 361.
clavifera (Tafalla), 361.
closteroides { Iliaspis ), 217.
closteroides (Oglasa), 217.
Codonodes, 213.
Ccenipeta, 110, 112.
Coenobela, 426.
ccenotypo (Eucarapima), 542.
coenotype (Sanys), 465.
ccenutype (Zethes), 542.
Coeriana, 238.
coerulescens (Aburina), 502.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
625
colliquens (Acolasis), 110.
colliquens ( Cosnipeta ), 110.
combusta (Dinumma), 31.
combusta (Ortheaga), 31.
comprehendens (Melipotis), 33.
compressipalpis (Plusiodonta), 361.
Goncana, 127.
concha (Oroscopa), 539.
confluens (Marcipa), 168.
confluens (Oglasa), 219.
confluens ( Talapa ), 263.
confluens (Talapoptera), 263.
congenita (Taviodes), 29.
congressci (Abrostola), 22.
congressa (Habrostolodes), 22.
conifer (Egnasia), 578.
conifera (Caryonopera), 230.
coniota (Antarchsea), 616.
conisema (Mecodopsis), 235.
conjungens ( Gramniodes ), 204.
con j ungens (Parafodina), 204.
connectens (Oglasa), 221.
Conosema, 236.
conscitulana (Tolpia), 190.
consocia (Paralephana), 156.
constellata (Rivula), 255.
continua (Isogona), 452.
continua ( Massava ), 452.
continua ( Pincia ■), 452.
contracta ( Naharra ), 13.
contracta (Veia), 13.
contraria (Savara), 344.
convergens (Leoniloma), 144.
coppryi (Archana), 469.
coppryi (Orthogramma), 469.
corineta (Palindia), 137, 138.
Coma, 605.
Coronis, 336.
Coronta, 33.
Corsa, 288.
corticea (Sanys), 468.
Corycia, 335.
Cosmophila, 33S, 342, 345, 353, 410.
cossoides (Batracharta), 101.
cossoides ( Carissa ), 101.
costalis ( Acharya ), 596.
costalis (Leptotroga), 596.
costimacula (Mesogenea), 3.17. ^
costinotata ( Hyper baniana), 199.
costinotata (Ilyrgis), 607.
costinotata (Rivula), 253.
costiplaga (Stibsera), 10.
costisignata (Oglasa), 222.
costisignata (Paralephana), loo.
costisignata (Plecoptera), 2b3.
Coxina, 14.
Crambiforma, 614.
craspisticta (Rivula), 257.
crassicornis (Sysstrema), 423.
craterosema (Baniana), 20U.
creberrima (Anticarsia), 448.
creberrima (Tochara), 448.
cremorina (Eucalpytra), 245.
crenata (Libystica), 530.
crenelata (Acantholipis), 409.
crenelata (Cymoblemma), 409.
crenulata (Coeriana), 240.
Crionica, 82.
crocea (Cryptochrostis), 313.
crocea {Mandela), 313.
crocea (Homodes), 141.
crocota (Eulepidotis), 137.
Cryptastria, 595.
Cryptochrostis, 313.
Cryptochrysa, 109.
cryptodisca (Catephia), 61.
cryptoleuca (Pangrapta), 561.
cryptosema ( Hyposemansis), 559.
Cultripalpa, 589.
cunesema (Athyrma), 179.
cuprescens (Dyops), 128.
curvata (Capis), 261.
curvata (Gabara), 261.
curvicosta (Renodes), 325.
curvifera (Antarchsea), 619.
curvilinea (Paralephana), 153.
cyanargyria (Dyops), 129.
cyanescens (Saroba), 414.
cyanolepia ( Megatomis ), 601.
cyanolepia (Pseudostella), 601.
cvanopasta (Eusethiops), 488.
Cyclopis, 119.
cydonia (Claterna), 515.
cydonia ( Trigonia ), 515.
cymasia (Blasticorhinus), 298.
cymatistis (Oxidercia), 312.
Cymoblemma, 409.
cymosema (Sericia), 121.
Daddala, 4.
Dagassa, 325.
Dahha, 421.
damcetesalis ( Ecregma ), 332.
damcetesalis (Glympis), 332.
Daona, 616.
dares (Phseoblemma), 8.
dares ( Phalcena Noctua), 8.
dasyptera (Calesia), 105.
debora (Radara), 366.
debora (Zagorista), 366.
decisa (Iluza), 436.
clecisa (Ugia), 436.
decolor (Tamba), 545.
decoralis ( Marmorinia ), 560.
decoralis (Pangrapta), 560.
deflxa (Barbe-sola), 217.
defixa (Oglasa), 217.
deiliniaria (Eulepiodotis), 136.
deilinias (Thiochroa), 315.
Deinopa, 181.
2 s
620
ALPHABETICAL IX'DEX.
Dei nopalpus, 345.
Deinypena, 230, 443.
delicata (Egnasia), 557.
delieata (Pangraptica), 557.
delinq liens (Deinopa), 181.
delinquent (Pcesula), 181.
delunaris (Mimophisma), 104.
delunaris (Ophisma), 104.
dentifera (Catephia), 49.
dent if era (Zarima), 49.
dentilinea (Plecoptera), 270.
dentilineata (Stibaera), 11.
dentimargo (Antiblemma), 399.
Dercetis, 609.
Deremma, 345.
detersalis (Antarchaea), 616.
detersalis (Gavzania), 616.
detrahens (Bendis), 428.
detrahens ( Lepidotrama ), 428.
detrahens ( Trama ), 428.
Bern, 361, 57,5.
Devena, 371.
devia (Manbuta), 400.
diacraspis (Antarehaea), 618.
diagonalis (Oglasa), 219.
diagramma (Epiearsia), 452.
Diagrapta, 540.
diagrapta (Cataloxia), 295.
dialitha (Pangrapta), 568.
Diallagma, 241.
diana (Aglossostola), 606.
(liana ( Stellidia ), 606.
dianephele (Coeriana), 238.
Diapera, 377.
diapera (Mimeugoa), 189.
diaperas (Plecoptera), 269.
Diapolia, 597.
diapyra (Thermosara), 408.
Diascia, 273.
diascia (Euclystis), 525.
diascia (Eudyops), 126.
diascia (Synolulis), 485.
diasticta (Oglasa), 217.
diastriga (Mecodina), 491.
Diatenes, 32.
dichroa (Blosyris), 116.
dichroa (C’helaprora), 84.
diffumata (Anoba), 172.
diffumata ( Arctinia ), 172.
diff undens (Celcena), 16.
diffundens (Synyrias), 16.
dimcra (Marcipa), 169.
dinawa (Catephia), 62.
dinawa (Eucatephia), 62.
Dinumma, 31.
Diomvx. 131.
diopis (Pseud ogerespa), 535.
Diphthera, 48.
diplogramma (Antiblemma), 392.
diplogramma (Catephia), 73.
diplogramma (Chitasida), 73.
diplogramma (Deinopa), 182.
diplogramma (Plecoptera), 268.
diplosticha (Plecoptera), 270.
diplosticta (Ostha), 604.
dipterygia (Catephia), 53.
Diptheroides, 46.
discimacula (Athyrma), 178.
discios (Argidia), 460.
discipuncta (Tolpiodes), 194.
discobola (Antiblemma), 392.
discofascia (Eucalvptra), 244.
discomma (Taviodes), 28, 31.
discophora (Catephia), 53.
discophora (Oxidercia), 311.
Discosema, 425.
discostriata (Eucalyptra), 247.
discursa (Amarna), 345.
discursa (Anomis), 345.
disjungens (Sarthida), 436.
disjungens (Ugia), 436.
dispila (Panilla), 286.
disrupta (Marcipa), 164.
disruptalis (Pangrapta), 560.
disruptalis (Saraca), 560.
dissimilis(Dysglyptogona), 536, 537.
disticha (Anticarsia), 449.
disticha (Gracilodes), 584.
disticta (Baniana), 200.
distorta (Anticarsia), 448.
distorta (Egnasia), 575.
distorta ( Spectrophysa ), 575.
distributa (Rhazunda), 252.
distributa (Rivula), 252.
dividens (Othreis), 335.
dividens ( Vandana), 335.
divitiosa (Halastus), 335.
divitiosa (Othreis), 335.
divulsa (Athyrma), 171.
divulsa (Tephriopis), 171.
Dnopheropis, 613.
Docela, 272.
Dochmiogramma, 499.
doda (Ananepa), 205.
doda (Hypena), 205.
dolon (Hemeroblemma), 120.
Donacesa, 424.
Dorsippa, 217.
dotata (Metalectra), 282.
Dragana, 294.
Drasteria, 38.
Drasteriodes, 41.
Drepanoblemma, 381.
Drepanofoda, 203.
Drepanoperas, 511.
Drepanophiletis, 341.
Drepanopses, 506.
Drepanorbina, 285.
dubia (Coeriana), 238.
dubia (Leptoctenista), 238.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
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dudgeoni (Eumichtochroa), 100.
dudgeoni (Trisula), 100.
Dunira, 483.
duomita (Barcita), 2.
duomita ( Phialta ), 2.
duplicilinea (Ugia), 436.
dyari (Acanthermia), 249.
Dyops, 126, 128.
Dysglyptogona, 536.
etmrneigutta (Tinolius), 107.
ecchlora (Metalectra), 281.
echephurealis (Ilyrgis), 607.
Eclipsea, 420.
eclipsia (Foeillopis), 510.
Ecpatia, 49.
Ecregma, 332.
ectherma (Loxioda), 304.
Ectogonia, 607.
ectrogia (Parafodina), 204.
editi'ix (Anomis), 345.
editrix (Gonitis), 345.
Egnasia, ,544, 557, 575, 588, 597.
Egnasides, 541.
Egone, 613.
ekeikei (Thoracolophotos), 370.
elachista (Tamba), 546.
elassa (Pangrapta), 572.
electrica (Goniocarsia), 425.
electrica (Thermesia), 425.
elicrina (Rhododactyla), 360,
Elocussa, 452.
Elpia, 4.
Elydna, 205.
Elyra, 232.
emarginata (Calpe), 373.
emarginata (Orsesia), 373.
Encriiphion, 124.
endocharagma (Manbuta), 402.
endochlora (Anomis), 349.
endolasia (Tolpiodes), 194.
endophsea (Anoba), 172.
endophsea (Cceriana), 239.
endophsea (Melanephia), 75.
endoplaga (Catephia), 51.
endopolia (Marcillada), 495.
endoselene (Marcipa), 162.
endosticta (Eutornoptera), 441.
endotricha (Rivula), 253.
endoxantha (Aburina), 501.
Enmonodiops, 530.
ennomodes (Sysstrema), 423.
ensipalpis (Coxina), 14, 15.
Entomogramma, 522.
Enydra, 108.
ephvrodalis (Egnasia), 5/5.
Ephyrodes, 433, 455, 499.
Epicarsia, 451.
Epiconcana, 127
Epimecia, 615.
Epimeciodes, 615.
episcopalis (Nagia), 66.
Episparis, 517, 529.
Epitausa, 469.
Erastriopis, 196.
erebina (Rivula), 256.
erebina (Sypna), 5.
erecta ( Asthana .), 181.
erecta (Deinopa), 181.
erecta ( Rethma ), 181.
eremophila (Armada) 76.
erygidia (Prionofrontia), SO.
Erymella, 406.
erythrolopha (Matiloxis), 368.
erythromma (Antiblemma), 397.
ervthropis (Stenoxia), 602.
ervthrospila (Orsa), 317.
esocampta (Anomis), 345.
esperanza (Aehamps), 103.
esperanza (Opliisma), 103.
esquina (Eugrammodes), 300.
esguina (Noctua), 300.
ethiopica (Ilyrgis), 609.
ethiopina (Rivula), 257.
Euaethiops, 487.
Eualabama, 345.
eubapta (Drasteria), 38.
eubapta (Tipasa), 477.
eubolialis ( Aluaca ), 332.
eubolialis (Glympis), 332.
Eucalyptra, 243.
Eucampima, 542.
eucampima (Axiocteta), 359.
eucampima (Libystica), 529.
Eucatepliia, 62.
euchalcia (Plusiodonta), 363.
euchlora (Belciana), 46.
Euchromalia, 252.
Euclystis, 524.
eucosmia (Taveta), 12.
eucraspeda (Pangrapta), 572.
Eudesmeola, 32.
Eudipna, 110.
Eudorea, 196.
Eudragana, 227.
Eudrapa, 23, 95.
Eudvops, 126.
Etiglyphina, 145.
Eugrammodes, 300.
Eugrapta, 544.
Euippodes, 486.
Eulepidotis, 132.
Eumichtochroa, 100.
Eupalindia, 369.
euphanera (Metasarca), 2.
eupithecioides (Dagassa), 325.
eupithecioides (Renodes), 325.
euprepes (Euippodes), 486.
euprepia (Hemichloridia), 143.
2 s 2
628
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
euprepia ( W ester mannia), 143.
Euprora, 88.
Eurogramma, 498.
eurogramma (Xanthanomis), 357.
euryphaea (Gerespa), 35.
euryptera (Maxera), 302.
eurytermes (Antiblemma), 398.
euryzona (Khadira), 334.
eusciasta (Tolnaopsis), 96.
euspila (Tautobriga), 471.
eustrigata (Calpe), 377.
Eustrotiopis, 207.
Eutelephia, 49.
Eutelia, 49, 234.
Eutermina, 487.
Eutoreuma, 452.
Eutornoptera, 441.
Eutrogia, 575.
euzonea (Pangrapta), 573.
evanescens (Nagia), 70.
eviola (Ephyrodes), 455.
exacta (Anomis), 345.
exaggerata (Paralectra), 16.
exaggerata ( Ypsia), 16.
excavata ( Cosmophila ), 342.
excavata (Goniophila), 342.
excavata (Mesogenea), 337.
excavata (Odontina), 361.
excavata (Plusiodonta), 361.
excisa (Oxidercia), 311.
excisa (Taviodes), 29.
excisa (Trigonoehrostia), 198.
eximia (Methorasa), 96.
eximia (Pseudotolna), 96.
exocausta (Osthopis), 601.
Exophila, 149.
Exophyla, 149.
expandens (Hemeroblemma), 120.
expandens (Obucola), 120.
exquisita (Syneda), 41.
Facidia, 94.
Facidina, 94.
falcigera (Dre panoperas), 511.
falcigera ( Plaxia ), 511.
fasciata (Calpe), 373.
fasciata (Hypocalpe), 373.
fasciata (Pteronycta), 123.
fasciata (Tolpiodes), 192.
fellearis ( Apistis ), 444.
fellearis (Gorgonia), 444.
Ferenta, 336.
ferreolepra (Gigides), 457.
ferrilineata (Raparna), 272.
filamentosa ( 1 )ochmiogramma),499.
filamentosa (Thiona), 499.
fissisigna (Pseudosphetta), 23.
flabellifera ( Calesia ), 105.
flava (Anomis), 345.
flava (Cosmophila), 345.
flava (Dahlia), 421.
flavala (Thiochroa), 314.
flavellus (Phycopterus), 613.
flaviceps (Matiloxis), 369.
flavicincta (Heoeugorna), 495.
flavida (Deinopa), 181.
flavidens (Athysania), 372.
flavigutta (Rhanidophora), 109.
flavilimbata (Renodes), 325.
flavilinea (Anoba), 173.
flavilinea (Paralephana), 156.
flaviolata (Tarnba), 550.
flavipicta (Sarobides), 411.
flavipuncta (Thermosara), 409.
fiavitincta (Serrodes), 148.
flavizonata (Throana), 590.
jlavornacula ( Madopa ), 260.
flavomacula (Paragabara), 260.
Focilla, 523, 524.
Focillistis, 599.
Focillojiis, 510.
Fodina, 203.
formosensis (Sypna), 4.
Freilla, 453.
fullonica (Othreis), 335.
fulvana (Pseudogyrtona), 214.
fulveola (Crvptochrostis), 313.
fulvescens (Taviodes), 30.
fulvicentralis (Antiblemma), 386.
fulviceps (Calesia), 107.
fulvieilia (Anachrostis), 186.
fulvida (Anomis), 345.
fulvida (Rusicada), 345.
fulvipicta (Antiblemma), 388.
fulvitincta (Eucalyptra), 245.
fumida ( Aplocampa ), 243.
fumida (Eucalyptra), 243.
fumipennis (Tatorinia), 447.
fumosa (Ectogonia), 607.
furvipars (Antiblemma), 385.
furvitincta (Tathodelta), 259.
fuscicilia (Euclystis), 526.
fuscifrons ( Cosmophila ), 355.
fuscifrons (Xanthanomis), 355.
fuscifusata (Lyncestis), 33.
fuscipars (Lipatephia), 79.
fuscomarginata (Cryptastria), 595.
fuscomarginata (Zelhes), 595.
futilis (Litoprosopus), 145.
Gabara, 261.
gabunalis (Elyra), 232.
gabunalis (Trichopalpina), 232.
Gabvna, 470.
Gad era, 361, 362.
Galapha, 172.
Galapha, 524.
gallinago (Goniohelia), 318.
galli aago ( Selenis ), 318.
Gangra, 305.
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gastropachoides (Calesia), 105.
gastropachoides (Mecyra), 105.
Gauzania, 610.
gebenna (Poliofoca), 512.
gebenna. (Talapa), 512.
gerninilinea ( 1) y sglyptogona), 537.
geminilinea (Plecoptera), 272.
geminipuncta (Egnasia), 577.
gemmatalis (Anticarsia), 448.
Geniascota, 211.
Gerespa, 33.
Gerisa, 383.
Gesonia, 294.
gigas (Sanys), 404.
Gigides, 455.
Giria, 97.
glaucescens ( Thermesia ), 325.
glaucinans (Acolasis), 112.
glaucocheila (Calpe), 374.
glaucopis (Tautobriga), 471.
glaucosia (Antiblemma), 389.
globulipes ( Homoptera ), 26.
globulipes (Lophotavia), 26.
Glympis, 332.
Gnathogonia, 234.
Gonagyra, 461.
Goniocarsia, 425.
goniogramma (Antarchsea), 618.
Goniohelia, 318.
Goniophila, 342.
Gonioscia, 443.
goniosema (Gerespa), 36.
goniosema (Parafodina), 204.
Gonitis, 345.
Gonodonta, 373.
Gonoglasa, 206.
Gorgonia, 444.
gortynoides (Elocussa), 452.
gortynoides (Isogona), 452.
gracillodina (Claterna), 515.
Gracilodes, 583.
Gracilopsis, 586.
graminea (Eulepidotis), 139.
grammcitistis ( Prionophora ), 615.
grammatistis (Prionopterina), 615.
Grammodes, 104.
grandirena (Svneda), 41.
grapbica ( Drasteria), 38.
gravipes (Nagia), 64.
griseifusa ( Talapa ), 269.
griseipars (Tamba), 553.
griselda (Oglasa), 225. _
guianensis (Gracilopsis), 586.
Gustiana, 243, 261.
Habrostolodes, 22.
hadrastis (Panilla), 287.
haematoessa ( Uapnodes ), 41b.
haematocssa (Pblogochroa), 416.
haitiensis (Litoprosopus), 14o.
Halastus, 335.
Halocbroa, 48.
Hamaxia, 479.
helicon (Baniana), 182.
Heliomanes, 616.
heliothina (Bocula), 228.
Hemeroblemma, 120.
Hemichloridia, 143.
hemicyelopis (Pseudogyrtona), 216.
hemiionia (Tamba), 554.
hemileuca (Eulepidotis), 132.
hemileuca (Palindia), 132.
hemiphtea (Potamophora), 93.
Hemipsectra, 294.
Heoeugorna, 495.
hepatizans (Acygoniodes), 517.
hepatizans (Amphigonia), 517.
herbiteda (Pangrapta), 599.
herbitecta (Pangraptella), 599.
herilia (Blosyris), 114.
Herminodes, 249.
Herpeperas, 512.
Herpoperasa, 499.
hesperia (Sphingomorpha), 101.
hesperioides (Dahlia), 421.
hesperioides ( Zethes ), 594.
hesperioides (Zethesides), 594.
Hesperochroa, 95.
Heteropygas, 300.
Hiaspis, 217.
hieratica (Nagia), 68.
hieroglyphica ( Erymella ), 406.
hieroglyphica (Massala), 406.
hieroglyphica (Tamba), 547.
Hileia, 294.
Hingula, 273, 277.
hirtisquama (Calesia), 106.
Hollandia, 500.
holophsea (Catephia), 55.
holophsea (Deinopa), 182.
holophsea (Nazuda), 383.
holophsea (Oglasa), 221.
holopbcea (Pangrapta), 569.
holortha (Anomis), 354.
holothermes (Glympis), 332.
Holoxanthina, 522.
holzi ( Alamis ), 296.
holzi (Macrocarsia), 296.
homalogramma (Chamina), 463.
homichlodes (Chamina), 463.
homichlodes ( ] aria), 463.
Homodes, 141.
Homodina, 142.
homceosema (Episparis), 520.
Homoptera, 26.
homopteroides (Veia), 13.
Homopyralis, 280.
homotona (Nagia), 72.
Hopetounia, 86.
hueberi (Acontia), 87.
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
hueberi (Tarachephia), 87.
Hulodes, 92.
humeralis ( Molynda ), 472.
humeralis (Obroatis), 472.
Hypena, 205, 30(5.
Hypenaria, 444, 606.
hypenoides (Acantholipes), 272.
hypenoides (Lasionota), 272.
hypenoides (Leucogramma), 381.
hypenoides (Phiprosopus), 381.
hyphinoe (Crvptochrostis), 313.
Hvperbaniana, 198.
Hypocalpe, 373.
Hypocalpopis, 378.
Hypogramma, 109, 110.
hypographa (Giria), 97.
hypoleuca ( Barcita ), 4.
hypoleuca (Paltechthona), 4.
Hypopleurona, 501.
Hypoprora, 82.
hypopyra (Argitlia). 4(50.
hypopsammia (Antarchwa), 017.
Hyposemansis, 558.
Ilyj)ospila, 443.
Hypostrotia, 293.
Hypotrisula, 123.
hypoxantlia (Argidia), 459.
hypoxantha (Plecoptera), 205.
hyriaria (Ostha), 005.
hyriona (Stenozethes), 550.
ichthyuropis (Bocula), 228.
Idicara, 49.
igneceps (C’alpe), 375.
igneola (Chrysograpta), 597.
igneola ( Egnasia ), 597.
illegitima (Anopliia), 79.
illegitima (Lipatephia), 79.
illita (Anomis), 345.
illita ( Ristra ), 345.
Iluza, 430.
Ilyrgis, 007.
Ilyrgodes, 010.
ilvrias (Eulepidotis), 132.
Imleanga, 497.
immundalis (Maguda), 291.
imparata ( Hingulu ), 277.
imparata (Rhesala), 277.
imperator ( Ophideres ), 335.
imperator (Othreis), 335.
improba (Bradunia), 208.
incaya (Ferenta), 336.
incitavs ( Gadera ), 3(51.
incitans (Pluaiodonta), 301.
inconclusa ( Cosviophila ), 410.
inconclusa (Sarobides), 410.
incovspiciin (Coma), 005.
inconspicua (Stellidia), 005.
inrvrvala (Capnodca), 381.
incurvTata (Drepanoblemma), 381.
incurvata (Paralephana), 155.
indentata (Athysania), 371.
infra-alba (Hernnnodes), 252.
infumata (Eucalvptra), 240.
inornata (Arytrurides), 515.
inornata (Deva), 515.
insana ( A mphigonia ), 524.
insana (Euclystis), 524.
inscripta (Marcipa), 101.
insignifica (Avitta), 498.
insti’ucns (Tavia), 20.
insulata ( Birtha ), 101.
insulata (Marcipa), 101.
intacta (Ilyrgodes), 010.
intorta ( Baniana ), 173.
ionochrota (Plusiodonta), 302.
ionodes (Throana), 592.
ionoraera (Tamba), 549.
ionomesa (Avitta), 497.
Ipnea, 341.
irene (Antiblemma), 383.
Irene ( Capnodes ), 383.
iridescens (Baniana), 176.
iridescens (Neathvrma), 176.
irregularis (Bendis), 428.
irrorata (Anticarsia), 448.
irrorata (Azazia), 448.
Isadelphina, 338.
Ischyja, 94.
isocam pta (Peteroma), 432.
isocvma (Saroba), 413 .
Isogona, 452.
Itonia, 427.
Jarasana, 33.
jarinta (Peteroma), 431.
javensis (Catepbia), 5(5.
judaica (Syneda), 43.
juncta (Drepanofoda), 203.
juncta (Fodina), 203.
Juncaria, 299.
junctisigna (Oglasa), 220.
juventina (Callopi stria), 308.
kenricki (Belciana), 40.
kenricki (Diptlieroides), 40.
Khadira, 334.
lsneuckeri (Acrobyla), 70.
krugii (Pseudohemiceras), 124.
labandina (Lophodaxa). 292.
labandodes (Eudrapa), 23.
Lacihisa, 227.
laciviata (Amphigonia), 523.
laeiniata (Polvgoniodes), 523.
lacista (l)einypcna), 4-13.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
631
lacteata (Geniascota), 212.
lacteifascia (Isadelphina), 338.
Icetabilis ( Epitausa ), 469.
lsetabilis (Orthogramma), 469.
lagusalis ( Dorsippa ), 217.
lagusalis (Oglasa), 217.
laminata (Diagrapta), 540.
laminata ( Tyrissa ), 540.
lanceola (Mecodina), 489.
lanipes (Selenis), 9.
lasiocera (Throana), 592.
Lasionota, 272.
lasiophora (Hyposemansis), 558.
late bra (Tavia), 28.
latiorella (Arugisa), 241.
latiorella ( Diallagma ), 241.
lativitta (Erastriopis), 196.
lativitta (Eudorea), 196.
latizonata (Peteroma), 431.
lavendula (Herpeperas), 512.
lawsoni ( Diatenes ), 32.
lawsoni (Eudesmeola), 32.
layardi (Sericia), 121.
Lecasia, 105, 107.
Leida, 455.
Leiostola, 262.
lentisinua (Itonia), 427.
leona (Anomis), 345.
leona (Deinopalpus ), 345.
Leoniloma, 144.
Lephana, 159.
Lepidopalpia, 109.
Lepidotrama, 428.
lepraota (Eudrapa), 25.
lepraota (Oxidereia), 305.
lepraota (Tropidtamba), 544.
lepraota (Ypsora), 9.
lepraota (Zethes), 544.
lepticyma ( Pleurona ), 508.
lepticyma (Pleuronodes), 508.
Leptoctenista, 238.
Leptotroga, 596.
Lesrnone , 428.
Letis, 114.
leucanioides ( Cholimma ), 252.
leucanioides (Rivula), 252.^
leucocharagma (Aburina), o04.
leucocraspis (Sanys), 467.
leucocyma (Acolasis), 112.
leucocyma (Antiblemma), 385.
leucodonta (Metoponrhis), 78.
Leucogramma, 381.
leucolepis (Diomyx), 131.
leucomelas (JE dici)y 49.
leucomelas (Anophia), 49.
leucomelas (Catephia), 49-
leucomera (Concana), 12 1.
leucomera (Epiconcana), 127.
leucomera (Tolpia), 190. ^
leucomicta (Blosvris), 117.
leuconephra (Rivula), 254.
leucopis (Paralephana), 157.
leucosema (Anomis), 352.
leucospila (Nazuda), 382.
leucosticha (Plecoptera), 271.
leucosticta (Mecodina), 489.
leucosticta ( Prorivula ), 252.
leucosticta (Rivula), 252.
leucostrepta (Crambiforma), 614.
leucostrigilla (Metalectra), 282.
Leucotela, 331.
Leucotelia, 234.
leucozona (Sypna), 6.
libitina (Aggustiana), 261.
libitina (Gabara), 261.
libitina ( Gustiana ), 261.
Libystica, 529.
lichenea [Catephia), 62.
lichenea (Catephiona), 62.
lichcnophora (Caradrina), 88.
lichenophora (Euprora), 88.
lignaris (Itonia), 427.
lignea (Peteroma), 431.
lignieolor (Papuacola), 407.
lignicolora (Corsa), 288.
lignitis (Blosyris), 115.
lilacina (Deinopa), 181.
limata (Drasteriodes), 41.
limata ( Phothedes ), 41.
limbata (Bocula), 227.
limbata ( Eudragana ), 227.
limbata (Eusethiops), 487.
limbata (Selenis), 487.
lineata (Pseudyrias), 16.
lineata ( Ypsia), 16, 19.
Lipatephia, 79.
lithographa (Homodes), 141.
lithosiana (Asiccia), 197.
Litoprosopus, 145.
liturata ( Apphadana ), 325.
liturata (Episparis), 517.
liturata ( Neviasca ), 517.
liturata ( Pradiota ), 517.
liturata (Renodes), 325.
Liviana, 455.
lobata (Paralephana), 158.
lobifera (Tolpia), 190.
lobvXigera ( Ccenipeta ), 112.
longinquua (Catephia), 49.
longinquua (Ecpatia), 49.
longirostris (Ilyrgodes), 612.
Lophodaxa, 292.
lophognatha (Anomis), 350.
Lophopanilla, 286.
lophophora ( Capnodes ), 473.
lophophora (Trichoblemma), 473.
lophosoma (Rivula), 252.
lophosticta (Panilla), 287.
Lophotavia, 26.
Lophuda, 382.
632
ALPHABETICAL IADEX.
lorina (Boryzola), 46.
lorina ( Polia ), 46.
louisiada (Codon odes), 213.
Loxioda, 303.
luna (Avitta), 420.
luna (Eclipsea), 420.
lunifera (Avitta), 497.
lunifera ( Imleanga ), 497.
lunilineata (Euealyptra), 246.
lunulifera (Cultripalpa), 589.
lusoria (Asticta), 148.
lusoria (Ophiusa), 148.
lusoria (Ophiussa), 148.
luteilinea (Facidia), 94.
lutosa (Entomogramma), 522.
lutosa (Holoxanthina), 522.
Lyncestis, 33.
mabis ( Palindia ), 139.
macarea (Georgonia), 444.
macarea (Plaxia), 444.
macaria (Parachsea), 104.
macaria ( Phalmia Noctua), 104.
macariana (Pangrapta), 56S.
maeariata (Semiothisops), 593.
macariata (Zethes), 593.
Macellopis, 419.
macra (Plusiodonta), 364.
Macrocarsia, 296.
maculosa (Chorsia), 217.
maculosa (Oglasa), 217.
Madopa, 260.
Mageutica, 64.
magna (Diapolia). 597.
magna (Zethes), 597.
magnifica (Eupalindia), 369.
Maguda, 291.
Magulaba, 276. 277.
magniplaga (Marcipa), 161.
Makapta, 378.
Malagonia, 473.
Malatrogia, 594.
malayana (Tathodelta), 259.
malayica (Rhesala), 277.
malitiosa (Brujas), 120.
malitiosa (Hemeroblemma), 120.
Maltana, 455.
Man but a, 400.
Mandela, 313.
manlcyi ( Egnasia ), 588.
manleyi (Polysciera), 588.
manlia (Potamophora), 93.
mansueta (Antarchsea), 616.
mansueta ( Byturna ), 616.
manto (Acigova). 524.
mnnto (Euclystis), 524.
marcdliva ( Azatha ), 428.
marcellina (Bendis), 428.
marchalii (Maxera;, 301.
marchalii (Parather tries), 301.
Marcillada, 495.
Marcipa, 161.
Maresia, 294.
Margana, 575.
marginalis (Antarchsea), 616.
marginalia ( Pseudomicra ), 616.
marginata ( Aramuna ), 227.
marginata (Calesia), 105.
marginata (Hopetounia), 86.
marginata ( Zirona ), 105.
Marimatha, 331.
marina (Ipnea), 341.
marina (Teinanomis), 341.
Marmorinia, 556, 560, 589.
Massala, 406.
Massava, 452.
Matella, 575.
materna ( Argadesa ), 335.
materna (Othreis), 335.
Matiloxis, 368.
Maxera, 301.
Mecodina, 489.
Mecodinops, 488.
Mecodopsis, 234.
Mecyra, 105.
mediana (Herminodes), 251.
mediana (Marcipa), 170.
mediofasciata (Euealyptra), 247.
mediofoveata (Orygmophora), 587.
megalopis (Olulis), 479.
megalops (Gigides), 456.
Megatomis, 601.
megista (Plusiodonta), 365.
melacleptra (Pangrapta), 570.
melalepidia (Tipasodes), 474.
melanchra (Pseudyrias), 18.
Melanephia, 74.
melanesia (Manbuta), 405.
melanica (Catephia), 58.
melanochorda (Prorocopis), 83.
melanocleis (Exophila), 150.
melanoconia (Marcipa), 166.
melanodonta (Asplenia), 77.
melanodonta (Melipotis), 77.
melanogramma (Thalatta), 343.
melanoleuca (Acanthoprora), 86.
melanomesa (Phlogochroa), 416.
mclanopasta (Saroba), 412.
Melanophthalma, 331.
melanoproctis (Tolpiodes), 195.
melanoscia (Plecoptera), 26!).
melanosemata (Antiblemma), 393.
melanothalama (Juncaria), 299.
melipotica (Nagia), 69.
Melipotis, 33, 77. 535.
mendozina (Syneda), 44.
Mepantadrea, 558.
Meridyrias, 20.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
633
meroleuca (Gonioscia), 444.
merosticta (Eulepidotis), 139.
mesacta (Pangrapta), 566.
mesancona (I)einopa), 184.
Mesasteria, 415.
Mesogenea, 337.
mesomphala (Eulepidotis), 132.
mesoneura (Procoeria), 238.
mesoscia (Metalectra), 284.
mesoscia (Paralephana), 152.
mesoscia (Platyscia), 91.
mesoscia (Pseudogyrtona), 214.
Mesosciera, 532.
mesostigma (Meridvrias), 21.
mesostipa (Microselene), 582.
mesostriga (Plecoptera), 267.
mesozona (Acygnatha), 483.
mesozonea (Acolasis), 113.
metabrachys (Gonagyra), 462.
metacrocea (Lephana), 159.
metagrapta (Mecodina), 491.
Metalectra, 280.
metaleuca (Authadistis), 87.
metaleuca (Axiocteta), 359.
metaleuca (Catephia), 55.
metaloba (Gabyna), 470.
metaphsea (Anachrostis), 189.
metaphsea (Paralephana), 156.
metaphsea (Raparna), 280.
Metaphoenia, 478.
metaplatys (Stenocarsia), 445.
Metaprionota, 1.
Metaprosphera, 316.
metarhabdota (Melanephia), 74.
Metasarca, 1.
metathermeola (Eudrapa), 24.
methfema (Olulis), 480.
Methorasa, 96.
metochrea (Bocula), 229.
metopis (Gracilodes), 583.
Metoponrhis, 78.
micra ( Palindia ), 141.
micra (Palindiona), 141.
micra (Rhododactyla), 360.
Micranthops, 203.
micrasteria (Stellidia), 605.
microcelis (Catephia), 60.
microcyma (Rivula), 254.
microdonta (Anomis), 355.
microlobia (Anoba), 175.
microphsea (Anoba), 175.
micropis (Alapadna), 191.
micropis (Barcita), 3.
micropis (Diapera), 378.^
micropis (Tolpiodes), 193.
Microselene, 582.
microsema (Egnasia), 57/.
microsema (Nagia), 71.
microsema (Oglasa), 223.
microsticta (Rivula), 255.
microtype (Egnasia), 576.
Mimeugoa, 189.
Mimophisma, 104.
minima (Anachrostis), 1 88.
mionopastea (Othreis), 335.
miricornis (Donacesa), 424.
mnionomera (Tamba), 551.
modesta (Metaprosphera), 316.
modesta (Renodes), 316.
Mcepa, 448.
mcestcilis ( Magulaba ), 277.
moestalis (Rhesala), 277.
mcestalis (Rimulia), 277.
mollis (Eudrapa), 23.
mollis (Leiostola), 262.
mollis ( Poaphila ), 262.
Molopa, 345.
molybdea (Exophila), 149.
molybdea (Marcipa), 167.
molybdina (Pangrapta), 563.
molybdocrocis (Catephia), 50.
molybdopasta (Corsa), 288.
molybdota (Rhynehodina), 263.
Molynda, 472.
monastica (Nagia), 69.
monochroma (Episparis), 520.
monogona (Paralephana), 154.
monogonia (Selenis), 328.
monogramma (Pterhemia), 464.
monogramma (Ugia), 439.
monosema (Marcipa), 162.
monosema (Nagia), 72.
montana (Hypena), 360.
montana (Stygionyx), 360.
moorei (Pseudosphetta), 22.
moorei ( Sphetta ), 22.
Molina, 252.
multiscripta (E^^drapa), 95.
multiscript a (Hesperochroa), 95.
muscosa (Eucatephia), 63.
mutilatalis ( Pessida ), 464.
mutilatalis (Pterhemia), 464.
Nagia, 64.
Naharra, 13.
Nalca, 46.
nana (Tavia), 27.
nannodes (Antiblemma), 391.
Nasaya, 495.
natalensis (Rhesalides), 275.
natatrix (Eutoreuma), 452.
natatrix (Isogona), 452.
Nazuda, 382.
nealcesalis ( Chabora ), 366.
nealcesalis (Radara), 366.
Neathyrma, 176.
nebulilinea ( Carteia ), 263.
nebulilinea (Plecoptera), 263.
nebulosella (Tipasa), 475.
634
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
negata (Obroatis), 472.
Neopangrapta, 598.
Nephelemorpha, 99.
nephelephora (Plecoptera), 264.
nephelica (Manbuta), 402.
nephelostola (Drasteria), 40.
nephrosema (Manbuta), 401.
Neviasca, 517.
nichollse (Svneda), 45.
nicobarica (Adra), 61.6.
nigeriensis (Rhesalides), 276.
nigrescens (Anophia), 74.
nigrescens (Melanephia), 74.
nigriannulata (C'alesia), 106.
nigrilinea ( Obdora ), 545.
nigrilinea (Tamba), 545.
nigrinotata (Corsa), 289.
nigripalpis (Herminodes), 249.
nigripalpis (Leucotela), 331.
nigripalpis ( Marimatha ), 331.
nigripalpis (Paralephana), 158.
nigripuncta (Anachrostis), 1S6.
nigripuncta (Glympis), 332.
nigripuncta (Mecodina), 494.
nigrisigna (Anatatha), 291.
nigrisigna ( Catada ), 291.
nigrivitta (Pseudogvrtona). 215.
niphosema (Manbuta), 404.
niphosticha (Goniophila), 343.
Niphosticta, 414.
Noctua, 64, 300.
notabilis (Deinopa), 181.
nucleola (Oxidercia), 310.
numisma (Antarchaja), 616.
nyasana (Deinypena), 443.
nyasica (Oglasodes), 210.
nyasica (Rhesala), 278.
Nyctennomos, 442.
nyctichroa (Antarchaea), 619.
nyctichroa (Authadistis), 87.
nyctichroa (Gracilodes), 584.
nyctiscia (Prionofrontia). 81.
nyctombra (Tavia), 27.
nyctosia (Cceriana), 239.
nym bides (Heteropygas), 300.
nysa (Gracilodes), 583.
Obdora, 545.
obrAi talis (Amblygoes), 294.
obeditalis (Apphadana), 294.
obeditalis (Dragana), 294.
obeditalis (Gesonia), 294.
obeditalis (Hilda), 294.
obeditalis (Maresia), 294.
obliqua (Batracharta), 101.
obliqua (Carsina), 302.
obliqua (Paralephana), 154.
obliqua (Philips). 302.
obhquilinea (Dunira), 484.
obliquilinea (Oglasa), 226.
obliquilineata (Eurogramtna), 498,
obi i quit ineata ( Talapa ), 498.
obliquisigna (Oglasa), 222.
obliquivia (Gerespa), 34.
Obroatis, 472.
obscurata (Marmorinia), 556.
obscurata (Stenozethes), 556.
obscurissima (Lophopanilla), 286.
obscurissima ( Panilla ), 286.
Obucola, 120.
ocellata ( Allia ), 131.
ocellata ( Arvaduca ), 128.
ocellata (Diomyx), 131.
ocellata (Dyops), 128.
ochracea (Anachrostis), 187.
ochracea (Baniana), 201.
ochracea (Pasira), 252.
ochracea (Rivula), 252.
ochracea (Rivula), 258.
ochrea (Rivula), 252.
ochrea (Rivulana), 252.
ochreipennis (Raparna), 280.
ochreoplagata ( Eutelia ), 234.
ochreoplagata (Leucotelia), 234.
ochrigramma (Bocula), 229.
ochrigrapta (Mecodina), 493.
ochrodiscata (Enmonodiops), 531.
ochrogaster (Donacesa), 424.
ochrosema (Manbuta), 403.
ochrosema (Metalectra), 283.
ochrosia (Prionofrontia), SI.
Ochrotrigona, 560.
ochrozonea (Antiblemma), 400.
octosema (Pseudogyrtona), 216.
Odontina, 361.
odontophora (Rhanidophora), 108.
odontozona (Antiblemma), 396.
oedisema (Lephana), 159.
cenoplex (Axiocteta), 359.
Oglasa, 217.
Oglasodes, 209.
Ogovia, 101.
oligolasia (Tolpiodes), 195.
olivacea (Archephia), 88.
olivacea (Catephia), 49.
olivacea (Idicara), 49.
olivaria (Eudrapa), 24.
Olulis, 479.
omicronigera (Sypna), 4.
onerosa ( Apistis ), 433.
onerosa (Sipatosia). 433.
opalescens (Oglasa), 218.
Ophidcres, 335.
Ophisma, 1, 103.
Ophiusa, 148.
ophiusalis (Avitta), 497.
ophiusalis ( Pant uni). 497.
Ophiussa, 148.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
685
opistlienops (Gracilodes), 585.
opistographa (Itonia), 427.
opistdgrapha (Pseudobend is), 427.
oppilata (Heteropygas), 300.
opsiphora ( Antarchaea), 620.
Orcesia, 373, 376.
oranensis (Drasteria), 39.
orbifera (Orsa), 317.
orbifera (Zigera), 290.
orientalis (Mesosciera), 534.
Oroba, 497.
orobena (Paracceria), 236.
orobena (Rivula), 236.
Oroscopa, 539.
Orrect, 448.
Orsa, 317.
Ortheaga, 31.
orthogramma (Manbuta), 405.
Orthogramma, 461, 469.
Orthogrammica, 273.
ortilia (Gorgonia), 444.
ortilia ( Hypenaria ), 444.
Orygmophora, 587.
Ostha, 604.
Osthopis, 601.
othello (Calesia), 105, 107.
othello ( Lecasia ), 105, 107.
Othreis, 335.
Oxidercia. 305.
Oxy cilia, 261.
oxydercina (Diagrapta), 540.
oxvperas (Loxioda), 304.
pachvenemis (Oglasa), 221.
Pagyra, 400.
Paleechthona, 4.
Palindia, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138,
139, 141.
Palindiona, 141.
pallescens ( Adrocampa ), 243.
pallescens (Eucalyptra), 243.
pallididisca (Catephia), 50.
pallidimargo (Plecoptera), 264.
pallidipennis (Tatorinia), 448.
panamensis (Eulepidotis), 134.
Pangrapta, 560.
Pangraptelia, 599.
Pangraptica, 557.
pangraptica (Goniohelia), 320.
Panilla, 286.
Pantura, 497.
Papuacola, 406.
papuana (Chdonodes), 213.
Paracarsia, 450.
Parachxea, 104.
Paracceria, 236.
Parafodina, 204.
Paragabara, 260.
Paragria, 147.
Paralectra, 16.
Paralephana, 150.
paraliela (Oglasa), 227.
paramoea (Hemeroblemma), 120.
Paranagia, 64.
Paranyrnpha, 305, 308, 311.
Parapadna, 192.
Pararcte, 49.
Parargidia, 461.
Paratliermes, 301, 501.
Parolulis, 477.
Parora, 377.
Parorena, 330.
partita (Cultripalpa), 589.
Paryrias, 19.
Pasipeda, 105.
Pasira, 252.
pastinum (Asticta), 148.
pastinum ( Toxocampa ), 148.
patagiata (Geniascota), 212.
patagiata (Paralephana), 158.
paucula (Ccenobela), 426.
paucula ( Poaphila ), 426.
paurargyria (Dyops), 130.
pauropis (Alaf>adna), 191.
pedionis (Syneda), 42.
pelidna (Pangrapta), 565.
Pelodesis, 379.
penetrata (Episparis), 517.
peratoscia (Prorocopis), 83.
peratosema (Nyctennomos), 442.
perfumida (Ilyrgodes), 610.
perihtha (Homodes), 142.
Peropalpus, 132.
perpulverea (Eucalyptra), 243.
Perta, 332.
peruvensis (Rivula), 25S.
Pessida, 464.
Peter oma, 431.
pexiceras (Metalectra), 280.
pexifera (Pangrapta), 560.
Phachthia, 479.
phasobasis (Coeriana), 240.
Phseoblemma, 8.
phseoceps (Radara), 367.
phseodonta (Marcipa), 163.
plneogonia (Goniohelia), 321.
phaeonephele (Oglasa), 220.
Phaeoscia, 505.
phceoscia (Renodes), 325.
phceosoma (Calesia), 107.
phaeotermesia (Anoba), 174.
phseotherma (Glympis), 334.
Phalcena Noctua, 8, 49, 104.
phaneroseraa (Anomis), 349.
phanerosema (Orthogramma), 469.
phasis (Acolasis), 110.
phasis ( Eudipna ), 110.
phedonia (Rhanidophora), 108.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
63 (j
Pheocyma, 14.
Phialta, 2.
Philecia, 141.
philippina (Aleucantitis), 39.
philippinensis (Dinumma), 31.
Phiprosopus, 381.
Phlogochroa, 416.
phoenicias (Pseudohemiceras), ]24.
phoenicias (Saroba), 412.
phoenicistes (Nazuda), 382.
phcenicopyra (Antiblemma), 384.
phoenocrosmena (Aburina), 503.
phoenopasta (Herpeperas), 514.
Phothedes, 41.
Phrodita, 243.
phrygionia (Eulepidotis), 138.
Phycopterus, 613.
Phyprosopus, 380.
Piala, 23.
picta (Anomis), 345.
picta (Mesosceira), 532.
picta (Sccedisca), 345.
piguerator (Rhanidophora), 108.
pilipes (Maguda), 291.
Pilosocrures, 101.
Pincia, 452.
placens (Dinumma), 31.
placida (Gabyna), 470.
plagifera (Metaphcenia), 478.
play if era (Thermesia), 478.
planalis (Anomis), 345.
planalis (Molopa), 345.
planetaria (Stellidia), 605.
platti (Pristanepa), 206.
Playtyja, 94.
Platyjiona, 94.
Platyscia, 90.
Plaxia, 444.
Plecoptera, 263.
plecopteridia (Bocida), 234.
plecopteridia (Gnathogonia), 234.
Pleonotrocta, 537.
Pleurona, 508.
Pleuronodes, 508.
plexifera (Pleuronodes), 508.
plinthochroa (Plecoptera), 272.
plumbeola (Coxina), 14.
plumbeonitens (Aeantholipes), 272.
plumbizonata (Lipatephia), 80.
pi u mi pars (Gesonia), 294.
plumipars ( Hemipsectra ), 294.
plumipes (Anoba), 172.
plumipes (Baxagha), 172.
plumipes (Tamba), 545.
plumipes ( Tephrias ), 172.
plumosa (Manbuta), 400.
plumosa (Triommatodes), 400.
Plusia, 145.
Plusiodonta, 361.
Poaphila, 262, 426.
Poena, 241.
Poesula, 181.
Polia, 46.
Poliofoca, 512.
poliopasta (Anomis), 347.
polioperas (Euclystis), 524.
poliophffia (Aburina), 504.
polio ph;ea (Glympis), 334.
poliostidza (Eucampima), 543.
poliotis (Paralephana), 151.
polycyma (Tavia), 26.
Polygoniodes, 523.
polygrapha (Tvrissa), 426.
Polygrapta, 184.
poljdeuca (Epiconcana), 127.
polymorpha (Anomis), 351.
polynesiana (Rivula), 256.
polyodon (Antiblemma), 395.
Polysciera, 588.
polyspila (Anoba), 172.
polyspila (Bessacfa), 172.
polysticta (Ugia), 440.
polystigma (Facidina), 94.
poly stigma ( Ischyja ), 94.
porcia (Bendis), 428.
porcia (Lesmone), 428.
porphyrota (Antiblemma), 390.
porrec.ta (Herminodes), 249.
porrecta (Rhosologia), 249.
porrectalis (Arugisa), 241.
porredalis (Poena), 241.
porrima (Encruphion), 124.
postrosea (Olulis), 481.
Potamophora, 93.
Pradiota, 517.
prajcipua (Mecodina), 489.
prcecipua (Seneratia), 489.
prsecisalis (Metalectra), 280.
pratti (Conosema), 236.
pratti (Zethes), 236.
precedens (Thalatta), 343.
prionocera (Sanys), 466.
Prionofrontia, 80.
Prionophora, 485, 615.
Prionopterina, 615.
Pristanepa, 206.
pritanis (Pseudophisma), 103.
pritanis ( Sphinx Adscitcv), 103.
procax (Asticta), 148.
Procoeria, 237.
procus (Acacallis), 335.
procus (Othreis), 335.
progenies (Meridyrias), 20.
progenies ( Yrias), 20.
projiciens (Selenis), 327.
prolata (Gerespa), 33.
Prorirvla, 252.
Proroeopis, 82, 83.
proselytis (Nagia). 66.
Prothymia, 616.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
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prunescens (Gerespa), 37.
prunescens (Tamba), 554.
Pseudaglossa, 285.
Pseudobendis, 427.
Pseudogerespa, 535.
Pseudogonitis, 344.
Pseudogyrtona, 214.
Pseudohemiceras, 124.
Pseudomicra, 616.
Pseudophisma, 103.
Pseudosphetta, 22.
Pseudostella, 601.
Pseudotolna, 96.
Pseudyrias, 16.
Pterhemia, 464.
pterogoneis (Tympanobasis), 323.
Pteronycta, 82, 122.
pulverea (Baniopis), 208.
pulverulenta (Baniana), 202.
punctangulata ( Palindia ), 136.
puncticinctalis ( Hamaxia ), 479.
puncticinctalis (Olulis), 479.
puncticinctalis (Phachthia), 479.
puncticosta (Litoprosopus), 146.
punctilinea (Antarchsea), 617.
punctisigna (Rhesala), 278.
punctulata (Eucalyptra), 243.
punctulata ( Strabea ), 243.
pupillata (Herminodes), 250.
pupillata (Stenoxia), 603.
purpuraria (Lophuda), 382.
purpuraria (Margiza), 382.
purpurascens (Paralephana), 151.
purpurascens (Tathodelta), 259.
purpurata (Pyroblemma), 419.
purpureofusa (Pseudyrias), 17.
purpuripicia (Antiblemma), 387.
pusilla (Zethesides), 595,
pustulifera (Saroba), 412.
Pyralidesthes, 303.
Pyrinia, 600.
Pyroblemma, 418.
pyrocausta (Anomis), 353.
pyrocausta (Episparis), 521.
pvTotherma (Anomis), 346.
quadrilinea ( Asta ), 497.
quadrilinea (Avitta), 497.
quadrilineata ( Borsippa ), 227.
quadrilineata ( Lacibisa ), 227.
quadrilineata (Oglasa), 227.
quadrisignata (Daddala), 4.
quadrisignata ( Homopyralis ), 280.
quadrisignata (Metalectra), 280.
quadrisignata (Sypna), 4.
quassa (Massala), 406.
Radara, 366.
Raparna, 272, 280 ,482.
recens ( Biregula ), 263.
recens (Pleeoptera), 263.
rectangularis (Exophila), 149.
rectigramma (Codonodes), 213.
rectilinea (Paralephana), 154.
rectimargo {Palindia), 134.
recurva (Tvrissa), 426.
reflexa (Pleeoptera), 263.
regularis (Acantholipes), 272.
relapsa (Baniana), 199.
remissa (Bendisopis), 433.
remissa ( Ephyrodes ), 433.
renalis (Parolulis), 477.
renalis ( Zethes ), 477.
Renodes, 316, 325, 425.
renosa (Anereuthina), 94.
Retlima, 181.
retracta ( Cosmophila ), 338.
retracta (Isadelphina), 338.
retrorsa (Baniana), 202.
Rhabdotina, 329.
Rhcesena, 366.
Rhanidophora, 108.
Rhazunda, 252.
Rhesala, 277.
Rhesalides, 274.
Rhesalistis, 276.
Rhescipha, 341.
rhodinastis ( Prionophora ), 485.
rhodinastis (Synolulis), 485.
Rhododactyla, 360.
rhodotela (Calesia), 106.
rhomboidalis (Manbuta), 400.
Rhopalognatha, 458.
Rhosologia, 249.
rhynchinia (Gabara), 261.
Rhjmchodina, 262.
Rimulia, 277.
Ristra, 345.
Rivula, 236, 252.
Rivulana, 252.
rivulosa (Blasticorhmus), 297.
rotundata ( Magulaba ), 276.
rotundata (Rhesalistis), 276.
rubiginosa (Arugisa), 241.
rubric osa (Marcillada), 495.
rubricosa ( Nasaya ), 495.
rubrinotata (Mesosceira), 533.
rubritincta (Phycopterus), 613.
rubrizona (Sypna), 7.
rubromarginata (Matiloxis), 368.
rudis {Amphigonia), 512.
rudis (Herpeperas), 512.
rudmuna (Egnasia), 541.
rudmuna (Egnasides), 541.
rufaria (Isadelphina), 340.
rufescens (Barcita), 2.
rufifusalis (Egnasia), 579.
rufilinea (Ugia), 437.
rufimedia (Oglasa), 223.
rufinans (Antiblemma), 383.
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
rufinans ( Gerisa ), 383.
rufipalpis (Calesia), 105.
rufipalpis (Mecodina), 494.
rufipalpis ( Pasipeda ), 105.
rufipennis (Tatorinia), 447.
rufipicta (Drepanopses), 507.
rufipicta (Throana), 591.
rufipuncta (Freilla), 453.
rufiscripta (Athyrma), 177.
rufitermina (Anoba), 174.
rufostrigata (Catephia), 04.
rufostrigata (Paranagia), 04.
rufula (Anachrostis), 188.
ruptisigna (Marcipa), 108.
Rusicada, 345.
russula ( Aretype ), 243.
russula (Eucalyptra), 243.
sabulifera (Anomis), 345.
sabulifera ( Tiridata ), 345.
sacerclotis (Nagia), 07.
sada (Platyja), 94.
sada (Platyjiona), 94.
salsoma (Focillistis), 599.
salsoma ( Zethes ), 599.
Sanacea, 332.
sanguilinea (Mesasteria), 415.
santaris (Ypsora), 9.
santosina (Eulepidotis), 135.
Sanys, 404.
saphobasis (Braehyherca), 527.
Saraca, 500.
sarcochroa (Paralephana), 152.
sarcoma (Dunira), 483.
Saroba, 412.
Sarobides, 410.
Sarthida, 430.
Savara, 344.
schistosema (Anomis), 351.
schneideriana (Pararcte), 49.
schneideriana (Phalcena Noctua), 49.
sciachroa (Catephia), 52.
sciogramma (Oxidercia), 300.
scitula (Dunira), 483.
Sccedisa, 345.
scopsella (Blosvris), 114.
scopulina (Tamba), 555.
scopulina (Ugia), 438.
scotsea (Catephia), 54.
scotcea ( Dnopheropis ), 013.
scotsea (Egone), 013.
scotopasta (Egnasia), 580.
sculpta (Metaprionota), 1.
sculpta (Ophisma), 1.
seclusalis (Egnasia), 575.
8eclusalis (Morgana), 575.
secticona (Marcipa), 104.
sejuncta (Bocula), 227.
sejuncta ( Trichoptya ), 227.
Selenis. <?, 318, 327. 487.
selenodes (Ypsora), 9.
Selenoperas, 421.
semaphora (Nephelemorpha), 99.
semiflava (Strongylosia), 358.
Semiothisops, 593.
Seneratia, 489.
sericealis (Rivula), 252.
Sericia, 121.
sericina (Encruphion), 124.
seriopuncta (Pangrapta), 571.
serrilinea (Ugia), 440.
Serrodes, 148.
sesamiodes (Paragria), 147.
shelfordi (Drepanorhina), 285.
shelfordi ( Pseudaglossa ), 285.
siderogramma (Plecoptera), 272.
siderosticta (Drepanophiletis), 341.
siderosticta ( Rhesciplia ), 341.
sigillata (Hollandia), 500.
signata (Actinia), 331.
signata (Melanophthalma), 331.
signifera (Antarchaea), 019.
sileniata (Ostha), 004.
Silignea, 410.
Sillopliora, 227.
simia (Mepantadrea), 558.
simia (Zethes), 558.
similis (Loxioda), 303.
simoenta (Cyclopis), 119.
simoenta (Teinoletis), 119.
simplex ( Episparis ), 529.
simplex (Libystica), 529.
simulatrix (Anomis), 345.
simulatrix (Deremma), 345.
singha (Hyposemansis), 558.
sinuilinea (Gonoglasa), 200.
Sipatosia, 433.
sminthochroa (Baniana), 201.
sminthochroa (Parorena), 330.
Sminthopses, 528.
snowi (Diapera), 377.
snowi (Par ora), 377.
sobrina (Aburina), 501.
sobrina (Ugana), 501.
socotrensis (Anoba), 173.
solomonensis (Hulodes), 92.
solomonis (Stenocarsia), 440.
spectans (Sericia), 121.
Spedrophysa, 575.
specularis (Blosvris), 114.
specularis (Letis), 114.
sphceriphora (Thyridospila), 574.
sphseriphora (Thyrostipa), 574.
Sphetta, 22.
Sphingomorpha, 101.
Sphinx Adscitce, 103.
spurrelli ( Hollandia), 500.
Steiria, 123.
Stollidia, 005, 606.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
639
steniptera (Stictigramma), I8G.
Stenocarsia, 445.
stenothyris (Neopangrapta), 598.
Stenoprora. 83.
Stenoxia, 602.
Stenozethes, 556.
sthenistica (Nagia), 73.
sthenoptera (Stenocarsia), 445.
sthenoptera (Thermesia), 445.
Stibaera, 10.
sticticraspis (Bocula), 228.
Stictigramma, 186.
stictigramma (Gesonia), 294.
stictogyna (Antiblemma), 395.
stigmagrapta (Niphosticta), 414.
stigmapbora (Ugia), 436.
Stimmia, 280.
stinvulans (Deva), 361.
stinmlans (Plusiodonta), 361.
stolliana ( Coronis ), 336.
stolliana (Ferenta), 336.
Sirabea, 243.
straminea (Antarchsea), 618.
straminea (Dercet.is), 609.
straminilinea (Ugia), 438.
Striaptera, 358.
striata (Mecodina), 492.
striatura (Dysglvptogona), 536.
strigania (Devena), 371.
strigata (Prionofrontia), 80.
strigatula (Antiblemma), 389.
strigilera (Coronta), 33.
strigifera ( Gerespa ), 33.
Strongylosia, 357.
stygia (Catephia), 59.
stygia (Dinumma), 32.
stygia (Paryrias), 19.
Stygionyx, 360.
subalbida (Nagia), 64.
subcinerascens ( Capnodes ), 390.
subcupralis (Radara), 366.
subcupralis (Rhcesena), 366.
subcupralis ( Symplusia ), 366.
sublineata (Anomis), 345.
sublineata ( Capitaria ), 345.
subnivosella (Gabara), 261.
subocellata (Maxera), 301.
subsignans (Avitta), 497.
subsignans ( Oroba ), 497.
subterminata (Arugisa), 242.
subviridescens (Barcita), 2.
Sudariophora, 380.
suero (Selenis), 327.
sueroides (Selenis), 328.
sundensis (Tinolius), 107.
Symplusia, 366.
Syneda, 41.
Synolulis, 485.
Synyrias, 16.
Svpna, 4.
syrinx (Taveta), 12.
Sysstrema. 423.
sytis (Euclystis), 524.
sytis ( Focilla ), 524.
tabasconis (Eulepidotis), 134.
Tafalla, 361.
Talapa, 179, 263, 269, 473 498.
512.
Talapoptera, 263.
Tamba, 545.
tanais (Acolasis), 110.
Taracbephia, 87.
tarchon (Argidia), 459.
tarchon ( Azirista ), 459.
Tathodelta, 259.
Tatorinia, 447.
Tautobriga, 471.
Taveta, 12.
tavetensis (Ogovia), 101.
Tavia, 26.
Taviodes, 28.
Teinanomis, 341.
Teinoletis, 119.
tenebrosa (Bareia), 487.
tenebrosa (Eutermina), 487.
tenebrosa (Hypenaria), 606.
Tephrialia, 180.
Tephrias, 172.
Tephrinops, 160.
Tephriopis, 171.
tessellata (Herminodes), 249.
tessellata (Oglasa), 224.
tetragramma (Abnrina), 503.
tetraphorella (Lephana), 159.
Thalatta, 343.
thaumantis (Oxidercia), 308.
thermantis (Calesia), 105.
thermeola (Coxina), 15.
thermeola (Oxidercia), 305.
thermeola (Radara), 366.
thermeola (Tamba), 550.
Thermesia, 120, 325, 425, 445,
451, 458, 478, 488.
thermesina (Gesonia), 295.
thermochroa (Eulepidotis), 137.
Thermosara, 408.
thermotis (Catephia), 60.
Thiochroa, 314.
Thiona, 499.
Tlioracolophotos, 370.
Throana, 590.
Thyridospila, 574.
Thyrostipa, 574.
thyrsipalpis (Tympanobasis), 322.
timorensis (Anachrostis), 187.
Tinolius, 107.
Tipasa, 475.
Tipasodes, 474.
640
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
Tiridata, 345.
Tochara, 448.
Tolnaopsis, 95.
Tolpia, 190.
Tolpiodes, 192.
tomyris (Argidia), 459.
toxea (Oxidercia), 305.
toxea (Paranympha), 305, 308, 311.
Toxocarnpa, 148.
Trama, 428.
transducta (Pangrapta), 564.
transvitta (Diascia), 273.
transvitta (Hingula), 273.
trapezata (Calymniops), 205.
trapezata ( Elydna ), 205.
triangularis (Caryonopera), 230.
triangularis (Deinypena), 230.
triangulifera (Bleptina), 560.
triangulifera (Ochrotrigona), 560.
Trichobathra, 434.
Trichoblemma, 473.
trichocera (Pseudogyrtona), 214.
trichomosia (Anomis), 346.
Trichopalpina, 232.
trichopoda (Blasticorhinus), 297.
Trichoptva, 227.
trichoptycha (Geniascota), 211.
tricuspida (Zigera), 290.
Trigonia, 515.
Trigonochrostia, 198.
trigonoides (Anoba), 172.
trigonospila (Baniana), 180.
trigonospila (Tephrialia), 180.
Triommatodes, 400.
tripla (Gabara), 261.
tripla (Oxycilla), 261.
triplogramma (Trichobathra), 435.
Trisuia, 100.
tritonias (Stellidia), 606.
trogocraspia (Egnasia), 581.
trogocycla (Antiblemma), 383.
Trogogonia, 523.
trogosema (Egnasia), 575.
Tropidtamba, 544.
truncatalis (Glympis), 332.
truncatalis (Sanacea), 332.
tumidicosta (Tympanobasis), 324.
Tympanobasis, 322.
typica (Mesosciera), 532, 534.
tyra (Hypoprora), 82.
tyra (Prorocopis), 82.
Tyrissa, 426, 510.
Ugana, 501.
Ugia, 436.
Ugiodes, 422.
umbrifera (Bendis), 428.
umbrifera (Glympis), 333.
umbrina (Pheocyrna), 14.
umbrina (Zaleops), 14.
umbrosa (Veia), 13.
uncifera (Anoba), 172.
undilinea (Tathodelt-a), 260.
undulifera (Carsina), 302.
unicolora (Diomyx), 132.
Uripao, 89.
usipetes (Melipotis), 535.
usipetes (Pseudogerespa), 535.
ustata (Macellopis), 419.
vacillans (Facidia), 94.
vacillans ( Orthogramma ), 461
vacillans (Parargidia), 461.
vacillans (Radara), 366.
Vandana, 335.
Varia, 463.
variabilis (Freilla), 453.
varians ( Hypocalpopis), 379.
varians (Mesogenea), 387.
variegata (Batracharta). 101.
variegata (Chlorograpta), 596.
variegata (Oroscopa), 539.
variegata ( Pilosocrures ), 101.
variegata (Pradiota), 596.
vau-sema (Tephrialia), 180.
Veia, 13.
velutisigna (Tephrinops), 160.
venusta (Egnasia), 544.
venusta (Eugrapta), 544.
vicioides (Asticta), 148.
villicosta (Pyroblemma), 418.
viola ( Camptochilus ), 607.
viola (Ectogonia), 607.
violaris (Herpeperas), 513.
violascens (Meridyrias), 20.
violascens (Metalectra), 282.
violascens (Orthogramma), 469.
violescens (Syneda), 45.
violetta ( Euchromalia ), 252.
violetta (Rivula), 252.
viridaria (Antarchoea), 616.
viridaria (Anthophila). 616.
viridaria ( Heliomanes ), 616.
viridaria ( Prothymia ), 616.
viridifera (Pelodesis), 380.
vitiensis (Cosmophila), 345.
vitrea (Dercetis), 609.
vittifera (Rhabdotina), 329.
W estermannia, 143.
Xanthanomis, 355.
xantharia (Pyrinia), 600.
xantharia (Xanthostha), 600.
xanthognat.ha (Calesia), 107.
xanthographa (Episparis), 519.
x antholepis (Dyops), 126.
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xantholepis (Eudyops), 126.
xanthomicta (Anomis), 348.
xanthoperas (Sphingomorpha), 102.
Xanthostha, 600.
xanthostola (Bocula), 227.
xanthotricha (Encruphion), 125.
xerota (Pleonotrocha), 538.
xylochroa (Isadelphina), 339.
xylochroa (Zaleodes), 430.
xylodesma (Brachyona), 85.
xylonea (Panilla), 286.
Ypsia, 16, 19.
Ypsora, 9.
Yrias, 20.
Zaqorista, 366.
Zaieodes, 429.
Zaleops, 14.
zambesita ( Asymbata ), 105.
zambesita (Calesia), 105.
Zarima, 49.
Zethes, 236, 410, 477, 516, 544
558, 594, 595, 597, 599, 600.
zethesia (Trichopalpina), 233.
Zethesides, 594.
Zigera, 290.
Zirona, 105.
zonophora (Anachrostis), 192.
zonophora (Parapadana), 192.
zopissa ( Buphana ), 238.
zopissa (Cceriana), 238.
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